Reykjavik City Municipal Plan

Strategic Objectives and Planning Provisions

The binding strategic objectives and planning provisions of Reykjavik’s 2040 Municipal Plan are set out in a memorandum (Green Segment) and on urban and municipal outline plans. The memorandum and the outline plans form Part A of the Municipal Plan. The planning documentation in Part A is the primary tool of the planning authority for day-to-day decision-making and the part of the Municipal Plan that is subject to legal changes under the Planning and Building Act. Environmental assessments, assumptions, and explanatory data are included in Part B of the Municipal Plan and should be considered, when called for, in the event of disagreements regarding the interpretation of individual provisions and objectives and in the event of individual future changes to the Plan or when deciding to reconsider selected aspects of the Plan. For other supporting documents, see the specification of the Municipal Plan. Documentation will also be made available in the Reykjavik City Urban Planning Viewer in the near future.

Binding Policy (Part A)

• Reykjavik 2040 Municipal Plan, memorandum (IS) (Green Segment)
• Annexes to the Memorandum (IS)
• Reykjavik 2040 Municipal Plan, urban outline plan, 1:20,000 (IS)
• Reykjavik 2040 Municipal Plan, municipal outline plan, 1:50,000 (IS)

Guiding Assumptions and Explanatory Documentation (Part B)

The main assumptions, environmental assessments, ideology, and guiding priorities are considered when making further changes to the Municipal Plan, interpreting the binding policy, and, as the case may be, in shaping planning and decision-making at the lower levels of planning:

• Environmental Report: Reykjavik 2040 Municipal Plan, Revised Policy on Residential and Mixed Construction and Extension of the Planning Period until 2040 (IS) (September 2021, VSO Consulting)
• See also for consideration the earlier VSO Consulting Environmental Report (IS) (July 2013).
• Reykjavik 2040. Introductory Paper on the update to the Reykjavik Municipal Plan 2010-2030  (IS) (Blue Segment)

The older sections of AR2010-2030 are for guidance and they have been given a new title, with explanations of what has been repealed. All binding objectives and provisions set out in the relevant sections, which retain their validity, are also set out in the Green Segment of Part A. In the event of any discrepancy between what is established in Part A of the Municipal Plan and what is established in the below sections, Part A will prevail.

• The City on the Straits (IS)
• Creative City (IS)
• The Green City (IS)
• EcoTransportation (IS)
• A City for People (IS)
• City Center (IS)

Pending Changes

• Framework section of the Reykjavik 2040 Municipal Plan. The Reykjavik City Line. Round 1 of the City Line | Artun – Fossvogsbru Bridge. Process Proposal in Initial Briefing (IS) (January 2021, prepared by VSO Consulting).