Guidelines for development agreements

Abstract: In January 2015 statutory regulation of the development agreement was introduced. The regelation is found in the Planning and Building Act Chapter 6. The purpose of the regulation is mainly to increase the predictability and to make clear rules in the contract negotiations. The regulation also meant that the municipalities that intend to enter development agreements have to establish guidelines. The overall aim of the guidelines is to create transparency and clarity in the negotiations between the parties. The purpose of this study is to examine the municipalities in Stockholm County that has established guidelines for the development agreements. These guidelines have been compared with the new law on guidelines for the development agreements, and its fundamental purpose. The conclusion is that the guidelines only creates a certain increased transparency and clarity, where as few municipalities have chosen to specify the content of the guidelines.