Start in Kirchfeld

What is planned?
The urban development objective of development plan no. VE 10 "Kirchfeld" is to expand the potential for residential development in the Vellern district. The planned development will create 30 building plots, in particular for detached and semi-detached houses.

The plots for the detached and semi-detached houses are between 220 and 535 square metres in size. An area of around 870 square metres is available for a small apartment building. In total, the area covers an area of 19,697 square metres, of which 11,856 square metres are designated as general residential area. The aim of the planning is to round off the existing outskirts of the village in a sensible and harmonious way.

"With this new residential area, we will be able to meet the demand in Vellern, including a climate-neutral heat supply. I am delighted that this is working and that we can now get started," explained Mayor Michael Gerdhenrich at the symbolic ground-breaking ceremony.

The construction work comprises a total of 550 metres of rainwater drainage, 470 metres of wastewater drainage and a rainwater retention basin from which the rainwater is throttled and discharged into the Stichelbach. The wastewater is discharged to the Neubeckum sewage treatment plant via the existing Vellern pumping station. The public traffic area will be constructed as an asphalted construction road.

The utility companies will also lay their lines, including fibre optics, during the construction period. A special feature is the laying of a cold local heating supply by Energieversorgung Beckum (EVB) as an alternative to the conventional heating supply.

Special feature: cold near-heat
Heat is generated via 15 geothermal probes at a depth of 150 metres and a technical centre. The heat is supplied by decentralised heat pumps, which raise the energy from the brine network to a comfortable level for heating rooms and hot water. The users also have the option of using their own PV energy for the heat pump thanks to a brine power price model from EVB. In summer, the geothermal probe field can be used for passive cooling via the same heat pump systems. This highly efficient form of heating and cooling supply represents a significant development step towards a greenhouse gas-neutral local energy supply for residential and commercial areas. "Alongside the energy storage system, this is another major step towards climate neutrality," EVB Managing Director Dr Daniel Dierich emphasised the importance of this.

Costs and construction time
The project was put out to tender in September. The development contract was awarded to a local civil engineering company. "It's great that the added value remains local," said the mayor. The total costs for the sewerage system including the rainwater retention basin and the construction road including engineering services amount to around 1,125,000 euros. The planned construction period is from mid-November 2024 to the end of April 2025.

The City Council of Beckum adopted development plan no. VE 10 "Kirchfeld" at its meeting on 23 May 2024.