Kan någon svara, bebygga eller bevara? : En studie om Piteå kommuns förhållning till jordbruksmarkens värde

In a time where many municipalities have an ambition to increase their population, new buildings have to be established at the same time the future value of agricultural land has increased largely the last few decades. This can create dividing lines where the value of farmland stands against new construction. In the 1970s much settlements were added to agricultural land in the municipality of Piteå. At this point there were no clear regulations of the land use resource value. In the current situation the municipality wants to densify the settlement and this creates problems as the law says that usable agricultural land can’t be established if it doesn’t satisfy an essential social interest. In this study, the municipality of Piteå and Länsstyrelsen Norrbotten’s relation to the conservation of agricultural land has been investigated to find out if there is any differences and if so in what way that is expressed