The residents of luxury villas on Midden Duin and Daalseweg in Bloemendaal, the , have blocked plans to open a hospice in the area with threats of going to the Supreme Court, the reports. Hospice Haarlem was offered a large villa in the area by the heirs of the deceased owner, Theo Eicholtz. It was a dream property, Hospice Haarlem director Pauline Jäger told the newspaper.
“A unique opportunity at a unique location in the countryside.” The hospice planned for ten beds in the country house - six for people in their final days of life and four residential care rooms for people in need of care who could stay there temporarily so that their caregivers could catch their breath. “Unfortunately, it was not meant to be,” Jäger said.
“There was a lot of enthusiasm about the plan in the neighborhood, but there were some fierce opponents.”Hospice Haarlem received a letter with objections to the hospice, signed anonymously . The objections were many and varied.
“From people seeing bedside lamps on at night to children in the neighborhood possibly seeing terminally ill people. There were objections to increased parking pressure and the fear that hearses would drive through the street. Neighbors sent out a survey so that residents could tick all possible objections.
” There were also fears that the arrival of a hospice would open the area to other businesses or social institutions. “The survey contained many objections, actually too many to mention. I think that the o.