Public Participation and Certain Other Interests in Physical Planning

The programme wants to deepen democracy by complementing representative democracy with residents' and users' influence, and by increasing influence for employees and users in the public sector. New forms for citizen influence over the design of public environments are in line with this. The plan also demands that housing and urban development provide access to common meeting places and that everyone has equal access to cultural life.

• residents' and users' influencedecisive»Den representativa demokratin kan kompletteras med anställdas, boendes och brukares frivilliga självförvaltning.« (party programme ↗)“Representative democracy can be complemented with employees', residents' and users' voluntary self-governance.”
• democratize public sector»Vi vill demokratisera den offentliga sektorn genom att öka inflytandet för anställda och brukare.« (party programme ↗)“We want to democratize the public sector by increasing influence for employees and users.”
• common public spaces»Till detta hör också att bostads- och samhällsbyggandet möjliggör för medborgarna att ha tillgång till gratis offentliga mötesplatser, både utomhus och inomhus.« (party programme ↗)“This also includes housing and urban development enabling citizens to have access to free public meeting places, both outdoors and indoors.”
• everyone's access to culture»Alla ska ha samma rätt och möjlighet att utöva kultur och att ta del av kulturlivet.« (party programme ↗)“Everyone shall have the same right and opportunity to practice culture and to participate in cultural life.”

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.

Party programme establishes that residents' influence over their housing and residential area should increase and that democracy's ideals should characterise the entire society, which supports testing new forms of citizen participation in planning. Simultaneously, the programme holds representative democracy as the most effective decision-making system, which qualifies the support for an independently elected council. Cultural planning is not addressed in the documents.

• increased housing influencedecisive»inflytande över sin bostad och sitt bostadsområde ska öka.« (party programme ↗)“influence over their housing and residential area should increase.”
• democracy throughout society»Socialdemokratin vill låta demokratins ideal prägla hela samhället« (party programme ↗)“Social Democracy wants democracy's ideals to characterise the entire society”
• representative democracy first»Den representativa demokratin är det mest effektiva demokratiska beslutssystemet.« (party programme ↗)“Representative democracy is the most effective democratic decision-making system.”

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 people be given the opportunity to influence city development in a simple and constructive way and that citizens can submit their own proposals to political assemblies. This bears the counter-proposal's requirement for new forms of citizen participation. The plan also wants culturally valuable buildings and environments to be preserved, which supports cultural planning with local history at the centre.

• citizen participation in planningdecisive»Människor ska ges möjlighet att på ett enkelt och konstruktivt sätt påverka stadens utveckling.« (party programme ↗)“People shall be given the opportunity to influence city development in a simple and constructive way.”
• participatory democracy»En deltagande demokrati kräver lättillgänglig information, en levande politisk debatt och möjlighet för medborgare att lyssna på sammanträden och lämna egna förslag till politiska församlingar.« (party programme ↗)“Participatory democracy requires easily accessible information, a lively political debate and opportunity for citizens to listen to meetings and submit their own proposals to political assemblies.”
• preserve cultural environments»Kulturhistorisk värdefulla byggnader, minnesmärken och andra miljöer, såväl i städerna som på landsbygden, bör bevaras och vårdas för framtiden.« (party programme ↗)“Culturally valuable buildings, monuments and other environments, both in cities and in the countryside, should be preserved and cared for for the future.”
• decisions close to people»Miljöpartiet är ett decentralistiskt parti. Beslut ska fattas så nära de människor som berörs som möjligt.« (party programme ↗)“The Greens are a decentralist party. Decisions shall be taken as close as possible to the people they affect.”

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 wants to decentralize more and let decisions be made close to those affected, and it values a cultural heritage that conveys insights about our history and home region. This argues for giving citizens greater influence over the design of public spaces and weighing local history in new construction. At the same time, the plan warns against politics acting as a taste judge, which sets limits on how far such a system should go.

• local influencedecisive»Decentralisera mera. Människor ska få bestämma mer själva, och politiska beslut ska fattas nära dem som berörs.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Decentralize more. People should decide more for themselves, and political decisions should be made close to those affected.”
• care for heritage»att vårda och utveckla ett kulturarv« (party programme ↗)“to care for and develop a cultural heritage”
• politics not taste judge»Skaparglädje frodas i frihet. Politiken ska akta sig för att agera smakdomare och diktera kulturens innehåll.« (party programme ↗)“Creative joy thrives in freedom. Politics should beware of acting as a taste judge and dictating the content of culture.”

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 establishes that quality is defined by the profession and that politicians shall not control the content of culture, which argues against placing the design of public environments in the hands of a politically elected council. The plan simultaneously affirms active citizen participation and that cultural heritage and aesthetic values are preserved when cities are built out, but this does not justify the proposed new decision-making forms.

• the profession defines qualitydecisive»Vad som är kvalitet definieras av professionen.« (party programme ↗)“What constitutes quality is defined by the profession.”
• politicians do not control culture»det ska vara kulturskapare och inte politiker som fattar besluten om stöd« (2022 manifesto ↗)“it shall be cultural creators and not politicians who make decisions about support”
• active citizen participation»Demokratin förutsätter aktiva medborgare och ett levande demokratiskt samtal.« (party programme ↗)“Democracy requires active citizens and a living democratic dialogue.”
• cultural heritage in urban development»möjliggöra ökat byggande samtidigt som skönhetsvärden och kulturarv bevaras« (party programme ↗)“enable increased construction while aesthetic values and cultural heritage are preserved”

The plan demands community building where residents themselves take an active part in the decision-making process and feel involved in their immediate surroundings, that affected residents are involved early in the planning process and that new forms of resident participation are developed. Cultural policy shall preserve material cultural heritage, including culturally historic buildings. New forms of citizen participation and a system for cultural planning therefore follow directly from the plan.

• residents involved in decision-makingdecisive»planera för trygga och vackra miljöer där invånarna själva« (party programme ↗)“plan for safe and beautiful environments where residents themselves”
• early consultation with those affected»Det är viktigt att de invånare som är berörda av en« (party programme ↗)“It is important that the residents affected by”
• developed resident participation»Andra former av invånarinflytande bör finnas och utvecklas.« (party programme ↗)“Other forms of resident participation should exist and be developed.”
• preserve cultural heritage»En god kulturpolitik måste sträva efter att ta tillvara det värdefulla kulturella arv« (party programme ↗)“Good cultural policy must strive to preserve what is valuable cultural heritage”

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 explicitly commits to letting citizens have greater say in architecture to reach increased acceptance and reduce appeals. Investigating new forms for citizen participation in the design of public environments and new construction is the same thing in substance. Valuing historical identity lies close to the programme's emphasis on the continuity Sweden represents.

• citizen participation in architecturedecisive»Låta medborgare få större inflytande över arkitekturen för att minska överklaganden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Let citizens have greater say in architecture to reduce appeals”
• acceptance through participation»vill vi ge medborgarna större inflytande över arkitekturen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“we want to give citizens greater say in architecture”
• cultural-historical continuity»Moderaterna värdesätter den kontinuitet som Sverige« (party programme ↗)“The Moderates value the continuity that Sweden”
• decisions close to citizens»Det politiska systemet ska bygga på att beslut fattas på lägsta« (party programme ↗)“The political system should be built on decisions being made at the lowest”

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 explicitly wants public environments to be designed with greater citizen influence, and the party programme establishes that urban planning shall embrace the place's and residents' history and identity. The counter-proposal's requirement for new forms of citizen influence and a system for cultural planning with regard to local history responds directly to these commitments. The plan also emphasizes aesthetics and design as well as classical architecture.

• citizen influence over environmentsdecisive»Fördela offentliga kulturmedel och utforma offentliga miljöer med ett större medborgarinflytande« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Distribute public cultural funds and shape public environments with greater citizen influence”
• place's history and identity»bejaka platsens och invånarnas historia och identitet.« (party programme ↗)“embrace the place's and residents' history and identity.”
• classical architecture»Sverigedemokraterna vill verka för trivsamma och trygga områden med klassisk arkitektur.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats want to work for pleasant and safe areas with classical architecture.”
• aesthetics and design»Estetik och gestaltning är viktiga faktorer för hur en miljö upplevs och för tryggheten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Aesthetics and design are important factors for how an environment is experienced and for safety.”