About 25,000 new homes planned at five national sites

Housing minister Elanor Boekholt-O'Sullivan named the last five national large-scale housing locations (nationaal grootschalige woningbouwlocaties) on Monday. The ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning said central government will help speed up building at all five.

About 25,000 homes are to be built in the five areas in the coming years, with government support. The plans for Roosendaal alone cover about 5,000 to 6,000 homes. In a letter to the Tweede Kamer, the minister says the homes should be finished by 2040 or earlier.

The locations lie in four provinces. Roosendaal and Best are in Noord-Brabant, Assen is in Drenthe and Zuidplas is in Zuid-Holland. Walcheren, in Zeeland, takes in areas around Middelburg, Vlissingen and Veere.

The designations bring the number of national large-scale housing locations to 31. That is one more than the coalition agreement set out.

This is the second time the minister has announced locations where building is to speed up. An earlier round covered five locations, where building is to speed up until 2035. The cabinet is releasing no extra money for infrastructure for either round. The minister says that is not needed at these locations.

The minister was in Roosendaal on Monday morning to explain her decision.