Month: August 2026

What is a water-sensitive open space area? Since 2017, the Flemish Government has been able to designate land as a water-sensitive open space area, commonly referred to by the Dutch acronym WORG. These are areas that are important for water storage or flood management and which, as a result, largely remain undeveloped. In return, Article…

What is a residential reserve area? Residential reserve area is an umbrella term for several categories of land that, in addition to ordinary residential areas, may still provide scope for housing, but only following an express decision by the municipality. The best-known and most common category is the residential expansion area (zone d’extension d’habitat /…