The housing delivery challenge is more urgent than ever. We need to build today and ensure that, in the future as well, we maintain sufficient space to continue building. The Spatial Planning Note provides the new national compass. By explicitly embedding housing development locations in this vision, we ensure that future area development aligns with the central government’s long-term strategy.
In this session, the central government will take you through the urbanisation vision from the Spatial Planning Note. We will show why designating large-scale housing development areas is crucial for strong, future-proof regions, and how this gives direction to parties (public and private) in the housing delivery challenge.
At the centre are 127 regional large-scale housing development areas, which, alongside 21 National Large-Scale Housing Development areas, have been included. What exactly does this label mean? How does it change the allocation of effort and responsibilities between central government, provinces and area partners? And how is it steered in practice for these regional large-scale housing development areas?
In this session, we will zoom in on two regional large-scale housing development locations in Zutphen. The Ministry of BZK (Housing Delivery Directorate) will discuss this with the province of Gelderland and the relevant market parties. Together, they will explore what this new category means for practice: how governance changes, which responsibilities the parties share, and how this helps to accelerate the housing delivery challenge.
A session for everyone working on the Dutch housing delivery challenge who wants to understand how the Spatial Planning Note sets the direction for the choices we will make together over the coming decades.
Speaker(s): Steven Kroesbergen (moderator), Jacos van Zelst (Directeur Realisatie Woningbouw, BZK), Errik Buursink (BZK)
PROVADA winner Michel Baars: 'MOOS will become the ASML of housing construction'
Not a man of one company, but a man of movements. His strength? Not shouting from the sidelines, but starting new companies himself that set the market in motion and challenge existing systems. That's how the jury of the PROVADA Inspiration Award 2026 describes winner Michel Baars. 'Michel gives direction to our entire construction and real estate sector.'
PROVADA 2026: It's a wrap!
For three days, the real estate sector stood shoulder to shoulder at RAI Amsterdam. With a record number of visitors, a packed programme and plenty of energy, PROVADA 2026 was an edition to remember. Below, we look back at the highlights — and at the end you'll find the photos and aftermovie to relive it all.
PROVADA Inspiration Award 2026 for Michel Baars
At PROVADA 2026, the PROVADA Inspiration Award 2026 was presented to Michel Baars. The award is presented annually to an individual who realises sustainable change within the built environment through vision, courage and decisiveness. This year's presentation marks the award's fifth edition.