Housing construction Happy Days (Dwarstocht)

State of play March 2023

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.

The decisions surrounding the final zoning plan and the environmental permits were available for 6 weeks for appeal. No appeal has been lodged with the Council of State. This means that the decisions are irrevocable.

In December 2021, the municipality began the work of preparing the site for construction and housing. The start of construction of the homes by ERA Contour began in the third quarter of 2022. Work is scheduled to be completed in 2025.

The installation of fencing and planting along Slotermeer Lake and part of Brielsemeer began in March 2023. Local residents received a letter about this.

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. Following these meetings, the plan was further developed and a draft draft zoning plan was prepared for Dwarstocht. On September 30, 2019, there was a meeting to which (a delegation of) submitters of views (against the draft zoning plan) were invited. ERA Contour explained the latest status of the draft. The report of the meeting and the presentation can be found at the bottom of this page.

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 will be used to make the planting design more comprehensive and high quality. The presentation and report are posted with the downloadable documents at the bottom of this webpage.

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 appearance 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.

Sales information from ERA Contour

www.happydayszoetermeer.nl