Region: Oostende

Save the landscape around Fort Napoleon!

Petition is addressed to
College of Mayor and Aldermen, Agency for Immovable Heritage

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11,180 Signatures

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  1. Launched January 2026
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Petition addressed to: College of Mayor and Aldermen, Agency for Immovable Heritage

The Royal Decree of 6 July 1976 protecting Fort Napoleon and its surroundings is under threat from property developers. They want to fill the area with high-rise apartment buildings. This threatens to destroy this inland dune area (Fortstraat, Vuurtorenweg), an open space of almost 4 hectares (40,000 m²), even though the purpose of the protection decree is precisely to protect this unique area as a cultural-historical landscape! Moreover, an inland dune is the natural biotope at this location and, given the chance, that dune would naturally recover completely with all its specific flora and fauna.

Reason

We, Natuurpunt afdeling Middenkust, together with various other associations and citizens, request the preservation of the open space around Fort Napoleon and the restoration of the natural dune landscape.

Thank you so much for your support, TV KV OOSTEROEVER, Oostende
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Petition details

Petition started: 01/28/2026
Collection ends: 07/01/2026
Region: Oostende
Topic: Culture

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There are already enough buildings, which are not fully occupied nor inhabited. Keep some green areas which definitely will be more attractive for a marina. No buildings

Omdat natuur belangrijk is en de kust al genoeg volgebouwd is. Het natuurgebied is beschermd.

I need service hours for school. Please give me some. Thanks!

The urbanisation and therefore destruction of the open dunes landscape setting for the Fort would be an irrevocable loss visually, environmentally and historically. It is essential that this proposal is rejected and the dunes protected.

Nature must be protected

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