Plan for additional space for housing construction
The municipality of Heerlen is going into the neighbourhoods to ask residents where they see room for housing. For example, is there a place in the neighbourhood, close to amenities, where housing is needed? We are opening an email address for ideas. At woningbouw@heerlen.nl people can immediately submit suggestions for suitable development locations in their neighbourhood.
The dynamics in the city to develop are everywhere present and tangible. In the center, but also in the neighborhoods and districts. Together with housing corporations and market parties, the municipality is getting to work in our city.
No time to waste
In order not to waste time, we are already working on a plan. We are introducing the opportunities for possible housing locations in Map . We examine every available piece of land to see if it is suitable for housing construction. Without looking at who owns it or what its intended use is.
Type of housing
We are now also setting criteria to assess the suitability of locations. For each promising location we are setting criteria Requirements and starting points. For example, how many and which homes can be built, such as purchase/rent, for seniors or starters, ground-based and/or stacked. We focus on locations that are suitable for five or more homes.
Alderman Marco Peters of Spatial Planning: “The Master Plan will be a clear Map with locations where we see opportunities for housing construction. In this way, we provide market parties and corporations with clarity and they can quickly make progress in the implementation”.