Until now it was always forbidden to live permanently in a holiday park, but the cabinet wants to legalize that. That was in the outline agreement of 16 May last year.
A few months later, a motion was adopted in the Lower House to accelerate that process of legalization. Since then, Minister Mona Keijzer of Housing has been working on a new rule that must make this legally possible.
Because it can take a long time before this rule is actually there, in the meantime, the Minister does not ask municipalities if someone lives illegally at a recreation park. Anyone who already lived in a holiday park before 16 May 2024 can now stay there with a personal permit.
Wijdemeren is critical
The municipality of Wijdemeren sees little in these plans of the cabinet. “The minister’s plan ignores the local circumstances and deprives municipalities in the direction and policy freedom in this area,” the Commission states in a letter to the city council.
Many recreation parks in Wijdemeren would not be suitable for permanent residence. In addition, the municipality thinks that this does not resolve the ‘underlying social problems’ and would allow permanent residents to improve parks.
The Recreation and Tourism advisory body also advises against legalization. According to them, allowing permanent residence would be at the expense of the ‘tourist function of the parks’.
Still stop enforcement
Nevertheless, Wijdemeren will adhere to the minister’s question not to maintain for the time being. This means that four ongoing enforcement requests will be stopped for the time being. Requests about residents who settled after 16 May last year will be processed.