Housing construction Happy Days (Dwarstocht)
Developer ERA Contour is building housing on the former Dwarstocht industrial site along Oostweg. Happy Days will be a special residential environment, captured in the concept of "always on vacation. Adventure, greenery and meeting are important elements. The homes are located in a car-free inner area. The plan includes approximately 165 houses for sale and an apartment complex with 40 apartments in the social rental sector.
State of play May 2024
The installation of fencing and planting along Slotermeer Lake and part of Brielsemeer began in March 2023. Local residents received a letter about this.
The first homes were completed in December 2023. The developer's schedule is for the last homes to be completed in the spring of 2025. The contractor is currently constructing the public area on behalf of the municipality. This work is scheduled to be completed in 2025.
40 social rental apartments
In addition to 165 owner-occupied homes, 40 social rental apartments will also be built. In January 2024, ERA Contour and housing corporation De Goede Woning signed a letter of intent. Currently, the plans are being further elaborated and discussed with the municipality. An environmental permit will be applied for this building plan. The building plan is already included in the 2021 zoning plan. The start of construction is planned for the end of 2024. ERA will inform (future) residents about the progress and planning. If you have any questions, please ask ERA.
Zoning and environmental permits
In March 2021, the City Council adopted the 2019 Dwarstocht zoning plan. The environmental permits were prepared in coordination with the zoning plan and the draft decisions were jointly available for inspection. Because the zoning plan was adopted by the City Council, the environmental permits were granted to ERA Contour. No appeal has been lodged with the Council of State. This means that the decisions are irrevocable.
Participation
On June 19, 2018 and May 9, 2019, there were walk-in meetings where the plans for Happy Days were discussed with local residents. On September 30, 2019, there was a meeting to which (a delegation of) submitters of views (against the draft zoning plan) were invited.
On Thursday, June 10, 2021, the planting design for Happy Days was discussed with direct residents of the plan area (homes whose backyards border the plan area). The proceeds were used to make the planting design more comprehensive and high quality.
Meeting reports and presentations can be found at the bottom of this webpage in the downloadable documents.
Planting plan
Proceeds from the June 10, 2021 residents' meeting were used to further develop the planting plan for Happy Days. The plan can be found with the documents at the bottom of this page.
Compared to the draft planting plan, the following modifications were incorporated as a result of suggestions from local residents:
- For the forest wall/ground wall on the Slotermeer side, the suggestion is made to apply trees with different leaf colors. This suggestion has been adopted. For example, the Red Maple is applied with red leaves and the Winter Lime with yellow leaves.
- The green screen will have the maximum possible height and will be planted with as many types of plants as possible. The green screen will be placed and planted immediately at the start of construction of the first phase so that the screen will be fully vegetated after about 2 years.
- The trees at the site of the dike houses will be planted as large as possible.
Notes per page
- Page 1 of the planting plan shows which existing trees will be retained (light green) and which new trees will be planted (dark green). The letters in the trees refer to the type of tree, included in the tree list on page 4. The numbers in the trees refer to the planting size.
- Page 2 shows that greenery will be added in several places in the plan, such as in the courtyard, on the earth walls, along the shoreline and against the green screening on the waterfront. Pages 5 and 6 show the full list of planting types.
- Page 3 shows the types of plantings that will be planted against the fencing along the waterfront. The planting consists of different types of greenery, so that the green view will not be too monotonous and will change every season. It can also be seen that the planting will grow above the fencing, so that the screening will amply hide the headlights of cars.