Regulation by detailed plan

The plan notes that the pace of construction has been held down so that house prices continue to rise and demands an active land policy in response. Tools against buildable land being left unbuilt while waiting for price increases is a direct application of that. Being able to set requirements for energy efficiency and construction already in detailed planning responds to the plan's demands for climate-smart and energy-efficient construction under societal planning.

• speculation slows constructiondecisive»Byggtakten har hållits nere för att bostadspriserna ska fortsätta att stiga, hyresgäster krävs på allt högre hyror« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The pace of construction has been held down so that house prices continue to rise, tenants are charged ever higher rents”
• active land policy»Vänsterpartiet vill se ett statligt byggbolag, investeringsstöd för ökat bostadsbyggande och en aktiv markpolitik.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party wants to see a state housing company, investment support for increased housing construction and an active land policy.”
• climate-smart construction through planning»Med större kontroll och planering från samhällets sida, kan byggandet både öka i takt och bli miljösmart och lagra kol istället för att släppa ut koldioxid.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“With greater control and planning from society's side, construction can both increase in pace and become environmentally smart and store carbon instead of releasing carbon dioxide.”
• energy-efficient construction»En långsiktigt hållbar miljö ska skapas genom hushållande med resurser och energisnålt byggande.« (party programme ↗)“A long-term sustainable environment should be created through economical use of resources and energy-efficient construction.”

The plan makes housing provision a societal responsibility and sees low construction as a core problem, which argues for tools against buildable land being kept unbuilt for speculative purposes. The party programme also requires that environmental considerations are built in from the beginning and that housing and energy systems are shifted, which supports that energy requirements can be set already in the detailed plan. However, the content of the detailed plan is not explicitly addressed.

• societal housing responsibilitydecisive»Därför anser vi att det är ett samhälleligt ansvar att trygga« (party programme ↗)“Therefore we believe it is a societal responsibility to ensure”
• environmental requirements early in the process»Hänsynen till miljöns krav ska byggas in i produktionsprocesserna redan från början.« (party programme ↗)“Consideration of environmental requirements shall be built into production processes from the beginning.”
• shifting the housing sector»Det övergripande kravet är att ställa om produktionsliv, bostäder, energisystem och« (party programme ↗)“The overarching demand is to shift economic production, housing, energy systems and”
• energy-efficient housing»Underlätta familjers energieffektivisering. Det finns stora vinster i att energieffektivisera sitt hem, både för samhället i stort och för den egna ekonomin.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Facilitate families' energy efficiency. There are great gains in making one's home energy efficient, both for society at large and for one's own economy.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan requires that construction occur in a land-efficient, resource-efficient and climate-smart way and that energy efficiency is powerfully supported. The ability to impose requirements for energy efficiency and construction already in the detailed plan is a tool for precisely that. Measures against building land being held undeveloped while waiting for price increases follow from the plan's desire to counter speculation and better utilize land.

• climate-smart constructiondecisive»Byggnation ska ske på ett yteffektivt, resurseffektivt och klimatsmart sätt.« (party programme ↗)“Construction shall occur in a land-efficient, resource-efficient and climate-smart way.”
• powerful energy efficiency»införa ett kraftfullt stöd för energieffektivisering till både hushåll och industrier.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“introduce powerful support for energy efficiency for both households and industries.”
• efficient land utilization»Vi vill utnyttja marken bättre genom att bygga både på bredden och höjden och på ytor som i dag inte används optimalt.« (party programme ↗)“We want to better utilize land by building both in breadth and height and on areas that are not currently optimally used.”
• counter speculation»Girighet, överskuldsättning och spekulation ska motverkas.« (party programme ↗)“Greed, over-indebtedness and speculation shall be opposed.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan places strong property rights and fewer rules at the centre for building and land use. To introduce tools that force landowners to build on their land and to allow demands for energy efficiency, heating type and construction already in detailed planning means both an intrusion on property rights and a new rule layer on top of the national building regulations. It goes against the plan's line on simple rules and incentives to build.

• strong property rightsdecisive»Äganderätten är central för ett samhälle där människor kan förverkliga sig själva och sina drömmar.« (party programme ↗)“Property rights are central to a society where people can realize themselves and their dreams.”
• fewer rules»Vi ska rensa upp bland överflödiga regler och byråkrati.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall clear up unnecessary rules and bureaucracy.”
• no to arbitrary intrusions»Brott mot äganderätten, med konfiskatoriska och godtyckliga beskattningar och ingrepp, underminerar förtroendet och långsiktigheten i samhället.« (party programme ↗)“Violations of property rights, with confiscatory and arbitrary taxation and intrusions, undermine confidence and sustainability in society.”
• incentives to build»starka drivkrafter att investera i bostäder, kan byggandet öka i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“strong incentives to invest in homes, building can increase throughout the country.”

The plan wants to simplify building standards, shorten processes and limit municipal special requirements. Allowing requirements for energy efficiency, heating type and construction already in detailed planning creates instead more and more detailed municipal requirements on building. The plan does want building and planning rules to stimulate sustainable building, but this does not justify new detailed planning requirements.

• limit municipal special requirementsdecisive»möjligheterna till att begränsa kommunala särkrav ses över« (party programme ↗)“possibilities to limit municipal special requirements are reviewed”
• simplified building standards»Byggnormerna bör förenklas, överklagandeprocessen förkortas« (party programme ↗)“Building standards should be simplified, appeal process shortened”
• simpler building regulations»fortsätta förenkla byggreglerna« (2022 manifesto ↗)“continue to simplify building regulations”
• sustainable building»Framtidens samhällen måste byggas på ett miljömässigt hållbart sätt.« (party programme ↗)“Future communities must be built in an environmentally sustainable way.”

The plan gives municipalities the social responsibility for housing provision and establishes that unnecessary rules must not prevent a municipality from meeting that responsibility, which speaks for tools against buildable land being kept unbuilt. It also requires that the environmental burden of dwellings be considered from a lifecycle perspective and that environmentally adapted architecture be used. Requirements in detailed plans are however a tightening of rules that the plan does not take a position on.

• municipal housing responsibilitydecisive»Kommunerna ska ha det sociala ansvaret för att« (party programme ↗)“Municipalities shall have social responsibility for”
• lifecycle perspective on building»Bostäders belastning på miljön ur ett livscykelperspektiv ska beaktas.« (party programme ↗)“The environmental burden of dwellings from a lifecycle perspective should be considered.”
• environmentally adapted building»Miljöanpassad arkitektur spelar en viktig roll för« (party programme ↗)“Environmentally adapted architecture plays an important role for”
• no unnecessary obstacles for municipalities»och onödiga regler får inte stå i vägen för en kommun« (party programme ↗)“and unnecessary rules must not stand in the way of a municipality”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan wishes to replace detailed plans with simpler building plans and significantly reduce bureaucratic red tape, while the counter-proposal wishes to add new requirements for energy efficiency, heating and construction to the detailed plan. The plan also values property rights and the principle that whoever owns land should be able to use it as they see fit, which argues against new compulsory tools against undeveloped buildable land.

• simpler planning systemdecisive»Ersätta avancerade detaljplaner med enklare byggplaner« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Replace detailed plans with simpler building plans”
• owner's right of disposal»rätt att använda sitt ägande efter eget huvud ska vara vägledande.« (party programme ↗)“the right to use one's property as one sees fit should be guiding.”
• strong property rights»Äganderätten och näringsfriheten ska ha ett starkt skydd i« (party programme ↗)“Property rights and business freedom shall have strong protection in”
• reduced bureaucratic red tape»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove one-third of companies' administrative costs and one-third of bureaucratic red tape”

The counter-proposal wishes requirements for energy efficiency, heating type and construction to be capable of being set already in detailed plan, thus more requirements on building. The plan's commitment is the opposite: regulations and requirements that govern residential building shall be reviewed, simplified and accelerated so that housing becomes cheaper to build. New climate-motivated planning provisions are the type of cost-raising symbolic politics the plan rejects.

• fewer building requirementsdecisive»Sverigedemokraterna vill underlätta bostadsbyggande genom att förenkla och snabba på beslutsprocesser och se över de omfattande regelverk och krav som styr bostadsbyggande.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats wish to facilitate residential building by simplifying and accelerating decision processes and reviewing the extensive regulations and requirements that govern residential building.”
• simplify planning process»Anpassa och förenkla regler och processer för planering och byggnation« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Adapt and simplify rules and processes for planning and building.”
• review building standards»Nybyggnation kan underlättas genom att se över byggnormer och öka konkurrensen på byggmarknaden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“New construction can be facilitated by reviewing building standards and increasing competition on the building market.”
• stop symbolic politics»Stoppa symbolpolitik som går ut över möjligheten att bedriva industri och näring« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop symbolic politics that undermines the ability to conduct industry and business.”