AVS. Arkitektúr verktækni skipulag - 01.12.2004, Síða 14

and general planning policies.
I would like to mention some
of the issues contained in the
new Planning Bill. A three tier
system of local authority plans
will be continued i.e. regional
plans, master plans and detail
plans but, in addition, it is pro-
posed that the Minister for the
Environment will introduce a
Parliamentary Bill for a National
Planning Policy for 12 years
which is a novelty in lceland.
According to the present law the
main responsibility for planning
rests with the local authorities
but the need is acknowledged
for the state to present a com-
prehensive view of planníng, a
National Planning Policy which
should form the basis for local
authority planning.
With this National Planning
Policy, which could cover the
whole of the country or parts
of the country, the intention is
to formulate planning policies
that have bearing on the public
interest. This National Planning
Policy will contain the policies
of the Government for sustain-
able development with regard to
the planning carried out by local
authorities and as needed in
order to coordinate the policies
of official bodies towards land
use with regard to economíc and
social considerations in addítion
to environmental issues. One of
the issues that I consider should
be dealt with in the National
Planning Policy is a coordinated
land use policy for the central
area of lceland. The role of the
National Planning Policy is to
create a guiding light for the
planning of local authorities and
proposing policies concerning
the public interest although indi-
vidual planning decisions and
detailed planning will contínue to
rest with the local authorities as
it is important that development
control is carried out as near as
possible to the citizens.
It is also necessary to define
better the role of different forms
of plans, ensure a natural con-
nection between the different
tiers of planning and increase
the effectiveness and flexibilíty
of planning. Clearer instruc-
tions are proposed with regard
to the advertising of proposed
plans and public and official
participation in planning. In
accordance with the instruc-
tions of the European Parliament
and the Council of Europe from
the year 2001 clearer require-
ments for environmental impact
assessment of plans will also be
enacted.
The main content of the ideas
described above i.e. about the
role of plans in the different tiers
of planning and how they are
related, participation in planning,
environmental impact assess-
ment and an effective planníng
process aims at ensuring that
planning decisions contribute
to sustainable development
but that at the same time we
succeed as well as possible to
reach other goals of the planning
law. Planning systems and plans
have to take into account soci-
etal change and attitudes at any
given tíme. The ideas for change
that I have mentioned here aim
at making the planning system
better equipped to contend with
decisions about land use and
development ín the years to
come in lceland. The proposals
also reflect the development of
planning law in Northern Europe
taking into account special cir-
cumstances in lceland. ■
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