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Here you will find a detailed example of forming a new community facility where there are conflicting opinions.
Example
A rural road network is managed through a voluntary economic association. There are divided opinions in the association about whether to apply for a service to form a community facility and a community association.
Approximately 50 properties use the road network. These properties have a total of 100 owners. Some of the properties are agricultural and forestry properties, but there are also a large number of residential plots, some horse farms and a property where about 10 cottages are rented next to a lake during the summer.
There are several different proposals for how the road issue should be handled. Some want to form two community facilities, others want to form one and a group does not want to be involved at all. The owners of an agricultural property no longer want the road to go through their farm center but instead be newly built in a loop around the farm. The neighbor wants to pay if the community facility is to be leased on his land.
A group of landowners choose to apply to the surveying authority to form a community facility and an association for the entire road network.
At the first The meeting made a large number of demands for different solutions to the road issue. The National Land Survey decides to bring in a road expert to assist the authority in assessing what refurbishment measures are needed for the road network and how the new road around the farm center can be carried out and what such a measure would cost.
The National Land Survey decides that a community facility to be formed and which road sections are to be included. This decision is being appealed. The Land and Environment Court lands in the same result even if the court makes certain other assessments in its review. The construction decision gains legal force.
At the next meeting, a proposal for a share length and a remuneration investigation will be presented. A number of landowners have views on both percentages and compensation.
Decisions are made on percentages and compensation as well as the distribution of the administrative cost.
The administrative cost will be approximately SEK 400,000.
When the ceremony has gained legal force, a meeting is held to form a community association. The cost for this time will be about SEK 15,000.
Read more about forming a community association.
In the event of future development and changes in agriculture, it is possible for the association to enter into an agreement with the relevant landowners to keep the circle of participants up to date. No new roadmap will be needed for the next 25 years.