Planning agency advises against permit for Eurostadium
Ruimte Vlaanderen has advised Flemish Brabant to not approve the environmental permit for the new football stadium at Heizel
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The agency looked into the impact on the surrounding area of the construction project – a new national football stadium, massive underground car park and other infrastructure on what is currently Parking C of the Heizel complex.
The ultimate decision will be made by the province of Flemish Brabant. Although the project is being headed by the Brussels-Capital Region, the site itself is on the territory of the municipality of Grimbergen in Flemish Brabant.
RV’s main objection concerned a local access road that crosses Parking C. The agency could only issue an opinion to approve the permit if the road were to be scrapped or moved. The advice is a blow to Ghelamco, the developer of the project, which had planned to break ground on in early June.
A building permit, however, has also not yet been granted. Meanwhile, the municipalities of Wemmel and Vilvoorde have filed objections to the project, and a committee of local residents has promised to fight it as well.
Photo courtesy Jaspers-Eyers Architects
