National Planning Agency
Municipal Planning
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The Municipal master plan covers the entire territory of the municipality. It sets out the municipal council's policy and decisions regarding future land use and pattern of settlement. The policy set out in the municipal plan is further elaborated in the local plans for individual neighbourhoods or plots.
Information about the status of municipal plans across the country can be accessed via web map.
Information on municipal plans that are being reviewed or changed Skipulagsgátt, planning portal.
Municipal Planning
The municipality is responsible for the preparation of the municipal plan. The municipal planning committee handles the preparation on behalf and under the authority of the municipal council.
At the beginning of each electoral term, the municipal council must decide whether the current municipal plan should be revised.
The municipal plan takes effect once it has been approved by the local authority and confirmed by the National Planning Agency.
The cost of preparing a municipal plan is shared equally by the municipality concerned and the Planning Fund, Skipulagssjóður. An application for funding can be accessed on the National Planning Agency’s service pages. Please note that the application is in Icelandic.
Digital Municipal Plan
The municipal plan is prepared digitally. This means that planning data is created in a standardized format within a geographic information system (GIS).
When the municipal plan is submitted to the National Planning Agency for processing, the data must be provided in digital form, in addition to traditional planning documents. The municipal plan continues to be presented in both a written planning report and land use maps, as before. Further information on digital planning and geographic information.