Consultations on MAXIMA

During 2022, VA SYD carried out two consultations according to Chapter 6 of the Environmental Code - one prior to the application for an environmental permit to build and operate a new wastewater treatment system, and one prior to the application for a permit under the Continental Shelf Act to lay out new outlet pipes in the Öresund.

Both applications were submitted in 2023, but since VA SYD has now withdrawn the application for an environmental permit to build and operate a new sewage treatment system that was submitted to the Land and Environmental Court and is working on a new application, a new consultation will be carried out according to Chapter 6 of the Environmental Code regarding this.

Read about why VA SYD withdraws the submitted application and is working on a new one here

The new consultation period starts on 1 October 2024. Then affected property owners, residents, operators, authorities, organisations and others will have the opportunity to submit their views and ask questions. We answer the views and questions that come in during the consultation period in a so-called consultation report, which becomes an appendix to the permit application according to the Environmental Code and one for a permit according to the Continental Shelf Act. The application for a permit under the Continental Shelf Act, which was sent to the government in 2023, remains and is dormant.

How it works
When municpalities or municipal associations like VA SYD are planning an activity that require a consultation, affected are given a possibility to provide their opinion. You are allowed to leave your opinion and ask questions during a certain time period. The consultation is made in order to collect information at an early stage when there is a possibility to take the opinions into consideration by making adjustments in the implementation stage. All opinions are collected and commented on in a so called consultation report. 

Read the consultation documents

When new consultation documents for the application for a permit according to the Environmental Code are available, you will be able to read them here. The consultation document for the application for a permit under the Continental Shelf Act can be found below. In this, the wastewater treatment system has the name "Sustainable wastewater treatment in a growing Skåne" because the name MAXIMA was launched in May 2023.