Four MPs—Tom Staahle, Erlend Wiborg, Jon Engen-Helgheim, and Himanshu Gulati—have proposed separate legislation enabling fast-track approval of major defence facilities and critical military infrastructure without constraints from current planning and building law. The Progress Party and Conservative Party support the proposal, arguing that planning law was designed for peacetime and must be modernized to match current security threats. The Labour Party, Socialist Left Party, Centre Party, Red Party, and Green Party oppose it, contending that existing rules already provide sufficient flexibility.
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The Storting calls on the government to submit a proposal for separate legislation enabling expedited approval of major defence installations and critical defence-related infrastructure, not constrained by current planning and building law.
Document 8:162 S (2025–2026) – private member's bill by MPs Tom Staahle, Erlend Wiborg, Jon Engen-Helgheim, and Himanshu Gulati on planning and building law for war and crisis – is rejected.