New land use plan for Ny-Ålesund

NySMAC

Helsinki spring 2014

Åsne Dolve Meyer, advisor Kings Bay AS

Why a new plan?• The land-use plan will be customized to the new standardized drawing regulations for

land-use plans at Svalbard.

• The sub-plan for the geodetic observatory will be incorporated in the land-use plan, so that we only will have one valid plan in Ny-Ålesund

• In 2012 the Governor did archaeological registrations, that led to some new cultural heritage areas

• New buildings that are not in the plan

• Building for light sensitive instruments outside town

• New building areas

• Changed drinking water catchment area – the existing one is wrong

• Include the existing and extended borrow pit by Tvillingvann

●2014

•Give public notice that planning is about to begin

•Work out a planning programme

•Prepare a draft plan

•Draft plan deposited for public inspection

●2015

•Submit the finalized plan proposal to the Governor

•The Governor approves the plan – Spring 2015

The process

New building areasAreas for dwellings, offices, common buildings and research buildings

Preferences for placement:

•Near by the other research / dwelling buildings in town

•Close to existing infrastructure

•Preserve existing scientific instruments

•Protect the bird sanctuaries and the green areas in town

•Preserve the cultural heritage areas

Possible new building areas

B2B3

B10

B4

KB6

●We need inputs from the research community to be able to include all the different aspects that need to be taken care of in the plan.

●Comments about activities that will make use of new land or changed use of land.

●We appreciate inputs as early as possible.

●The working language for the overall planning process will be Norwegian.

●Information needed for the international scientific community to make comments to the

draft plan will be provided in English.

●When the land-use plan is approved by the Norwegian authorities the plan will be

translated into English.