{"id":48870,"date":"2026-03-06T09:50:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T08:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swecobelgium.be\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=48870"},"modified":"2026-03-06T09:50:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T08:50:55","slug":"renewed-urban-planning-ready-for-implementation","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.swecobelgium.be\/en\/news\/renewed-urban-planning-ready-for-implementation\/","title":{"rendered":"Renewed urban planning ready for implementation"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"block block-share blocku002du002dwhite\" >\n\t<div class=\"block__inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col--12 col--wrapper col--center\">\n            <div class=\"col col--12 editor-content col--center\">\n                <div class=\"share\">\n                    <p class=\"share-text\">Share on: <\/p>\n                    <div class=\"ss-inline-share-wrapper ss-hover-animation-fade ss-with-counter-border ss-inline-total-counter-left\"><div class=\"ss-inline-share-content\"><\/div><\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"block cb block--lightgray\" >\n\t<div class=\"block__inner cb__inner cb__inner--one\">\n\t<div class=\"col--12 col--center col--wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col col--6 editor-content\">\n\t\t\t<h2>Strategic Spatial Plan Antwerp officially approved<\/h2>\n<p>The starting signal has been given. After a public consultation in which the residents of the city were able to submit their comments and request adjustments, the municipal council definitively approved the Strategic Spatial Plan Antwerp (SRA) on 21 May 2024. The plan will enter into force at the end of July. With the Strategic Spatial Plan Antwerp, the city tells its vision for the future in one clear narrative. And that vision is highly ambitious: Antwerp aims to become the most liveable city, with a high quality of life in strong neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block cb block--white\" >\n\t<div class=\"block__inner cb__inner cb__inner--media-content media-content media-content--right\">\n\t<div class=\"col--10 col--wrapper media-content__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col--6 media-content__content editor-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>A new sustainable and future-oriented urban vision<\/h2>\n<p>Kathleen De Beukelaer, Project Manager Strategic Planning: \u201cBuilding on the Spatial Structure Plan Antwerp from about twenty years ago, the Strategic Spatial Plan Antwerp marks the start of a new, sustainable and <strong>future-oriented urban vision<\/strong> for the next twenty years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is clear that such a strong future vision is needed today: we want to live in a city with more high-quality and affordable housing, with good cycling, bus and tram connections, and where it is pleasant to spend time in numerous open spaces and green squares. A city where water features capture rain during prolonged spring rainfall and where large and small parks offer cooling during periods of heat.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col--6 media-content__media media-content__media--video\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn__secondary media-content__play\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"icon icon-playbutton\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"embed-container \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Strategisch Ruimteplan Antwerpen\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\" data-src-defer=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1tpwEl8bnoM?feature=oembed&#038;hd=1&#038;autohide=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen frameborder=\"0\" tabindex=\"-1\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block cb block--white\" >\n\t<div class=\"block__inner cb__inner cb__inner--media-content media-content media-content--left\">\n\t<div class=\"col--10 col--wrapper media-content__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col--6 media-content__content editor-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Three layers for a resilient city<\/h2>\n<p>With the Strategic Spatial Plan Antwerp, to which we contributed as urbanists and spatial planners for the city administration, Sweco focuses on <strong>three layers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Resilient landscape:<\/strong> We green neighbourhoods and make them more resilient to climate change.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Smart network city:<\/strong> We strengthen the economic system and mobility through multimodal hubs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vibrant residential city:<\/strong> We improve living quality for Antwerp residents, with the Ring City and Ring Parks as catalysts for greater liveability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col--6 media-content__media media-content__media--image\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swecobelgium.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/LUCID-Ruimteplan-Geveltuin-lowres-780x460.jpg\" class=\"attachment-media-content size-media-content\" alt=\"Een vrouw rijdt op de fiets door een straat in de stad met bomen, planten en geveltuintjes\" full-size-url=\"https:\/\/www.swecobelgium.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/LUCID-Ruimteplan-Geveltuin-lowres.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media-content__media--copyright editor-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"copyright\">Photo Credit: LUCID<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block ocb ocb--left\" >\n    <div class=\"block__inner ocb__inner editor-content\">\n\n    \t    \t\t<div class=\"ocb__title ocb__title--mobile\">\n    \t\t\t<h5>Kathleen De Beukelaer, Project Manager Strategic Planning: \u201cThe strength of this plan lies in the holistic perspective with which we look at the city together with the administration. For the first time, residential densification, mobility and green-blue networks are interwoven and written into one clear narrative.\u201d<\/h5>\n    \t\t<\/div>\n    \t\n\t\t<div class=\"col--4 ocb__content\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t<div class=\"ocb__title ocb__title--desktop\">\n\t    \t\t\t<h5>Kathleen De Beukelaer, Project Manager Strategic Planning: \u201cThe strength of this plan lies in the holistic perspective with which we look at the city together with the administration. For the first time, residential densification, mobility and green-blue networks are interwoven and written into one clear narrative.\u201d<\/h5>\n\t    \t\t<\/div>\n\t    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"col--9 ocb__media\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1260\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swecobelgium.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/piX_BUURPoS_Verregat-66_Kathleen-2-1260x560.jpg\" class=\"attachment-ocb-image size-ocb-image\" alt=\"Kathleen is projectmanager Strategische Planning bij Sweco\" \/>        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"block cb block--white\" >\n\t<div class=\"block__inner cb__inner cb__inner--media-content media-content media-content--right\">\n\t<div class=\"col--10 col--wrapper media-content__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col--6 media-content__content editor-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Urban shift through smart densification<\/h2>\n<p>The plan introduces what could be called an Antwerp urban shift: a strategy of smart densification that takes into account the <strong>specific characteristics of each neighbourhood<\/strong> and the expected population growth. And therefore the additional demand for quality housing. By focusing, for example, on the edges of building blocks, inner areas will gain more space and greenery.<\/p>\n<p>Kathleen: \u201cThe strength of this plan lies in the holistic perspective with which we look at the city together with the administration. Three crucial themes \u2013 <strong>residential densification, mobility and green-blue networks<\/strong> \u2013 are interwoven and written into one clear narrative. Moreover, attention is not only given to large urban redevelopment projects, but also to small neighbourhood green spaces and strong local communities. We are very pleased that the city dares to use a broad range of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swecobelgium.be\/en\/services\/urban-policy-planning-and-tooling\/\">planning instruments<\/a> to implement policy at all levels.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col--6 media-content__media media-content__media--image\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swecobelgium.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Strategisch-Ruimteplan-Antwerpen-kaart-780x460.jpg\" class=\"attachment-media-content size-media-content\" alt=\"\" full-size-url=\"https:\/\/www.swecobelgium.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Strategisch-Ruimteplan-Antwerpen-kaart.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block cb block--white\" >\n\t<div class=\"block__inner cb__inner cb__inner--one\">\n\t<div class=\"col--12 col--center col--wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col col--6 editor-content\">\n\t\t\t<h2>Room for innovation and flexibility<\/h2>\n<p>The Strategic Spatial Plan Antwerp is the result of a balanced approach that <strong>combines ambition with room for innovation.<\/strong> The city invites partners and investors to contribute to this vision. The Strategic Spatial Plan is also a <strong>flexible framework<\/strong> that can respond to the trends of tomorrow. Within this framework, <strong>other policy instruments<\/strong> such as the building code and the transformation guideline will further steer developments in the coming years. To implement the Strategic Spatial Plan Antwerp in practice, additional plans such as Spatial Implementation Plans (RUP) and the housing policy plan will be developed.<\/p>\n<p>This plan is not merely a vision of the future, it is a promise to every resident of Antwerp. The Strategic Spatial Plan Antwerp forms the basis for a <strong>city ready for the challenges of tomorrow,<\/strong> with attention to people and their environment. Together we are building a city full of life, where innovation and tradition go hand in hand, and where everyone who lives, works or spends time there feels at home.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block--white latest-insights\" >\n\t<div class=\"block__inner latest-insights__inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col--11 col--wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col--12 editor-content latest-insights__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"h2 hyphenate\">Other news<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col--4 insight\" data-clickable=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"520\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swecobelgium.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/04\/Say-Cheese_23042026_AquafinAwards-projectteam-Brugge-Oostende-520x296.jpg\" class=\"attachment-insights-featured size-insights-featured wp-post-image\" alt=\"Projectteams bekroond met speciale prijs op Aquafin Awards\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"insight__content editor-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<em class=\"cats\">Water<span class=\"cats__sep\"><\/span>24\/04\/2026<\/em>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swecobelgium.be\/en\/news\/project-teams-honoured-with-special-award-at-aquafin-awards\/\">Project teams honoured with special award at Aquafin Awards<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p> <span class=\"readmore\">Read more<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col--4 insight\" data-clickable=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"520\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swecobelgium.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/04\/Helene-Rillaerts_016919_\u252c\u2310fayepynaert-520x296.jpg\" class=\"attachment-insights-featured size-insights-featured wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"insight__content editor-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<em class=\"cats\">Liveable Cities, Expert Talk<span class=\"cats__sep\"><\/span>22\/04\/2026<\/em>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swecobelgium.be\/en\/news\/helene-rillaerts-strengthens-urban-planning-in-belgium-through-a-dual-commitment\/\">H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Rillaerts strengthens urban planning in Belgium through a dual commitment<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p> <span class=\"readmore\">Read more<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col--4 insight\" data-clickable=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"520\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swecobelgium.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/04\/Fotobanner-full-width-28-520x250.png\" class=\"attachment-insights-featured size-insights-featured wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"insight__content editor-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<em class=\"cats\">Industry Transition, Sweco Loket<span class=\"cats__sep\"><\/span>21\/04\/2026<\/em>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swecobelgium.be\/en\/news\/sweco-supports-messer-benelux-permitting-process-for-new-air-separation-plant\/\">Sweco supports Messer Benelux permitting process for new air separation plant<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p> <span class=\"readmore\">Read more<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"block form-block block--lightgray\" >\n\t<div class=\"block__inner form-block__inner \">\n\n                    <div class=\"col--11 col--wrapper\">\n                                    <div class=\"col col--4 editor-content form-block__title\">\n                        <h2 class=\"h2 hyphenate\">Sign up for our newsletter<\/h2>                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col--12 col\"><\/div>\n                \n                <div class=\"col col--4 editor-content\">\n                    Receive updates on groundbreaking projects, sustainable solutions, and exclusive insights from Sweco. 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