Copenhagen’s new North Harbour district

Seen through the eyes of a land surveyor, the urban development in Nordhavn, Copenhagen’s North Harbour district, offers both distinguishing features and challenges: it is a combination of old buildings of special architectural interest, newly built properties, public areas and land that has not yet been entered in the land register, i.e. land that has not yet been registered as real property and which therefore cannot be sold or built upon.

LE34’s first job was to create the foundation for the future urban development by entering the first areas of the free port’s land – the Århusgade district – in the land register and then dividing the land into parcels according to the local development plan and as requested by CPH City & Port Development.

The final design of the new urban areas must take all of these considerations into account, including government regulations and commercial interests. We discuss appropriate interpretations with the client.

For example, in the Nordhavn district, we advised our client on the most appropriate definition of boundary lines in border zones, which give owners the right to use part of the pavement in the boundary between private buildings and the public domain.

On behalf of CPH City & Port Development, we arrange for subdivision of the land into the parcels they require. We handle the entire process: from initial submission of the project to the City of Copenhagen to regular follow-up; from quality assurance of project documents to final registration with the Danish Geodata Agency.