The regular camping guests have been fighting the new owner of the site for years, who wants to transform the campsite into a luxury holiday park. They went to court several times to prevent them from losing their location.
After the last judgment of the judge The recreationists must leave the campsite by 1 October this year at the latest. There is still an appeal against that decision. The campers believe that their lease contract cannot be terminated, as long as the plans of the new owner are not ‘concrete and feasible’. In other words: a permit must first be issued for everything.
The judge did not go along with that, but now they come up with a new report on the emission of nitrogen in the construction of the park. According to the activists, this shows that the emissions are much higher than was calculated in earlier research.
‘Norm 134 times exceeded’
According to those new figures, the standard for nitrogen emissions in the construction of the chalets and other facilities in 2029 would be exceeded no less than 134 times. That is why the development of the holiday park has to be stopped, says campaigner Geert Sijtzema: “Everything is locked due to nitrogen. There is no room for housing, but the construction of luxury holiday parks at kind 2000 areas can continue.
At the same nature area there are two more family campsites where similar developments play: Bird song and Western. Member of Parliament Sandra Beckerman of the SP has since asked parliamentary questions about the new nitrogen report.
‘Rattling nitrogen figures’
“As far as we are concerned, the government must now intervene and the plans for Sandevoerde, Westeinder and Vogelenzang must be stopped,” says Beckerman. “Without a permit and based on rattling nitrogen figures, building even more luxury holiday parks, is out of the question for us.”
Vast Camping Guest Samira Lurks is cordially agree with this: “In the Netherlands you need a permit for everything. Even for a street party or organized walking tour. But we are in danger of losing our place on 1 October, while there is not even a permit for the nitrogen depositions that arise during construction and use.”
The activists hope that the governments, such as the municipality of Zandvoort and the province of Noord-Holland, will take action as a result of the new report. They also see it as new evidence in the appeal against the judicial decision of April. It is not yet known when that appeal is not yet known.