Local administration of agricultural areas, 2007

In 2007, 8 800 decares of cultivated land was transferred to non-agricultural use. This is one of the lowest registered areas of arable land transferred since 1980, but about 800 decares more than the year before. In the same period 6 600 ¹ decares of cultivable land was transferred, an increase of 500 ¹ decares from 2006.

The national government has set as its goal to reduce the transferring of agricultural land to non-agricultural use by 50 percent within 2010. In the period 1994-2003, there was a yearly transferring of cultivated land to non-agricultural use of 13 360 decares.

The municipalities permitted land reclamation of 13 100 decares in 2007, an increase of 1 500 decares from the year before.

The figures for cultivated and cultivable area transferred to non-agricultural uses under provision of The Planning and Building act are corrected. The corrections concern figures for the municipality of Trondheim, and the related figures for the county of Sør-Trøndelag and the whole country. In the StatBank, figures for Trondheim will be revised in the end of August.

Tables:

• Table 1 Agricultural area transferred to non-agricultural uses under the provision of the Land Act and The Planning and Building Act by county
• Table 2 Land reclamation. County
• Table 3 Applications for exemption from the obligation in the Concession Act and the Allodial Act. County