Modification Permits

The plan's crucial commitment is ambitious environmental targets followed up with sharp legislation and regulation that starts from a holistic view and not from one-sided profit interests. To make amendment permits the main rule fully and without exceptions limits review of the operation as a whole in order to increase investment willingness, which removes precisely that holistic assessment. The plan certainly wants strategic technology shifts to be implemented resolutely, but not at the cost of weaker environmental review.

• sharp environmental legislationdecisive»miljömål som följs upp med skarp lagstiftning och praktiskt arbete.« (party programme ↗)“environmental targets that are followed up with sharp legislation and practical work.”
• holistic view before profit interests»tänkt reglering av skogsbruket, som utgår från en helhetssyn och inte« (party programme ↗)“thought regulation of forestry, which starts from a holistic view and not”
• review over entire life cycle»behöver jämföras i miljökonsekvenser och säkerhet över hela sin« (party programme ↗)“need to be compared in environmental consequences and security over their entire”
• fast technology shifts in industry»Vi vill att Sverige beslutsamt genomför de strategiska teknikskiften« (party programme ↗)“We want Sweden to resolutely implement the strategic technology shifts”

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 election manifesto explicitly promises to demolish bureaucratic obstacles and accelerate slow permit processes, and to increase the pace of industry's transition through public investment. The counter-proposal's demand that modification permits become the default, to streamline assessment and accelerate the phase-in of new technology, follows from that. The plan at the same time demands that environmental considerations be built into the assessment.

• faster permit processesdecisive»Långsamma tillståndsprocesser ska snabbas på.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Slow permit processes must be accelerated.”
• demolish bureaucratic obstacles»Riv de byråkratiska hindren för mer el.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Demolish the bureaucratic obstacles for more electricity.”
• faster industry transition»Genom statliga investeringar kan vi öka takten i industrins omställning och underlätta ett klimatsmart liv.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Through public investment we can increase the pace of industry's transition and facilitate a climate-smart life.”
• environmental consideration in assessment»Hänsynen till miljöns krav ska byggas in i produktionsprocesserna redan från början.« (party programme ↗)“Consideration of environmental requirements must be built into production processes from the start.”

The counter-proposal wants to make change of use permits the main rule entirely without exceptions to speed up processes and increase investment appetite. The plan requires, conversely, that environmental considerations weigh more heavily than short-term profit and exploitation interests, that all activity stays within nature's limits and that the precautionary principle be applied as far as possible. An unconditional rule that limits comprehensive assessment is therefore rejected.

• environmental considerations before exploitationdecisive»Miljöhänsyn ska väga tyngre än« (party programme ↗)“Environmental considerations should weigh more heavily than”
• nature's limits as boundary»All verksamhet måste hålla sig inom de ramar naturen sätter.« (party programme ↗)“All activity must stay within the limits nature sets.”
• long-term before profit interest»och balans ska prioriteras före kortsiktiga vinstintressen.« (party programme ↗)“and balance should be prioritized before short-term profit interests.”
• precautionary principle»ska försiktighetsprincipen tillämpas så långt det är« (party programme ↗)“the precautionary principle should be applied as far as”

The counter-proposal wants to make modification permits the full main rule to streamline permit processes and accelerate the phase-in of new technology. The plan explicitly requires that the time for permits for green investments is halved and that the Environmental Code is reformed, and sets very tight time limits for review. The counter-proposal's requirement is thus precisely the streamlining the plan commits to driving.

• halved permit timesdecisive»Klimatet kan inte vänta på dyra och krångliga regelverk. Det är dags att halvera tiden det tar att få tillstånd för gröna investeringar och reformera miljöbalken så att ett projekts klimatnytta ges större vikt i miljöprövningen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The climate cannot wait for expensive and complicated regulations. It is time to halve the time it takes to get permission for green investments and to reform the Environmental Code so that a project's climate benefit is given greater weight in environmental review.”
• time limit for permits»Det krävs en kriskommission för att snabbare öka Sveriges utsläppsfria elproduktion och tillstånd för vindkraft ska få ta max två år.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A crisis commission is required to faster increase Sweden's emission-free electricity production and permits for wind power should take a maximum of two years.”
• regulatory simplification for enterprises»Rensa upp i regelträsket för entreprenörer, stora som små. Vi vill införa en ny och förenklad företagsform för mikroföretag, så att fler ska våga testa att driva företag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Clean up the regulatory thicket for entrepreneurs, large and small. We want to introduce a new and simplified business form for microenterprises, so that more will dare to try running a business.”
• effective climate measures»Ett ledarskap som prioriterar effektiva åtgärder framför symbolpolitik eller passivitet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Leadership that prioritizes effective measures over symbolic politics or passivity.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan states that politics' task is to quickly remove obstacles for business and that appeal and review processes shall be shortened, at the same time as the climate transition requires double the electricity. Making change permit a main rule fully is such an efficiency of the permit process. The plan does not mention change permits, so the conclusion is inferred.

• faster permit processesdecisive»Politikens uppgift måste vara att snabbt undanröja hinder« (party programme ↗)“Politics' task must be to quickly remove obstacles”
• shorter processes»överklagandeprocessen förkortas« (party programme ↗)“the appeal process is shortened”
• simplified rules»korta överklagandeprocesserna och fortsätta förenkla byggreglerna« (2022 manifesto ↗)“shorten appeal processes and continue to simplify building regulations”
• the transition requires rapid expansion»Klimatomställningen kräver dubbelt så mycket el som i dag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The climate transition requires double the electricity of today.”

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 party programme requires that permit processes are characterised by efficiency and good service spirit towards those who wish to build and develop, and that the state's rules for businesses are long-term. The election manifesto aims to give energy production long-term conditions to develop. Making modification permits the main rule in full, for faster processes and faster introduction of new technology, therefore lies in line with the plan.

• efficient permit processesdecisive»Men planprocessen måste också präglas av effektivitet och god serviceanda« (party programme ↗)“But the planning process must also be characterised by efficiency and good service spirit”
• long-term rules for businesses»lagstiftningen och en god etik upprätthålls på marknaden. Det är viktigt att de regler staten ställer upp för« (party programme ↗)“legislation and good ethics are upheld on the market. It is important that the rules the state sets up for”
• rapid expansion of energy»Satsa på kärnkraften med långsiktiga villkor att utvecklas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Invest in nuclear power with long-term conditions to develop.”

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 counter-proposal wants to make amendment permits the main rule fully in order to streamline licensing, increase investment willingness and accelerate new technology. This is exactly the plan's agenda: cumbersome licensing processes are described as a barrier to innovation and growth that can never be accepted, case handling times should be pressured with an absolute deadline and licensing processes for industrial transition and electricity grids should be shortened. The instrument amendment permit is not mentioned, but the direction is unambiguous.

• simplified licensing processesdecisive»vill vi förkorta och förenkla tillståndsprocesser för industrier som satsar på omställning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“we want to shorten and simplify licensing processes for industries that are investing in transition”
• absolute deadline»Korta myndigheternas handläggningstider genom en bortre tidsgräns« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Shorten government agencies' case handling times through an absolute deadline”
• red tape hinders growth»Men höga skatter, krångliga tillståndsprocesser och byråkrati sätter käppar i hjulet för innovation och tillväxt. Det kan vi aldrig acceptera.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“But high taxes, cumbersome licensing processes and bureaucracy put spokes in the wheels of innovation and growth. We can never accept that.”
• faster grid expansion»Investera i det svenska elnätet och korta tillståndsprocesserna för elnätsutbyggnad« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Invest in the Swedish electricity network and shorten permit processes for grid expansion”

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 approval processes for industry be streamlined, made faster and become more predictable, and that symbolic politics hindering industry be torn down. Making modification permits the main rule entirely is precisely such a streamlining that increases investment willingness and speeds the introduction of new technology. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal's requirement.

• faster approval processesdecisive»Tillståndsprocesser för gruvnäring, elnätsutbyggnad och industri behöver effektiviseras och göras snabbare.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Approval processes for mining, electricity grid expansion and industry need to be streamlined and made faster.”
• predictable reviews»Effektivisera och öka förutsägbarheten i tillståndsprocesserna för gruvnäring, elnätsutbyggnad och industri« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Streamline and increase predictability in approval processes for mining, electricity grid expansion and industry”
• investment-friendly conditions»En förutsättning för att lönsamma investeringar ska kunna göras är en långsiktig politik som tar hänsyn till industrins behov av en förutsägbar process.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A prerequisite for profitable investments being able to be made is a long-term policy that takes into account industry's need for a predictable process.”
• tear down industry-hindering rules»Symbolpolitiska åtgärder som riskerar att hämma förutsättningarna för industrin ska rivas upp.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Symbolic political measures that risk hindering conditions for industry shall be torn down.”

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.