Mountain regions against proposals to build outside building zones
Published: Friday, Oct 11th 2024, 06:40
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The Working Group for Mountain Areas does not think much of the Federal Council's proposals on building outside building zones. It fears a bureaucratic monster. The Federal Council wants the number of buildings and the total amount of sealed surfaces outside these zones to be allowed to grow by a maximum of 101 percent compared to the end of September 2023.
The Federal Council submitted this proposal for consultation in mid-June - as a target for the implementation of the Spatial Planning Act and taking into account the concerns of the withdrawn landscape initiative. The consultation process ended on Wednesday.
The Working Group for Mountain Areas (SAB) generally rejects the proposals. In a statement, it writes that the draft ordinance does not correspond to the will of Parliament when discussing the revised Spatial Planning Act. "It would lead to numerous restrictions and create a new bureaucratic monster." A value of 102 percent was explicitly mentioned in the consultations. The working group is therefore sticking to this figure.
500 buildings per year
There are currently around 620,000 buildings outside of building zones in Switzerland. An additional growth of one percent corresponds to around 6200 buildings. On average, 500 buildings are constructed outside the building zones every year. This means that the further growth still permitted corresponds to just over ten years of construction activity.
The SAB also criticizes the bill with regard to tourism. Parliament had clearly stated that tourism should be excluded from the stabilization targets. However, the draft ordinance now "suddenly provides for further restrictions".
Farmers restricted
The SVP also rejects the draft. Even if there are individual articles that could be supported, "this proposal is unusable in its current form", it writes in a statement. This is because it massively expands state powers and undermines the independence of agriculture.
According to the SVP, the limit of 101 percent is particularly unfair to those cantons that have been cautious and reluctant to grant building permits in recent years.
The other parties did not comment on the aspect of stabilizing the building zones during the consultation process.
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