Ruling in favour of landowners

AI Summary

Iceland’s Environmental and Natural Resources Appeals Board has twice overturned a decision denying coastal property owners in Seyðisfjörður the right to participate in proceedings on offshore fish-farm building permits. The dispute involves applications submitted by Kaldvík hf. for fish farming in the fjord.

The Environmental and Natural Resources Appeals Board has now twice overturned a decision by the Housing and Construction Authority (HMS) to deny owners of coastal properties in Seyðisfjörður the right to participate in administrative proceedings concerning building permit applications submitted by Kaldvík hf. for offshore fish farming in the fjord.