There is plenty of room in Drenthe villages for housing. But not everywhere. The profit is mainly in using open spaces, redesigning buildings and building in ugly finished village edges. And there are many options for inheritance or home splits. Together it can deliver 13,000 new homes. In the long term even much more.
That is the conclusion of research agency KAW that specializes in housing problem. KAW investigated the possibilities to infringe or expand Drenthe villages in all types of Drenthe.
In the short term, 2,300 homes can be realized with re -use: using an existing location such as an empty hotel, a store or company. That is possible with the same building, but also with new construction in such a place: there are 1,000 potential locations in Drenthe.
In addition, there are around 750 open spaces in Esdorpen, Ve villages and canal villages that can be built, without brinking, sight lines and natural open spaces.
The researchers are careful with the recommendation to build on the edges of villages, but it is possible. Not an ugly pimple on a village, but especially looking at ‘ugly village edges’ that have never been beautiful or that have not become beautiful due to a previous village expansion. Sometimes that also means a ‘street there’.
The researchers see space for 550 new homes. But do not start building rücksicht -free meadows, the researchers warn.
The big clappers can be made with inheritance and housing splits. For example, by cutting former farm yards, space is created for 5,000 new homes. This is literally possible by splitting the yard, but also by only building a new home. For example, parents who have their adult children built a home on their own yard. Later if those children have children again and grandparents are old, they can change home and informal care is close by.
Splitting houses also yields a lot: 5,700 new homes. That can be homes for newcomers, but also for your own family. In smaller villages is less possible than in larger villages. All forms together deliver 13,000 new homes in the short term.
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