Planning and Building Council

General presentations

• SB040377 – Minutes of the Planning and Building Officer

  Minutes from the planning and building officer's disposal meetings of 07.10.2009 and 14.10.2009 were presented.

  Part A of the minutes is submitted to the town council for approval.;

• 0910620 – Skúlaskeið 5, extension

  On 05.10.2008, Bjarni Hrafnkelsson applied for permission to build an extension to a detached house, in accordance with drawings by VHÁ dated September 2009. The application was considered at a meeting of the planning and building officer on 07/10/2009, who referred it to the planning and building committee.

  The submitted drawing shows the layout of the extension as if it were a separate flat. The Planning and Building Committee requests further information about the submitted drawings.;

• 0709106 – Óseyrarbraut, new plot

  A proposal from the Harbour Board regarding a new plot of land, No. 33 Óseyrarbraut, was discussed. The Harbour Board approved the formalisation of the plot's layout in accordance with the outline drawing by Al-Ark Architects, which was presented at meeting 1327. meeting of the harbour board on 23 January 2008. The town council referred the matter on 16 March 2009 to the planning and building committee for discussion and decision. Postponed at the 222nd meeting. A new detailed plan drawing, dated 02.04.2009, was presented. On 13.05.2009, the Harbour Board agreed to request an amendment to the master plan, so that the main arterial road of the harbour area, i.e. The Óseyrarbrautin will be either removed from the master plan in the form shown there, or incorporated into the plan in its current form.

  The Planning and Building Committee agrees to advertise the outline planning application in accordance with section 1 of Article 26 of the Planning and Building Act No. 73/1997.;

• 09102393 – Hringbraut 30, building permit.

  Guðmundur Ýmir Bragason is applying for a re-hearing of the case, so that the roof overhang of the upper-floor extension can be removed and a 9.3 m² storage room added in the basement beneath the extension's entrance. The application was considered at a meeting of the Planning and Building Officer on 14 October 2009, who referred it to the Planning and Building Committee.

  The Planning and Building Committee requests further information regarding the shadow and postpones the matter.;

• 0905031 – Gunnarssund 9, zoning plan amendment

  The proposal from Ark ehf for an amendment to the detailed plan for the city centre site, as shown on the plan by Jon Nordsteien dated 06.05.2009, is reconsidered. The application has been subject to a local consultation in accordance with section 2 of Article 26 of the Planning and Building Act no. 73/1997. Objections were received. The detailed plan was approved by the Planning and Building Board on 07.07.2009. A ruling from the Planning and Building Appeals Board dated 8th October, where the local plan amendment is annulled, as the amendment is considered significant, and the legal requirements were therefore lacking to proceed with the amendment under the exception provision of Article 26(2) of the Planning and Building Act. New drawing dated 16 October 2009.

  The Planning and Building Committee agrees that the zoning plan amendment will be advertised in accordance with the first paragraph of Article 26 of the Planning and Building Act No. 73/1997.;

• 0807220 – Suðurgata - Hamarsbraut, detailed plan

  To reconsider the proposal from the Planning and Building Department, dated 18.09.2009, for a detailed plan for a site bounded by cliffs north of the houses north of Hellubraut/Hamarbraut, Suðurgata, Mýrarhóll and Strandgata. Previously submitted: the 2009 archaeological survey of the area by the Hafnarfjörður Folk Museum and the opinion of the House Preservation Committee regarding Hellubraut 7, dated 05.05.2009. Previously submitted were the minutes and responses to comments from the preliminary presentation meeting of 25 May 2009. Previously submitted were the minutes of the Department of Planning and Building regarding area conservation. New report and plan dated 30 September previously submitted. Submitted are documents dated 10 January 2009 and from the Department of Planning and Building dated 8 October 2009.

  Submitted.;

• 0903141 – Jófríðarstaðir, detailed plan for the Catholic Church and Búmenn

  The proposal from Búmenn, on their own behalf and on behalf of the Catholic Church, for a detailed plan for service flats, etc., at Staðarhvamm was reconsidered, based on the drawings and models of architect Guðrún Jónsdóttir. A revised plan dated 12.10.2009 was presented, in which the car parks have been altered. A plan from the Hafnarfjörður Folk Museum and the Planning and Building Department was presented, showing protected steps and a cairn.

  The Planning and Building Committee postpones the matter.;

• 0812022 – Southwest Lines, electricity transmission system

  A letter from the Planning Authority, dated 06.10.2009, is presented, requesting the opinion of Hafnarfjörður regarding the joint assessment of the Southwest Lines. Ólafur Árnason of Efla attends the meeting.

  The Planning and Building Committee thanks Ólafur Árnason for the presentation.

  The Planning and Building Committee instructs the Department of Planning and Building to finalise its response to the Planning Authority in accordance with the submitted draft. Approved with four votes from the representatives of the Social Democratic and Independence Alliance and the Independence Party.Jón Páll Hallgrímsson abstains from the vote, as the matter is being considered solely from the interests of Hafnarfjörður, whereas it should be considered from the interests of the entire area covered by the lines.