Svalbard Council backs new building at Vei 401 against advice
Approved
The new building covers two plots at Vei 401
Svalbard Wildlife Eiendom AS will put up one building with offices, a workshop and four bedsits across Vei 401.22 and Vei 401.24.
The plots at Vei 401.22 and Vei 401.24
In Longyearbyen
Svalbard Wildlife Eiendom AS has won its appeal for one building with offices, a workshop and four bedsits across Vei 401.22 and Vei 401.24. All six members of the administration committee of Longyearbyen's local council (Longyearbyen lokalstyre) voted on 4 November for a counter-proposal from Fred Skancke Hansen of the Liberal Party, the council's meeting papers show. The administration's recommendation got no votes.
Under the decision, the building is to be 10 cm smaller on the south side, decking at ground level is replaced with gravel, and fire safety requirements must be met.
The company applied to tear down the two buildings on the plots. One part of the new building has offices on both floors; the other has storage and a workshop, with the bedsits above. The administration refused the application on 29 September. It said the building stood well under the 4 m required from the plot lines on several sides, covered large parts of two separate plots and left too little light, air and open space.
Arne Kristoffersen of Svalbard Wildlife Eiendom wrote in the appeal that the work to replace the building at Vei 401.24 has gone on for more than 10 years. A neighbour's consent required 1.5 m to the plot line on the south side, and the drawings gave 1.4 m. He offered to cut 10 cm and replace the decking with gravel. All neighbours have accepted where the building stands, he wrote.