City and Planning Committee on 28 October 2026

City and Planning Committee to consider SF proposal on action plan for green facades and roofs on Wednesday

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On Wednesday 28 October 2026, the City and Planning Committee will consider the recommendation on SF’s proposal for an action plan for green facades and roofs.

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Document date: Expected 28. oktober 2026
Section: Committees
Status: Beta
Source: Aarhus Municipality meeting documents — City and Planning Committee on 28 October 2026 · item 5 (agenda + signed transcript + recommendation + proposal + note) ↗

Summary

On Wednesday 28 October 2026, the City and Planning Committee will consider the recommendation on SF’s proposal for an action plan for green facades and roofs. Technical and Environmental Affairs recommends that the action plan not be adopted, and that guidance material and an update to Grøn Norm be prepared instead.

What it means for you

The case is about whether Aarhus Municipality should draw up a separate action plan with concrete, time-bound targets for more greenery on buildings — or rely on existing tools plus new information material. It may affect how green roofs and facades are weighted in upcoming lokalplaner (local development plans) and urban development.

Background

SF Aarhus proposes that the municipality prepare an ambitious action plan with initiatives and measurable, time-bound targets to increase green facades and roofs. The proposal was submitted by Thomas Medom, Anne Hammer, Mette Bjerre and Liv Gro Jensen (spokesperson).

In the recommendation of 22 October 2025, the Municipal Executive department for Technical and Environmental Affairs writes that the intentions are already supported by Grøn Norm, the municipal plan addendum Et grønnere Aarhus med mere blåt and Politik for Bykvalitet og Arkitektur, among other instruments. The department assesses that the need can be met with information material on establishing and maintaining green facades, roofs and courtyard spaces, and that Grøn Norm should be updated in the upcoming byråd (city council) term.

It is therefore recommended:

that the decision proposal on an action plan not be adopted
that material with examples and concrete advice be prepared as a supplement to the architecture policy
that Grøn Norm be updated as follow-up to Kommuneplan 2025, including calculation basis and point values for green roofs and facades

The case was before Byrådet (City Council) on 13 August 2025, in Magistraten (Municipal Executive) on 4 November 2025 and again in Byrådet (City Council) on 12 November 2025, when it was referred to Teknisk Udvalg. The City and Planning Committee postponed consideration on 30 September 2026 and requested material from similar proposals from Venstre and SF from 2018/2019.

Figures and facts

Grøn Norm was adopted in 2023 and sets a minimum level of urban nature in lokalplan (local development plan)-mandated construction through a points system (Appendix — Recommendation)
Technical and Environmental Affairs has reviewed residential and business lokalplaner with new construction from September 2024 to May 2026 for green roofs, sedum roofs and facade greening (Appendix — Note MTM 21.09.2026)
Examples in the note include among others lokalplan 1218 (Larsmindevej, Lisbjerg), 1225 (Karl Krøyers Vej, Skejby), 1226 (Tage-Hansens Gade / Amtssygehuset), 1224 (Plantorama ved Grenåvej) and 1238 (Atletikstadion and Sportens Hus) (Appendix — Note MTM 21.09.2026)
In the city council debate on 12 November 2025, Metin Lindved Aydin (RV) mentioned a roof on Aarhus Ø of 850 square metres that had been painted, at 425,000 kr. plus VAT (Appendix — City council debate 12.11.2025)
On 4 November 2025 the Municipal Executive recommended that the City Council adopt the recommendation; Socialistisk Folkeparti reserved its position on the original proposal (Agenda — Response to proposal from SF on action plan for green facades and roofs in Aarhus)

Who said what

In the city council debate on 12 November 2025, Jesper Kjeldsen (S) and Bünyamin Simsek (KF) backed the recommendation. Liv Gro Jensen (SF) recalled an earlier proposal on green facades and roofs from around 2018 or 2019 together with Bünyamin Simsek and pointed out that greening of roofs and facades is still rare in Aarhus (Appendix — City council debate 12.11.2025).

Gert Bjerregaard (V) wanted more greenery — also in edge zones and close to buildings. Solveig Munk (VL) stated that they did not intend to adopt the recommendation but would reserve their position on SF’s original proposal, and repeated among other things the wish for accounts of greening in lokalplan draft proposals. Jakob Søgaard Clausen (DD) found SF’s proposal fine and was sceptical of the recommendation, among other things with reference to a similar process around 2019.

At first consideration on 13 August 2025, rådmand (alderman) Nicolaj Bang (KF) acknowledged the proposal as fundamentally good, while several parties supported greener buildings but also pointed to existing tools and plans.

What happens next

The City and Planning Committee will consider the case on Wednesday 28 October 2026. The committee must take a position on the recommendation not to adopt the action plan and instead proceed with guidance material and an update to Grøn Norm. Any questions may be sent to the administration ahead of the meeting.

Sources

Other appendices

Transcript

Transcript of the council debate with speakers named, from the official signed record.

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