Eight MPs are proposing measures to improve conditions for business development in Norway's world heritage communities. The proposers argue that state decisions related to world heritage protection often restrict local business development without adequate compensation, and they call on the government to establish a permanent compensation scheme, a national framework, and strengthen local planning authority.
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The Storting calls on the government to ensure that municipalities with world heritage status are not prevented from developing sustainable business activities that do not damage world heritage values.
The Storting calls on the government to propose a permanent and principled compensation scheme for municipalities that lose revenue or business land as a result of state decisions in world heritage and buffer zones.
The Storting calls on the government to investigate and propose a national framework for managing world heritage municipalities, including clear principles for business development, financing, planning processes, and local participation.
The Storting calls on the government to ensure that state objections and sectoral decisions in world heritage areas do not automatically block business development, but are handled through ordinary planning processes with genuine dialogue with affected municipalities.