Earlier decision making housing Happy Days (Dwarstocht)

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.

Housing construction Happy Days (Dwarstocht)