At the November 25, 2022 meeting, we informed you about the process of arriving at a Spot Plan+ for downtown Nuenen. You indicated that you missed the content at that time. Prior to the meeting on January 17, 2023, we sent you the draft Spot Plan+. During the meeting we further informed you about the content and meaning of the Spatial Plan+ with a presentation.

During the meeting there was room for questions. The questions asked and comments made led to refinements in the Spot Plan+. This report reflects these questions and corresponding answers.

The Spot Plan+ Center Nuenen is

• A first step toward updating the 2010 Center Vision. This will be followed up in the ambient program Center to be drawn up;
• A reaffirmation of existing policy;
• An outline vision for the entire center;
• A vision of the functional structure and spatial qualities in general. There is no discussion of building heights or urban design possibilities. This is for further elaboration per development initiative;
• A current integrated framework for development plan initiators;
• An Explanatory Map .

Asked questions and answers

The questions are clustered and answered by topic.

Can the municipality identify the plans and wishes of owners? So that perhaps owners can work together to come up with a nice plan.

Yes, we can do an inventory. We will pick this up in early May.

How will business owners remain easily accessible if the street becomes car-free and street parking is reduced?

In our experience, people like to park in front. Why is this being reduced?

The center remains part of the overall municipal traffic network and thus accessible to car traffic. Car-free does not mean no car traffic at all, but less car traffic. We want to achieve this mainly by improving the public space for slow traffic. In other words, the environment must become more livable. Street parking is related to this, but reducing it is not a goal in itself. It is mainly about parking in the right places, preferably less scattered and more concentrated.

What if a tenant terminates?

The current zoning plan will remain valid until the new Environmental Plan is adopted. However, we do recommend that you inform the new tenant about the Spot Plan+.

New plans are always negotiable by both you and the tenant with the municipality.

Why does retail need to leave the Mountain?

What does a compact center mean for retail?

Why let retail disappear under duress from the municipality? Make Park Street so attractive that every retailer wants to be there. Won't you get a natural turnover that way?

Why does all retail have to leave the Mountain? Can't "targeted" retail stay? Stores that people go to in a targeted way and also have comparatively few customers such as Billekens Licht & Advies, Meulendijks etc. Such a business has no added value in a shopping center and should not have it's run.

The final Spot Plan+ includes reduction of retail on the Mountain. How this will be shaped will be worked out later in the Environment Program.

Currently, the center is quite vast and retail is fragmented. For an economically future-proof center, where visitors stay longer and are enticed to make combination visits, the center needs to be compact.

Parkstraat has been designated as the concentration area for retail in the center of Nuenen. In its place, on the Berg, for example, there are again opportunities in the areas of culture, hospitality, small-scale meeting and accommodation functions. Partly due to the new construction of Van Gogh Village museum (formerly Vincentre). Whether or not combined with a residential function.

If retail as a function on the Berg is no longer made possible and is only allowed on Park Street, the rent on Park Street becomes higher. When a retailer wants to expand on the Mountain, this is no longer possible and he is forced to move to Park Street, resulting in much higher housing costs.

If retail as a function disappears what happens to property values? If this value drops will it be compensated by the municipality?

Property value is not a steering tool in the preparation of the Spot Plan+. As a municipality, we aim for an attractive and future-proof center out of the public interest.

The final Spot Plan+ includes reduction of retail on the Mountain. How this will be shaped will be worked out later in the Environment Plan in which we will further elaborate the policy into measures (what and how). In the Environment Plan the rules will eventually be legally defined (comparable to a zoning plan). A participation process will take place during both processes.

Effects on real estate are not yet an issue at this stage. Moreover, property values and the level of rents are the result of market forces. There are many factors that affect this.

How will you ensure that walking is created from Park Street through the Park to the Mountain?

We want to improve the functioning of the center in a cooperation of the municipality with entrepreneurs and property owners. The redesign of the public space can also be part of this. Further elaboration will follow, among other things, in the Environment Program.

Process

1. Modify draft Spot Plan+ into a final Spot Plan+.

2. Decision-making by Board of B&W - February 28, 2023.

3. Discussion in judgmental City Council - March 30, 2023*.

4. Decision-making in decision-making City Council - April 6, 2023*.

Following:

• Plan formation by developing parties
• Participation in plan formation by developing parties
• Assessment and decision-making of subplans by municipality

The Building Guide and Monastery Garden projects are separate from the Spot Plan+ and each is going through its own process and schedule.

* The City Council sets its own agenda

Appointments

• You will have the opportunity to submit written questions and comments until Jan. 24, 2023. These can be emailed to bedrijfscontact@nuenen.nl.
• After February 2, we will send you the report. This will also contain the questions/comments and answers.
• You will receive the final documents when they are sent to the City Council Agenda Committee.
• As soon as it is known, we will send you information about the schedule of council meetings (judgment and decision-making).
• After council decision making, you will receive feedback on this from us.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Jessica de Vrees, Ingrid Bussemakers and/or Anne Goossens at the general number 040 2631 631.