Areas designated for technology and infrastructure, etc. are characterized by large technical facilities such as hydroelectric power plants and other supply or manufacturing companies, etc. In other words, these are industries that are not based on the exploitation of living resources. The areas may also include large infrastructure connections in the open countryside.
The sub-area's general provisions can be seen below.
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.
The N areas are divided into:
- N1: Technical facilities
- N2: Infrastructure
A jetty or other form of port facility and a helipad may be established, as this may be necessary for areas for engineering and infrastructure, etc. Roads, lanes or paths may be established in connection with facilities and buildings in these sub-areas. Additional technical supply facilities may be established, such as facilities for electricity, water, telecommunications and sewage for the local supply of the sub-area. Establishment of facilities for freshwater extraction and wastewater discharge as well as larger energy supply facilities may only be carried out with permission from the Government of Greenland.
N1: Technical facilities
N1 areas are designated for large technical facilities such as hydroelectric power plants and water lakes. Year-round housing, stations, camps and the like can be established in connection with the companies and facilities in the individual sub-areas. These companies will naturally be dependent on local infrastructure and technical supply. A hydroelectric power plant will naturally produce electricity for local supply itself. Leisure cabins and summer houses may not be established in these areas, as the sub-areas are reserved for the above-mentioned companies and facilities. Individual fishing and survival cabins can be established in the catchment area for water lakes for hydroelectric power plants, as long as the cabins are not located near a technical facility.
N2: Infrastructure
N2 areas are designated as transport corridors and driving zones in the open countryside with traffic for motorized vehicles. Motorized vehicles are any motorized tracked or wheeled vehicle that is designed for or used for driving on ice, snow, mountains and other natural landscape types.
Use of the designated corridors and driving zones is limited to commercial driving for specified types of businesses, which are set out in municipal bylaws.
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.
