Refuge for asylum seekers ROL
The City of Leeuwarden is cooperating with the construction of a Regional Reception Site (ROL) on Mr. P.J. Troelstraweg 165a in Leeuwarden. This is at the request of the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA). Refugees with a good chance of obtaining a residence permit are received where the opportunities for integration, education and employment are greatest. In the northern provinces, these are the capital cities.
The plan
The plan is to provide 45 permanent homes for 450 for refugees. COA puts these homes into use. General residential areas and offices for staff will also be built. There will also be a playground and other outdoor space. This is being done in consultation with property developer Zwanenburg.
News
An initial residents’ meeting on the ROL was held in October 2022. Tt was agreed that the local authority would keep local residents informed through newsletters, for example:
- Newsletter 15, January 2026, regional reception site Leeuwarden (opens in new tab)
- Newsletter 14, January 2026, regional reception site Leeuwarden (opens in new tab)
- Newsletter 13, December 2025, regional reception site Leeuwarden (opens in new tab)
- Newsletter 12 June 2025, regional reception site Leeuwarden (opens in new tab)
- Letter for nearby residents ROL 22 January 2025 (opens in new tab)
- Newsletter 11, December 2024, regional reception site Leeuwarden (opens in new tab)
- Newsletter 10, November 2024, regional reception site Leeuwarden (opens in new tab)
- Newsletter 9, October 2024, regional reception site Leeuwarden (opens in new tab)
- Newsletter 8, July 2024, regional reception site Leeuwarden (opens in new tab)
- Newsletter 7, March 2024, regional reception site Leeuwarden (opens in new tab)
- Newsletter 6, December 2023, regional reception site Leeuwarden (opens in new tab)
- Newsletter 5, June 2023, regional reception site Leeuwarden (opens in new tab)
- Newsletter 4, January 2023, regional reception site Leeuwarden (opens in new tab)
- Newsletter 3, December 2022, regional reception site Leeuwarden (opens in new tab)
- Newsletter 2, November 2022, regional reception site Leeuwarden (opens in new tab)
- Newsletter 1, September 2022, regional reception site Leeuwarden (opens in new tab)
Frequently asked questions
All documents received, sent and published
2025:
- Decision on higher value noise Regional reception site on Kampweg (opens in new tab)
- Environmental permit granted for the construction of 45 dwellings for COA on Kampweg (opens in new tab)
2024:
- Informative letter to the council – 7 ]November 2024 (opens in new tab)
- Contact timeline – 7 November 2024 (opens in new tab)
- Letter on Regional Reception Site incl. annexes 1,2,3 (opens in new tab)
- Woo request 29 August 2024 (opens in new tab)
- Letters to city council on Kampweg 9 October 2024 (opens in new tab)
- Woo request 14 October 2023 (opens in new tab)
- Infographic refuge for asylum seekers (opens in new tab)
- Brief M. Faber adoption of an unequivocal position by the State (opens in new tab)
- Letter to the city council 16 July (opens in new tab)
- Submission of draft environmental permit for planning permission ROL and construction of 45 dwellings – 20 March 2024 (opens in new tab)
- Public inspection of draft decision on higher value environmental permit ROL with 45 dwellings – 20 March 2024 (opens in new tab)
- Submit construction application COA buildings – 10 January 2024 (opens in new tab)
- Council proposal (opens in new tab)
- Response and reply note views draft environmental permit (opens in new tab)
- Principal request plan redevelopment Nyenhuis site situation sketch intended allotment (opens in new tab)
2023:
- Preliminary consultation on prosperity ROL (opens in new tab)
- Advice Hus en Hiem ROL (opens in new tab)
- Motion on health aspects Airbase 1 June 2023 (opens in new tab)
- Woo-decision motion ROL health (opens in new tab)
- Press release Zwanenburg Projects 9 May 2023 (opens in new tab)
- Letter to the city council 26 April 2023 (opens in new tab)
- Letter to De Haan Advocaten en Notarissen 26 April 2023 (opens in new tab)
- Appendix to the letter to De Haan Advocaten en Notarissen 26 April 2023 (opens in new tab)
- Letter to De Haan Advocaten en Notarissen 17 April 2023 (opens in new tab)
- Appendix to the letter to De Haan Advocaten en Notarissen 17 April 2023 (opens in new tab)
- Letter to Bout Advocaten 13 January 2023 (opens in new tab)
2022:
- Letter to the city council Asylum Seekers’ Centre with ROL function mr. P.J. Troelstraweg (20 December 2022) (opens in new tab)
- COA analysis sites (opens in new tab)
- City of Leeuwarden Analysis Sites (opens in new tab)
- Email of the Municipal Executive to the city council dated 8 November 2022 (opens in new tab)
- Invitation to walk-in meeting ROL on 24 October 2022 (opens in new tab)
- Letter to city council; Intention to cooperate in the realisation of a ROL (27 June 2022) (opens in new tab)
2021:
2020:
- Proposal of the Municipal Executive; Final decision to cooperate with COA request for ROL feasibility study (16 December 2020) (opens in new tab)
- Letter to city council; Request for wishes and objections on establishment of ROL (17 November 2020) (opens in new tab)
- Proposal of the Municipal Executive ‘Request for wishes and objections'(12 November 2020). (opens in new tab)
Requests under the Open Government Act (Wet open overheid, woo)
Do you want access to documents that are not in the public domain? If so, you can make a request under the ‘Open Government Act’. We refer to this as submitting a request under the Open Government Act. More information can be found on the page Submit a Woo request.
Woo request December 2022
A Woo required has been filed by a local resident on the subject of health research airbase.
Woo request 7 October 2022
A Woo request has been filed on the subject of ‘Regional Reception Site (feasibility study and reconnaissance)’.
- Woo-request up to and including 286 (PDF, 142.94 KB) (opens in new tab)
- Woo scan documents 1 to 52 (PDF, 5.50 MB) (opens in new tab)
- Woo scan documents 53 to 100 (PDF, 5.33 MB) (opens in new tab)
- Woo scan documents 101 to 149 (PDF, 3.69 MB) (opens in new tab)
- Woo scan documents 150 to 175 (PDF, 3.51 MB) (opens in new tab)
- Woo scan documents 176 to 200 (PDF, 1.89 MB) (opens in new tab)
- Woo scan documents 201 to 250 (PDF, 1.31 MB) (opens in new tab)
- Woo scan documents 251 to 286 (PDF, 4.32 MB) (opens in new tab)
- Woo scan documents 287 to 308 (addition publication 20 October 2022) (PDF, 839.33 KB) (opens in new tab)
Woo request 13 September 2022
A law firm has filed a Woo request. They wanted the documents from property developer Zwanenburg to be made public.
More information
Contact the City of Leeuwarden.
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The plan
The plan is to provide 45 permanent homes for 450 for refugees. COA puts these homes into use. General residential areas and offices for staff will also be built. There will also be a playground and other outdoor space. This is being done in consultation with property developer Zwanenburg.
News
An initial residents’ meeting on the ROL was held in October 2022. Tt was agreed that the local authority would keep local residents informed through newsletters, for example:
- Newsletter 15, January 2026, regional reception site Leeuwarden (opens in new tab)
- Newsletter 14, January 2026, regional reception site Leeuwarden (opens in new tab)
- Newsletter 13, December 2025, regional reception site Leeuwarden (opens in new tab)
- Newsletter 12 June 2025, regional reception site Leeuwarden (opens in new tab)
- Letter for nearby residents ROL 22 January 2025 (opens in new tab)
- Newsletter 11, December 2024, regional reception site Leeuwarden (opens in new tab)
- Newsletter 10, November 2024, regional reception site Leeuwarden (opens in new tab)
- Newsletter 9, October 2024, regional reception site Leeuwarden (opens in new tab)
- Newsletter 8, July 2024, regional reception site Leeuwarden (opens in new tab)
- Newsletter 7, March 2024, regional reception site Leeuwarden (opens in new tab)
- Newsletter 6, December 2023, regional reception site Leeuwarden (opens in new tab)
- Newsletter 5, June 2023, regional reception site Leeuwarden (opens in new tab)
- Newsletter 4, January 2023, regional reception site Leeuwarden (opens in new tab)
- Newsletter 3, December 2022, regional reception site Leeuwarden (opens in new tab)
- Newsletter 2, November 2022, regional reception site Leeuwarden (opens in new tab)
- Newsletter 1, September 2022, regional reception site Leeuwarden (opens in new tab)
Frequently asked questions
All documents received, sent and published
2025:
- Decision on higher value noise Regional reception site on Kampweg (opens in new tab)
- Environmental permit granted for the construction of 45 dwellings for COA on Kampweg (opens in new tab)
2024:
- Informative letter to the council – 7 ]November 2024 (opens in new tab)
- Contact timeline – 7 November 2024 (opens in new tab)
- Letter on Regional Reception Site incl. annexes 1,2,3 (opens in new tab)
- Woo request 29 August 2024 (opens in new tab)
- Letters to city council on Kampweg 9 October 2024 (opens in new tab)
- Woo request 14 October 2023 (opens in new tab)
- Infographic refuge for asylum seekers (opens in new tab)
- Brief M. Faber adoption of an unequivocal position by the State (opens in new tab)
- Letter to the city council 16 July (opens in new tab)
- Submission of draft environmental permit for planning permission ROL and construction of 45 dwellings – 20 March 2024 (opens in new tab)
- Public inspection of draft decision on higher value environmental permit ROL with 45 dwellings – 20 March 2024 (opens in new tab)
- Submit construction application COA buildings – 10 January 2024 (opens in new tab)
- Council proposal (opens in new tab)
- Response and reply note views draft environmental permit (opens in new tab)
- Principal request plan redevelopment Nyenhuis site situation sketch intended allotment (opens in new tab)
2023:
- Preliminary consultation on prosperity ROL (opens in new tab)
- Advice Hus en Hiem ROL (opens in new tab)
- Motion on health aspects Airbase 1 June 2023 (opens in new tab)
- Woo-decision motion ROL health (opens in new tab)
- Press release Zwanenburg Projects 9 May 2023 (opens in new tab)
- Letter to the city council 26 April 2023 (opens in new tab)
- Letter to De Haan Advocaten en Notarissen 26 April 2023 (opens in new tab)
- Appendix to the letter to De Haan Advocaten en Notarissen 26 April 2023 (opens in new tab)
- Letter to De Haan Advocaten en Notarissen 17 April 2023 (opens in new tab)
- Appendix to the letter to De Haan Advocaten en Notarissen 17 April 2023 (opens in new tab)
- Letter to Bout Advocaten 13 January 2023 (opens in new tab)
2022:
- Letter to the city council Asylum Seekers’ Centre with ROL function mr. P.J. Troelstraweg (20 December 2022) (opens in new tab)
- COA analysis sites (opens in new tab)
- City of Leeuwarden Analysis Sites (opens in new tab)
- Email of the Municipal Executive to the city council dated 8 November 2022 (opens in new tab)
- Invitation to walk-in meeting ROL on 24 October 2022 (opens in new tab)
- Letter to city council; Intention to cooperate in the realisation of a ROL (27 June 2022) (opens in new tab)
2021:
2020:
- Proposal of the Municipal Executive; Final decision to cooperate with COA request for ROL feasibility study (16 December 2020) (opens in new tab)
- Letter to city council; Request for wishes and objections on establishment of ROL (17 November 2020) (opens in new tab)
- Proposal of the Municipal Executive ‘Request for wishes and objections'(12 November 2020). (opens in new tab)
Requests under the Open Government Act (Wet open overheid, woo)
Do you want access to documents that are not in the public domain? If so, you can make a request under the ‘Open Government Act’. We refer to this as submitting a request under the Open Government Act. More information can be found on the page Submit a Woo request.
Woo request December 2022
A Woo required has been filed by a local resident on the subject of health research airbase.
Woo request 7 October 2022
A Woo request has been filed on the subject of ‘Regional Reception Site (feasibility study and reconnaissance)’.
- Woo-request up to and including 286 (PDF, 142.94 KB) (opens in new tab)
- Woo scan documents 1 to 52 (PDF, 5.50 MB) (opens in new tab)
- Woo scan documents 53 to 100 (PDF, 5.33 MB) (opens in new tab)
- Woo scan documents 101 to 149 (PDF, 3.69 MB) (opens in new tab)
- Woo scan documents 150 to 175 (PDF, 3.51 MB) (opens in new tab)
- Woo scan documents 176 to 200 (PDF, 1.89 MB) (opens in new tab)
- Woo scan documents 201 to 250 (PDF, 1.31 MB) (opens in new tab)
- Woo scan documents 251 to 286 (PDF, 4.32 MB) (opens in new tab)
- Woo scan documents 287 to 308 (addition publication 20 October 2022) (PDF, 839.33 KB) (opens in new tab)
Woo request 13 September 2022
A law firm has filed a Woo request. They wanted the documents from property developer Zwanenburg to be made public.
More information
Contact the City of Leeuwarden.