High costs, a scarcity of suitable sites, complex procedures and the nitrogen crisis are recurring obstacles to housebuilding. Central and local governments have launched numerous initiatives to tackle the housing shortage and accelerate housebuilding programmes, including housing action plans, housing deals and now housebuilding acceleration teams.

As a specialist in integrated area development, Witteveen+Bos supports the entire supply chain with tailor-made advice, from initiative to realisation. We work with our partners Rho Adviseurs and Antea Group through the Housebuilding Acceleration Teams in Gelderland and Zeeland (Versnellingsteams Woningbouw) and the Housebuilding Advice Pool in Overijssel (Adviespool Woningbouw) to help these provincial governments and municipalities accelerate their housebuilding programmes.

Municipalities in the three provinces can apply for support for specific construction projects. Following approval by the provincial government, our experts immediately get to work, without the need for an extensive tendering procedure. This way of organising literally accelerates the process of tackling the housing challenge.

‘To successfully accelerate housebuilding projects, it’s important to understand the perspectives of both the developer and the municipalities’, emphasises Wouter Gaastra, area development adviser and housebuilding acceleration team coordinator. ‘But that’s not all: housebuilding involves many different domains, and no two projects are alike. That’s why we bring together the right mix of specialists for every application. Tailor-made solutions are the foundation for success.’

Witteveen+Bos supports the entire supply chain and the complete housebuilding and area development process with a wide range of services, from initiative to realisation:

• Area visions
• Urban development plan
• Landscape plan
• Local environment plan
• Contract preparation and tendering
• Architecture
• Spatial planning and permits
• Environment and nitrogen
• Mobility
• Ecology
• Civil engineering design
• Construction and project management
• Spatial planning and land use policy