National Planning Agency
Main organisation
The master plan is a planning plan that covers the whole of the municipality. It sets out the policy and decisions of the municipality on the future use of land and the arrangement of settlement. The policy set out in the master plan is further elaborated in the division plan for individual neighbourhoods or plots.
Main Structure in effect
The main structure in force with amendments is available here.
Information on the status of the general planning in Iceland can be found here.
Type of main organisation
The municipality is responsible for the preparation of the master plan. The municipality planning committee is responsible for the preparation of the master plan under the authority of the municipality.
At the beginning of the election period, the municipality shall consider whether the current general plan should be reviewed.
The master plan shall take effect once it has been approved by the local authority and confirmed by the organising agency.
Up to half of the costs are paid from the Structural Fund, but the local authority in question bears the costs of making the main plan.
Instructions
The process of the master plan
Digital master plan
The creation of a digital master plan means that planning data is processed in a coordinated manner in a spatial information system. The master plan is presented in a planning memorandum and on a planning abstract as before.
Instructions
on the creation of a digital master plan
on the creation of a digital master plan
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