Who makes decisions about Laarne?
Three levels of government each decide on their own topics.
Your municipality
The municipal council and the mayor and aldermen decide on matters such as streets, waste collection, sports halls, libraries and the public social welfare centre.
We do not show municipal council decisions yet: there is no open data for all municipalities yet.
Flemish Parliament
The Flemish Parliament decides on matters such as education, housing, mobility, the environment, child benefit and care.
Recently discussed
- Call for transparency on budget cuts and advertising plans at VRT
- Proposal to shift funds towards fixing dangerous Flemish cycle paths
- Proposal to postpone and review cultural budget cuts in Flanders
Federal Chamber
The Chamber decides on matters such as pensions, taxes, justice, the police, defence and health insurance.
Recently discussed
- Proposal for a national pact to improve disease prevention
- Proposal to recognize the Tibetan government-in-exile and impose sanctions
- Bill to recognise and compensate pesticide-related occupational illnesses
What did the municipal council decide?
The items the municipal council dealt with in recent months. Items about individuals (staff, permits, councillors’ questions…) are shown without details.
Meeting of 3 September 2026
- Item about an individual
- Aanpassing algemeen politiereglement naar aanleiding van nieuw strafwetboek
- Kerkfabriek Sint - Macharius - Budget 2027 - aktename
- Retributiereglement op diverse prestaties door gemeentelijke diensten 2026-2031 ( aanpassing )
- Goedkeuring schoolreglement 2026-2027 van GBS De Windwijzer Laarne en van GBS De Windwijzer Kalken
- Kerkfabriek Sint-Denijs - Budget 2027 - aktename
- Reglement tot raadpleging van de registers van de burgerlijke stand, de bevolkings- en de vreemdelingenregisters en het bekomen van afschriften, uittreksels en getuigschriften uit deze registers voor genealogische, historische of wetenschappelijke doeleinden (aanpassing)
- Goedkeuring arbeidsreglement GBS De Windwijzer Laarne en GBS De Windwijzer Kalken
- Other item (see the details at the municipality)
- Staff matter
- Other item (see the details at the municipality)
- Make-up of the municipal council or the board of aldermen (oath, resignation, replacement)
- Patrimonium - goedkeuring ontwerpakte kosteloze overname kapel Mellestraat
- Other item (see the details at the municipality)
- Other item (see the details at the municipality)
- Brandweerzone Centrum: budgetwijziging 2026
- Other item (see the details at the municipality)
- Permit or land subdivision
- Other item (see the details at the municipality)
- Other item (see the details at the municipality)
- Other item (see the details at the municipality)
- Goedkeuren notulen vorige zitting
- Item about an individual
- Other item (see the details at the municipality)
- Other item (see the details at the municipality)
- Staff matter
- Make-up of the municipal council or the board of aldermen (oath, resignation, replacement)
- Goedkeuring deelname regionale klimaatwerking 2027-2031
- Goedkeuring aanpassing protocolakkoord niet-verkeer
Source: Lokaal Beslist (Flemish government), published by the municipality.
How does Laarne handle money?
From the 2024 annual accounts of the municipality and the public social welfare centre combined. Amounts per inhabitant, so you can compare municipalities.
Revenue
€ 2,010 per inhabitant
taxes, money from higher authorities, charges…
29% less than the Flemish average
Spending
€ 2,249 per inhabitant
day-to-day running and investments
22% less than the Flemish average
Debt
€ 873 per inhabitant
what the municipality still has to repay on its loans
31% less than the Flemish average
Does the municipality have money left over? Yes: after day-to-day running costs and repaying loans, € 80 per inhabitant was left to invest.
What did Laarne spend the most on?
Breakdown of spending on day-to-day running (excluding investments).
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Governance and administration the town hall, staff, service desks and buildings 28%
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Care and social assistance Public social welfare centre, childcare, care for older people and help for people in poverty 24%
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Schools and education municipal schools, school buildings and academies 11%
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Police and fire service the contribution to the police zone and the emergency services zone 10%
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Culture, sport and leisure library, sports hall, cultural centre and youth work 9%
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Waste, nature and environment waste collection, sewers, parks and green spaces 7%
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Housing and building building permits, social housing and neighbourhoods 4%
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Business and employment markets, local economy and employment 3%
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Loans and finances interest on loans and collecting taxes 2%
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Roads and mobility streets, pavements, cycle paths and parking 1%
In 2014 the municipality spent € 2,012 per inhabitant; in 2024, € 2,249 (in euros of that year, not adjusted for inflation).
Source: Flemish Agency for Home Affairs, Gemeente- en Stadsmonitor (BBC-DR). Your municipality's budget and multi-year plan can be found in the BBC-beleidstool.
Subsidies for organisations from Laarne
In 2025, 72 organisations from Laarne received a total of € 6.8 million in subsidies.
The municipal administration itself often also receives subsidies from higher levels of government. Self-employed people and other individuals are not counted here.
Who received the most?
- GEMEENTE LAARNE € 4,215,124
- OPENBAAR CENTRUM VOOR MAATSCHAPPELIJK WELZIJN VAN LAARNE € 1,785,060
- VRIJE BASISSCHOOL SINT-MACHARIUS LAARNE € 175,853
- BELGIAN BOILER COMPANY € 159,658
- INTERLOKALE VERENIGING WOONPLUS € 148,351
Work contracted out by public bodies in Laarne
These are the larger public contracts of public bodies with their address in this municipality: the municipality itself, but also, for example, a hospital, a school or a ministry.
We have not found any large public contracts from public bodies in this municipality yet.
Companies from Laarne that won government work
In 2025, companies and organisations from Laarne won 1 public contracts across Belgium.
- PAINTINGS & INDUSTRIAL COATINGS 1 contract
What is not here yet?
- The decisions of your municipal council.
- Smaller public contracts, below the European thresholds.