– The purpose is to increase the pace of environmental trials, says Ardö, to the everyday chief adviser at the Land and Environmental Court in Växjö, about the investigation’s task.
He emphasizes that the task has not been to weaken the environmental assessment at the same time.
The inquiry, which was handed over today, puts forward 30 proposals that together will be able to contribute to making shorter trials possible.
But the inquiry refrains from proposing that large projects that can have a large positive environmental impact should be able to take the lead in the test queue. Such proposals are sometimes put forward in the debate with regard to, for example, battery factories and facilities for the production of fossil-free steel.
– We do not suggest priority, it is not a good system. It is better to boost the system, says Peter Ardö and likens it to it not going so fast in the queue for the security check at Arlanda if many people would go there.
– The system works but can be improved, says Ardö who also says that there are myths about how long the processes really are today.
– A normal trial period is 1–1.5 years, the majority is not completely under the ice.
– Three quarters may apply for a permit, those who receive a rejection decision are a minority, he also says.
The inquiry does not submit any proposal that permits should be limited in time and reconsidered completely, again, after a certain period of time. Instead, a notification of a change of permit shall be the main rule.