{"id":10066,"date":"2018-05-15T20:44:07","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T18:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marjoleininhetklein.com\/?p=10066"},"modified":"2018-08-23T20:44:28","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T18:44:28","slug":"honor-thy-neighbors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marjoleininhetklein.com\/en\/2018\/05\/15\/honor-thy-neighbors\/","title":{"rendered":"Honor thy neighbors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just when you think things are quiet for once and you can carry on with your project: BAM! Another hit. Today I received a letter from the Alkmaar municipality about the objection from the water board, or so I thought. I scanned it without reading it properly and forwarded it to our secretary Marloes. A few minutes later she called: \u2018I just wanted to hear if you are doing ok!\u2019 \u2018Why?\u2019 I asked. \u2018Because the Gasfabriek has also raised an objection!\u2019 \u2018What? No, you\u2019re kidding right?\u2019 But no, our \u2018neighbor\u2019 foundation Behoud de GAS!fabriek has also raised an objection against the environmental permit for our pilot project Tiny House Alkmaar\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

To be honest, I\u2019m furious. And I don\u2019t understand it at all. To think that they were the first to apply for a permit for this project, when I would run it with one of their volunteers at the time, Nicolette. \u00a0That cooperation didn\u2019t go as I had hoped and expected as you can read here, so I filed for a new permit with the approval of the municipality and started a cooperation with my future neighbors. And now the same organisation that first wanted to execute a Tiny House project, is objecting to our permit? Why? That\u2019s the million-dollar question, of course.<\/p>\n

In the objection they state that they disagree with the judgment of the municipality that it\u2019s not violating the legal criterion of good spatial planning. \u2018The foundation is hindered in her business operation, considering the distance between her property and the houses.\u2019<\/p>\n

This objection doesn\u2019t mean we can\u2019t carry on with the project, we can go through at our own risk. Oh well, we were already doing that, pending the objection from the water board. Bring it on. Man, oh man. I\u2019m not drawing any conclusions, that\u2019s pointless. So much opportunity for cooperation going to waste. I can\u2019t get my head around it, so I\u2019m just leaving it at that.<\/p>\n

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