National Planning Agency
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This website uses automatic translation for English content, which may not fully capture the original meaning. For complete accuracy, refer to the Icelandic version, which is the official source.
The National Planning Agency manages the development and implementation of digital planning and geographic databases on marine planning and on environmental impact assessment, as well as development and operation of Skipulagsvefsjár.
In the Planning website, you can access the existing regional, central and divisional plans in pdf format through geographic location.
Digital master plan
Digital master plan involves the processing of master plan details in a coordinated manner in a spatial information system.
When municipalities submit the main planning proposals and approved main planning for processing by the Planning Agency, data must be submitted in digital form in addition to traditional planning data.
The digital master plan is available for viewing and downloading from Aðalskipulagssjá. It also contains submissions and summaries in pdf format.
The Icelandic National Planning Agency has published instructions in icelandic gagnalýsingu(pdf) and leiðbeiningar on the creation of a digital master plan to ensure a consistent work practice and support its implementation, along with a template for a digital master plan.
In Icelandic
Stílskrár fyrir QGIS (zip)
Roads in Iceland’s Nature
A list of roads in Iceland's nature, other than highways, shall be worked out by the local authority in parallel with the preparation of the master plan. Such a road list can be worked out in parallel with the preparation of the regional plan. A list of roads shall be installed as digital land information. Further information on data registration:
In Icelandic
Leiðbeiningar um gerð skrár yfir vegi í náttúru Íslands og högun og skil á gögnum (pdf)
Forsnið fyrir skráningu gagna um vegi í náttúru Íslands (shp/zip)
Landscapes and landscaped areas
The report (pdf) presents a landscape analysis for Iceland. Seven over-types of landscapes are defined, including 27 types of landscapes, and the whole country is categorised according to them, with 117 landscape areas mapped. Here you can access the spatial information sheets of the types of landscapes and landscape areas as defined in the report:
In Icelandic
Delineation of regional and sub-regional structures
The demarcation of the zoning and subdivisional zoning areas can be accessed in a previously created database. For each demarcation, basic information on the zoning can be found, including name and number of the municipality, name of the plan, date of entry into force and procedure.
In Icelandic
To access the database:
username: organisation_optingogn