Consultations on MAXIMA
Consultations mean that stakeholders who can be assumed to be affected by the operation are invited to receive information about how VA SYD plans to build and operate the system, to be able to ask questions and submit view points. This is part of VA SYD's process to apply for an environmental permit for MAXIMA.
In order to build MAXIMA, VA SYD must apply for and receive an environmental permit according to Chapters 9 and 11 of the Environmental Code. It includes holding consultations, where authorities, municipalities, individuals and the general public as well as land drainage companies that can be assumed to be affected by the operation, are invited and given the opportunity to ask questions and submit opinions.
In the consultation document there is information on how VA SYD plans to build and operate the new wastewater treatment system and how this may affect the surroundings. With regard to the possible impact on human health or the environment, the following main aspects have been identified, among other things:
- Noise, vibration and frame noise
- Groundwater and surface water
- Emissions to air
- Release to water
- Natural environment
- Traffic and accessibility
- Contaminated masses
- Bulk handling
The consultation on MAXIMA has now been concluded
The consultation period ran from 1 October 2024 until the permit application was submitted to the Land and Environment Court on 28 May 2025. During the consultation period, all stakeholders who may be affected were able to access the consultation material, have it presented, and/or attend open house events (held in Burlöv, Lund, and Malmö), ask questions, and submit comments.
After the consultation period ended, VA SYD compiled all comments, considered them, and presented them in a consultation report, which was appended to the environmental impact assessment included in the permit application. The process of obtaining an environmental permit is expected to take approximately two years, and only thereafter can construction of the system begin.
How it works
When municipalities 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.
