Co-ordination of land-use and transportation planning

1. Co-ordination of land-use and transportation planning Olav Jern County Chief Executive Seminar, Estonian Ministry of the Interior 15 October 2013

2. The Land Use and Building Act • The most important legislation controlling land use, spatial planning and construction in Finland is contained in the Land Use and Building Act, which came into force in 2000. • The Land Use and Building Act aims: • to organise land use and building to create the basis for high quality living environments, • to promote ecologically, economically, socially and culturally sustainable developments, • to ensure that everyone has the chance to participate in open planning processes, • to guarantee the quality of openly publicised planning decisions and participatory processes, and to ensure that a wide range of planning expertise is available.

3. Goals of land use planning The aim of land use planning is to create preconditions for a favorable living environment and promote ecologically, economically, socially and culturally sustainable development.

4. Land use planning system • NATIONAL LAND USE GUIDELINES • Approved by Council of State • JOINT MASTER PLAN • Approved by joint local authority body • Confirmed by Ministry of Environment

5. Regional Land Use Plan in Ostrobothnia • Approved by the Assembly of the Regional Council 2008 and ratified by the Ministry of the Environment 2010. • Includes all kind of land use • Guideline for local master plan and local detailed plan • Updated by thematic plans • Thematic plan on the location of trade and commercial services, approved by the Assembly of the Regional Council 2012 and ratified by the Ministry of the Environment on 4 October 2013 • Thematic plan on the exploitation of wind energy, under work, planned to be approved in 2014

6. Maanmittaajien tapaaminen / Pohjanmaan liitto 29.5.2009

7. The regional planning system RegionalPlan 2030(spatialplanning) Regional Strategic Programme 2011-2014 Implementation Planof the Regional Strategic Programme Regional Scheme 2040 ”New Energy in Ostrobothnia” Legislation Regional Development Act(1651/2009) Land Use and Building Act (132/1999)

8. Responsibilities of the Regional Councils in Traffic System Planning Work Act on Regional Development • Issued in Helsinki 29 December 2009: Section 10: 6)are responsible for coordinating foresight concerning regional long- and medium-term educational needs and preparing regional educational objectives as part of the development planning of education and research, are responsible for launching the planning process concerning transport system plans, excluding the Helsinki region transport system plan, and concerning regional extensive plans regarding natural resources and the environment, managing the related cooperation and coordinating said planning with the planning of the region

9. Traffic System Plan in Ostrobothnia • Shall serve the needs for moving people, goods, services and information from one place to another = communication • Communication services consist of different service facilities • Passenger traffic • Means of mass transportation • Goods traffic • Pedestrians, bicycles etc. • Information – Information Society

12. The whole travelling chain must be estimated

13. TARGET: Functioning infrastructure, that serves the need of movability among people and in the society • Human daily need for moving • Transport- and logistic needs within the industry • Accessibility • The development of regions and societies • Necessary changes in our society, new technologies • Ecologically more sustainable solutions • The Land Use and Building Act is the most important instrument to outline the traffic infrastructure in the future: • Regional Land Use Plan • The Act on Regional Development:’ • Regional Traffic System Plan => • Letter of Intent

14. The Regional Traffic System Planning 1.1.2010 - The Regional Councils: • The Land Use and Building Act is the mostimportant instrument to outline the trafficinfrastructure in the future: • Regional Land Use Plan • The Act on Regional Development:’ • Regional Traffic System Plan => • Letter of Intent • The use of regional developmentresources State Regional Administration Offices for Employment, Business Development and Traffic and Environment: • Road and trafficplanning • Road maintenance • Organising of means of masstransportation • Otherduties • Annualgoals for their work set up by the Ministry of Employment and the Economy, the Ministry of Traffic and Communications, and the Finnish Transport Agency.

18. Development overview of the regional structure and traffic system (ALLI) • The process of identifying the starting points for the work began in 2012 as a cooperative effort between the Ministry of the Environment, the Ministry of Employment and the Economy, the Ministry of Traffic and Communications, and the Finnish Transport Agency. • As of the beginning of 2013, the preparation for the overview will continue in the form of collaboration between the ministries, regional councils, Centres for Economic Development, Traffic and the Environment, the Finnish Traffic Agency and other core operators. • The basis of the development overview is formed by the ALLI Atlas, which was completed in April 2013. It explores and analyses the current state, development and policies of the regional structure and traffic system. • The collection of maps also summarizes anticipatory themes – in other words, change factors – that will particularly affect the development of the regional structure and traffic system and that should be in the focus of the future efforts.

19. Planning shopping centres at regional level

20. Why?Ostrobothnia as an example! • The present regional plan didn’t correspond to the needs • The population growth has been faster than estimated • The size of the households has reduced • Changes in consumer behavior • Need to steer the development of commercial service • Cure climate change • Viability of existing communities • Minimize the flow of purchasing powers • Accessibility of the commercial services • Requirements from various actors

21. The process is rather time-consuming • Beginning of the process November 2008 • Studies of commercial services in Osthrobotnia 2008 - 2009 • Plan draft October 2009 • First plan proposal January 2011 • Additional studies of commercial services 2011 • Second plan proposal November 2011 • Final plan approved by the Regional Council in May 2012 • The plan ratified by the Ministry of the Environment on 4 October 2013

22. Demanding process – guidelines, regulations and surveys • National land use guidelines • Laws (Land Use and Building Act) • Existing surveys concerning: • urban structure • commercial services • traffic • Recent survey concerning commercial services in Ostrobothnia • Interested parties: • Ministry of the Environment • Municipalities • Governmental and non-governmental organisations • Residents in the region • Other actors, e.g. investors

23. Recent study of the commercialservices and the upcoming needs: • Locations of the existing commercial centers • Pending investment projects • The development of the commercial services during the 21th century • The growth of purchasing powers and their flows • Additional sales areas in the region to the year 2030 • Study of impact

24. Present network of community centers in Ostrobothnia

25. Estimated populationgrowth

26. Present flows of purchasing powers Percentage of the residents in the municipalities of the Vaasa region who buy their groceries in Vaasa.

27. Estimated need of additional sales area in Ostrobothnia until 2030

28. Thematic regional land use plan concerning commercial services

30. Österbottens förbund Sandögatan 6 (PB 174) 65101 Vasa tfn (06) 320 6500 fax (06) 320 6550 www.obotnia.fi info@obotnia.fi Pohjanmaan liitto Hietasaarenkatu 6 (PL 174) 65101 Vaasa puh. (06) 320 6500 faksi (06) 320 6550 www.obotnia.fi info@obotnia.fi