The Westerveld municipal council debated whether to proceed with rules aimed at curbing ornamental cultivation or wait. The council had clearly called for action about a year and a half earlier, but the parties were not united on how to proceed. Council president Hilbert Stel said there was still another week to decide.

The debate was affected by a national framework agreement on crop-protection products that was still being developed. National developments had therefore overtaken the municipality's discussion, and it remained undecided whether Westerveld would continue or wait.