Aarhus City Council

City Council considers proposal to designate 932 buildings as preservation-worthy

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On Wednesday 4 November 2026, Aarhus City Council will consider Proposal for Amendment No. 29 to the Municipal Plan 2025.

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Document date: 4. november 2026
Section: City council
Status: Beta
Source: Aarhus Municipality meeting documents — Aarhus City Council 4 November 2026 · item 13 (agenda + recommendation + appendices) ↗

Summary

On Wednesday 4 November 2026, Aarhus City Council will consider Proposal for Amendment No. 29 to the Municipal Plan 2025. Teknik og Miljø-udvalget (Technical and Environmental Committee) recommends that the proposal be approved for public consultation, so that 932 buildings in Hasle, Brabrand, Gellerup and Årslev can be designated as preservation-worthy.

What it means for you

Residents in the four local communities will soon be able to see whether their home is proposed as preservation-worthy and submit comments during the consultation period. Designation in the municipal plan does not in itself create new legal obligations or financial commitments for the owner. Demolition can still be permitted after public notice; only a lokalplan (local development plan) can protect a building from demolition. Owners directly affected will be notified via digital post when the assessment is sent for political consideration.

Background

The amendment applies to buildings erected before 1970 in the local communities Hasle, Brabrand, Gellerup and Årslev. The aim is to highlight building culture as an identity-shaping basis for the municipality’s development — also in building-case processing and planning.

Today, 153 buildings in the area are designated as preservation-worthy, mainly built before 1940. The new registration is also to cover newer architecture up to 1969. Funds were allocated in the budget agreements for 2022 and 2025; the project runs from 2022 to 2029. Thereafter, buildings erected from 1970 onwards are to be assessed every five years.

With the amendment, it is proposed that 932 buildings be designated as preservation-worthy out of 3,473 registered buildings within the boundaries of Hasle, Brabrand, Gellerup and Årslev.
(translated from Danish) (Agenda — Proposal for Amendment No. 29 to the Municipal Plan 2025, Assessment of individual buildings’ preservation value)

Residents in the areas were informed in advance of inspection via digital post, and the local councils were also notified. No prior public consultation was held, because according to the recommendation this is a minor change to the municipal plan without significant impact. On 27 October 2026, Magistraten (Municipal Executive) recommended that byrådet (city council) endorse the recommendation of 29 September 2026. Rådmand (alderman) Nicolaj Bang and rådmand Jesper Kjeldsen were unable to take part in the Municipal Executive’s consideration.

Figures and facts

932 of 3,473 registered buildings are proposed for designation as preservation-worthy (Appendix — Recommendation)
Hasle: 601 of 1,859 (46 designated today); Brabrand: 236 of 1,056 (79 today); Gellerup: 44 of 333 (3 today); Årslev: 51 of 225 (25 today) (Appendix — Appendix 1: Overview — Hasle, Brabrand, Gellerup, Årslev)
Today, 153 buildings in the area are designated as preservation-worthy (Appendix — Recommendation)
Approx. DKK 15 million in total is allocated to SAVE registration and preservation lokalplaner, including DKK 6.9 million in the 2022 budget (2022–2025) as well as DKK 1 million annually in the 2025 budget (2025–2028) and a further DKK 1 million annually in the 2026 budget (2026–2029) (Appendix — Recommendation)
The project period is 2022–2029; thereafter, assessment every five years of buildings erected from 1970 onwards (Appendix — Recommendation)
The municipal plan amendment does not in itself have municipal budget consequences (Appendix — Recommendation)

What happens next

If the City Council endorses the recommendation, the proposal will be sent for public consultation on the consultation portal. There, residents can submit comments or objections to the proposed designations. The amendment itself must later be adopted by the City Council before the designations take legal effect in the municipal plan. Any preservation lokalplaner lie outside the ongoing registration task.