L-areas are designated for development and facilities associated with leisure purposes in areas of special recreational character. These may include, for example, ski resorts, concentrations of tourist cabins, camp schools, hotels, hiking trails and other sports or leisure activities. In order to ensure recreational and landscape interests, a lower maximum height has generally been set for cabins compared to K-areas. Other size and height requirements may be adopted in the regulations for the individual sub-area.
The sub-area's general provisions can be seen below.
To a lesser extent, it is possible to establish other types of businesses, as long as this does not change the overall character of the sub-areas as areas of special recreational nature. To this end, leisure cabins and summer houses for private use, as well as hunting cabins and survival cabins, can be established to a limited extent - according to the same rules as in K-areas. Furthermore, roads/traffic lanes, shared technical supply systems and denser development can be established, which can give these sub-areas a more 'urban' character than K-areas.
Provisions and sub-areas
The overall provisions for the individual sub-area are the basis for the municipality's issuance of land allocations and building permits.
General provisions
The general provisions apply to all sub-areas of the municipality in urban, rural and open countryside. The provisions are general and do not take into account the local conditions in the sub-areas.
Cabins may be built with a minimum distance of 30 meters from the nearest neighboring cabin or other type of building. The Municipal Council may set other minimum distances at will when determining detailed regulations for the individual sub-areas. All buildings and facilities must be maintained on an ongoing basis so that they do not unnecessarily detract from the surroundings.
Areas of special recreational character may be provided with a jetty. Roads, lanes, paths may be constructed in connection with facilities and buildings for recreational purposes. Technical supply systems for electricity, water and sewage may be established for the local supply of the individual sub-areas. Establishment of systems for fresh water extraction and wastewater discharge as well as larger energy supply systems may only be carried out after permission from the Government of Greenland. In addition, technical supply systems, such as generators and solar cells or other systems for energy production, may be established in direct connection with individual cabins.
Various types of facilities that are not directly connected to the sub-area's facilities for recreational purposes may not be established so that, when used, they may cause a nuisance to neighbors with noise, smoke, odor, vibrations or in other ways.
In L areas, a distinction is made between five types of cabins: Leisure cabins, summer houses, tourist cabins/hotel, camp school, hunting and survival cabins:
A holiday cottage is a cottage intended for short-term stays. Holiday cottages can be used privately and may not have a floor area of more than 20 m2. A building permit is not required to construct a holiday cottage.
A summer house is a holiday cottage for private use. Summer houses may have a floor area greater than 20 m² and up to a maximum of 100 m². A building permit is required to construct summer houses in accordance with current building legislation.
Tourist cabins/hotels are buildings that are used or rented out commercially. Rentals can typically be to tourists or local citizens. There are no guidelines for the size of tourist cabins. Tourist cabins require a building permit in accordance with current building legislation.
Camp schools are buildings used by the municipality, for example by primary schools, leisure clubs or public institutions. Camp schools are owned by the municipality. There are no guidelines for the size of camp schools, but construction requires a building permit in accordance with current building legislation.
Hunting and survival cabins are small cabins that are publicly accessible for short-term stays for traditional hunting, trapping, fishing, sheep farming and leisure activities. Most often, these cabins will be established by the municipality or an organization. There are no guidelines for the size of hunting and survival cabins, but these are basically smaller cabins. Construction does not require a building permit according to current building legislation.
The following applies to the different cabin types:
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Access conditions |
Size |
Height |
Building |
Area |
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Holiday cottage |
Private |
max. 20 m2 |
1 floor max 5.5 m |
÷ Building permit |
+ Area allocation |
|
Cottage |
Private |
max. 60 m2 |
1 floor max 5.5 m |
+ Building permit |
+ Area allocation |
|
Tourist cabin |
For rent |
max. 60 m2 |
1 floor max 5.5 m |
+ Building permit |
+ Area allocation |
|
Camp school |
For rent |
max. 120 m2 |
1 floor max 5.5 m |
+ Building permit |
+ Area allocation |
|
Survival/Trapping Hut |
Publicly available |
No provisions |
1 floor max 5.5 m |
÷ Building permit |
+ Area allocation |
Distance requirements to coastline and other habitat types
According to the Danish Parliament Act No. 29 of 18 December 2003 on nature protection, no buildings may be built, no planting, cultivation, drainage or other changes to the terrain may be made within a distance of 100 meters from salt lakes and saline lakes, trout rivers, hot springs and the coastline.
Recreational and tourist cabins can only be located closer than 100 meters from the mentioned habitat types if this is determined in a municipal plan supplement with detailed provisions for the sub-area in question.
The Government of Greenland may, in special cases, exempt from the above distance requirements.
