Village heart Zwartewaal
Village heart Zwartewaal
In 2016, the Council adopted the Zwartewaal 2030 livability vision with implementation program. One of the activities from this implementation program is the area vision Christinalaan. This area vision has been the basis of the development Dorpshart Zwartewaal; the construction of 85 homes and a facilities cluster consisting of a school, village hall and sports hall.
Participation
Residents, organizations and other stakeholders are closely involved in the development of Zwartewaal Village Heart. Together with the surrounding area, the ''Village Heart'' model was chosen from several future visions in late 2017. After that, a sounding board group was set up to come up with the details of the village heart together. Three urban designs were then developed and voted on by residents. In 2020, the city council chose implementation variant 1, in which the council followed the sounding board group's advice.
This implementation variant was further developed in a design process. Design sessions were organized with users about the facilities cluster. The sounding board group was also involved in the development of the design plan for Zwartewaal Village Heart.
Construction
The municipality is working with developer Zenzo Social Real Estate to build the facilities cluster and housing. The facilities cluster will be built first. This will be followed by the construction of the housing units in several phases. They will be social housing, ground-floor apartments, upper-level apartments with commercial spaces underneath, single-family homes, semi-detached and detached homes.
The expected schedule is as follows:
- December 2023: start construction facility cluster
- Mid school year 2024-2025: completion of facilities cluster
- From 2026: housing construction in three phases
A temporary route has been created for construction traffic between Provincialeweg N218 and Smalleweg. Construction traffic will use the route: Smalleweg - Sluisweg - Lijnbaanweg to get to the construction site.
You can read more about the construction of the homes on our Construction page.
Communications
Residents' meetings
Regular resident meetings are held about the development. A meeting was held on Nov. 23, 2023, where attendees were given an explanation of the design of the amenity cluster and could ask questions about construction.
Invitation to residents' meeting on July 8, 2024
On Monday evening, July 8, Zenzo Maatschappelijk Vastgoed is organizing an information meeting Dorpshart Zwartewaal. To inform local residents and interested parties about the housing development and to discuss the housing plan. The meeting is from 19.00 to 20.30 in the Gaffelaar. You can register before July 1 via Zenzo's website.
Festive commissioning of 1st phase of Village Heart Nov. 26, 2025
After the completion of the new school and village hall, it is time to celebrate the completion of this first phase of the 'Village Heart Zwartewaal'. You are cordially invited to celebrate this with us on Wednesday, November 26, 2025. From 14.30 to 16.00 there will be an opportunity to view the entire new building complex. In addition to
a tour of the festively decorated school, there will be presentations and demonstrations by
users and tenants of the village center and gymnasium.
Newsletters
July 2024 newsletter Village Heart of Zwartewaal number 23 shared.
Would you also like to receive the digital newsletter in the future? Then fill out the subscription form Dorpshart Zwartewaal.
Interested in a home? Then register through the developer's project website at: nl.
Learn more
Previous newsletters and more information about resident meetings can be found on the Communications page.
Timeline
Currently in progress: Start of demolition of old school and village hall -
Demolition of the buildings and then preparing the site for construction.
Completed: Facility cluster completion -
Amenity cluster (1st phase of the Village Heart) completed.
Completed: Start of construction facilities cluster -
The preparatory work was completed and construction of the cluster could start in December 2023 with the piling work. On December 13, the start of construction was celebrated in the village.
Completed: Start construction road -
In October 2023, work began on the construction of the temporary construction road in Zwartewaal by contractor Kuipers Infra.
Completed: Final award -
Alderman Igor Bal signed the agreement with developer Zenzo Social Real Estate on Wednesday, Oct. 4, for the construction of the amenity cluster and 85 owner-occupied and rental homes.
Completed: Facilities cluster environmental permit -
The environmental permit for the construction of the facilities cluster was granted in July 2023. You can view this decision online.
Completed: Zoning -
The November 2022 Village Heart Zwartewaal zoning plan is final. You can view the zoning plan at nl with plan number NL.IMRO.0501.DHZwartewaal-0130.
Completed: Tender for construction of facility cluster and housing -
In July 2022, the tender for the construction of the facilities cluster and housing was put on the market. Initially, no tenders were received for this. Finally, at the end of 2022, a party was found and provisionally awarded through the negotiation process.
Completed: City Council chooses Variant 1 -
In January 2020, the municipal council chose implementation variant 1 of the Zwartewaal Village Heart. In this, the council followed the advice of the sounding board group, which favored variant 1 and 2.
Completed: Choice of model ''Village Heart'' -
Choice of desired model.
Completed: Adoption Liveability Vision Zwartewaal 2030 -
In December 2016, the Council adopted the Zwartewaal 2030 Livability Vision.
The date for the next steps will be set at a later date: