Tåsinge Plads is situated on a privately-owned common road and, legislatively, the City of Copenhagen could not just up and develop another man's property, so this problem had to be solved before work could proceed. As a result, the project was delayed by several months.
The combined beautification and climate-change adaptation project had been anchored with the local urban renewal organisation Områdefornyelsen Skt. Kjelds Kvarter.
The organisation, which is partially state-aid funded, operates under other terms than the City of Copenhagen and has had legal authority to run the project from the beginning.
Tåsinge Plads, which is categorised as an unregistered, unnamed privately-owned common road area, will be entered in the land register in years to come so that the square can be transferred to the City of Copenhagen. This means that the municipality will be responsible for operation and maintenance of the square in the future.
Initially, the concept was that the water from the roofs could be collected and used, for example for children to play with or for adults to clean their bikes.
"However, the health inspector in Copenhagen is more strict than elsewhere in Denmark and therefore does not allow people to come into contact with water that has been stored for more than 24 hours, even if a UV filter has been installed so that the water pumped up is free from bacteria. That was somewhat unfortunate," Lene Nørgaard Rasmussen said.