# About 25,000 new homes planned at five national sites

> Housing minister Elanor Boekholt-O'Sullivan has named Roosendaal, Best, Assen, Walcheren and Zuidplas as the final national building locations, where central government will help speed up construction.

Housing · published 2026-11-09 07:27 · https://nlnow.nl/a/government-backs-25-000-more-homes-at-five-large-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.

## Background

- **NGWL (nationaal grootschalige woningbouwlocatie)**: A national large-scale housing location is a site in the Netherlands where a large number of homes are planned, and which the national government has formally designated for extra support. The designation means central government works with the municipality and province to help speed up planning and building there. It matters because these sites are meant to add substantial housing supply in areas where the national housing shortage is most pressing.

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