Vision of the City Council

In Sønderborg Municipality, there is a close connection between vision and strategy, municipal plan, local plan, policies and action plans.

Vision

The City Council has prepared a vision for the City Council period 2026-2029, which contains the overall visions and objectives for the municipality's continued development. Vision 2026-2029, together with the Planning Strategy and Municipal Plan, constitutes the overall management tool for the City Council period.

See the Vision 2026-2029 here.

Planning strategy

Planning strategy 2022 describes the City Council's strategy for municipal planning in Sønderborg Municipality. It forms the basis for a revision of the municipal plan in 2022-2023 and thus creates a link between the City Council's vision and the specific physical planning in the municipality.

• Download Plan Strategy 2022 here

The city council has adopted an addendum to Planning Strategy 2022. The addendum deals with planning in the coastal zone and gives the opportunity to apply to the state for development areas and new holiday home areas.

• Read the addendum to the planning strategy

Municipal plan and local plan

The goals and visions of the planning strategy are specified in the municipal plan. The municipal plan is the municipality's overall plan for creating growth and development over the next 12 years.

See the municipal plan here.

Where can buildings be located? How big must the buildings be? What materials may be used? How should the undeveloped areas be designed? It's all something you can get answers to in a local plan.

Find a local plan applicable to your area here.

Policies and plans

On the basis of vision and planning strategy, the political subject committees prepare policies and action plans for the subject areas. A policy contains objectives and concrete directions for the individual subject areas and thus concretizes the overall visions. Through action plans, the objectives are translated into actions.

See policies and action plans here.

Lighthouse projects

Sønderborg Municipality's lighthouse projects are large, long-term initiatives that are intended to create development and noticeable results throughout the municipality.

The lighthouse projects bring together forces across the municipality, business and local communities – and help realize Vision 2026-2029.

The three lighthouses strengthen tourism, culture, green transition and job growth – and will make Sønderborg Municipality even more attractive to live in, work and visit.

The Dukes' Augustenborg

The Dukes' Augustenborg is a unique cultural environment with the potential for inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The lighthouse project is to re-establish and strengthen the historic ducal city. At the same time, Augustenborg is to be developed as a living city. The historic city and the modern Augustenborg are to be linked together and interact with each other. The lighthouse project is to position Sønderborg as an international cultural and tourist destination and will be realized over a number of years towards 2040. The lighthouse project thus combines cultural heritage, tourism, urban development and settlement and has the specific purpose of re-establishing the historic ducal city and seeking inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Read more about the Dukes' Augustenborg here.

Nordborg Resort

Nordborg Resort continues as a lighthouse with the aim of further developing the resort as one of Denmark's strongest tourist destinations with more holiday and experience offers and a closer connection to the rest of Nordals. The lighthouse project is to attract more guests, create jobs and contribute to tourism becoming a strong driver for growth and settlement throughout the municipality.

Nordborg Resort creates a unique offer that interacts with nature and the landscape in the best possible way. The ambition is to attract more holiday tourists, increase turnover for retailers and tourism operators and create more jobs. With the lighthouse project, the City Council wants to maintain and strengthen the development of the entire Nordals – as a motor for the municipality's overall tourism development, job growth and settlement.

Read more on Nordborg Resort's website.

ProjectZero

By continuing ProjectZero as a lighthouse project, the goal of a CO₂-neutral energy system by 2029 will be achieved. This will be done through targeted efforts within, among other things, energy efficiency and renewable energy. At the same time, the project will continue to develop and demonstrate solutions in collaboration with citizens and businesses, and strengthen Sønderborg's position as an international frontrunner in green transition. ProjectZero shows the will to initiate and implement new business-driven concepts, develop new solutions and initiate new partnerships. Green district heating, heat pumps, biogas plants, renewable energy, energy-efficient renovation and electric cars are some of the central areas of focus. Sønderborg Municipality's citizens, businesses and municipal employees must feel co-ownership of ProjectZero. Together, we will continue to work to mark Sønderborg Municipality on the world map.

Read more at projectzero.dk , ProjectZero Masterplan2029 or see CO₂ accounting and energy consumption for Sønderborg Municipality as a company.

Sønderborg Municipality's basic story

With the basic story of Sønderborg, we can convey the very special thing about living, living and working in Sønderborg in less than two minutes and in almost 200 words. 

The basic narrative about Sønderborg is anchored in the positioning plan.

The steering triangle

In Sønderborg Municipality, we work according to the Steering Triangle, which is a starting point that ensures coherence between vision and planning strategy, municipal plan, policies, plans and actions.

It is an important tool in the work of creating holistic development in the municipality.