Request crowd control barriers for street parties
Are you organising a neighbourhood or street party? Make sure that the activities take place on (wide) pavements, schoolyards, green areas or playgrounds as far as possible. Are you organising a street party in the public space? Then you must close off the area using crowd control barriers. You can borrow them free of charge.
The police and other emergency services advise the city districts on safety at festivities in public spaces. Organisers must arrange for the area to be fenced off using crowd control barriers. You can borrow the crowd control barriers from the Department of City Management (Dienst Stadsbeheer).
If you are not using the public space, it is enough to use barrier tape. You can purchase this yourself.
Will you collect the crowd control barriers yourself? Then you can take them with you right away. Do you want to have the crowd control barriers delivered and collected? Discuss with the Department of City Management how much time is needed for this.
Are you collecting the crowd control barriers and bringing them back yourself? Then you can borrow them free of charge.
The Street Cleaning department of the Department of City Management can deliver and collect the crowd control barriers for you. The location does not matter as long as it is within the city limits of The Hague. The fees are as follows:
- for up to 10 crowd control barriers you pay € 330 (in 2024) or € 344 (in 2025) (excluding VAT)
- for up to 20 crowd control barriers you pay € 659 (in 2024) or € 687.66 (in 2025) (excluding VAT)
Have you lost the borrowed crowd control barriers? Then you must pay € 221 (in 2024) or € 225 (in 2025) (excluding VAT) for each barrier lost. Even if you collected the barriers yourself, you will still have to pay € 221 (in 2024) or € 225 (in 2025) (excluding VAT) for each lost barrier.
Collecting yourself
- First reserve the crowd control barriers by email.
- Then make an appointment to collect them (the appointment can take place between 7.15 and 15.00 hrs.). Send an email for an appointment to Begin link: werkvoorbereiding.vsbdh@denhaag.nl, end link. .
You can then collect the crowd control barriers from:
Dienst Stadsbeheer, Uitgifte Dranghekken
Plutostraat 53
2516 AZ Den Haag
Having barriers delivered and collected
For more information about placing and collecting crowd control barriers, contact:
Dienst Stadsbeheer, Haags Veegbedrijf
Trekvlietplein 3
2516 AZ Den Haag
Email: Begin link: werkvoorbereiding.vsbdh@denhaag.nl, end link.
To hold a district, neighbourhood or street party, you sometimes need an event permit. More information can be found at Begin link: Apply for a permit for a small event, end link. . You must submit this application at least 8 weeks before the event takes place.
Sometimes all you need to do is Begin link: report an event, end link. , but sometimes you need a Begin link: permit to use the public space, end link. . Fill in the Begin external link: Evenementenwijzer(External link), end external link. to see what you will need for your event.