It is correct that the topsoil in Skåne is of very high quality. Political decisions will determine what the earth will be used for, where the advantages of preserving the agricultural land must be weighed up against the advantages of each new building. Consideration to be made that this happens for each building or facility on previously unspoilt ground.
Seen from a longer time perspective, the human being has always demanded more land. Not very many decades ago, neither LTH, Ideon nor the large companies in north-east Lund existed. A hundred years ago, very little of what makes up Lund today existed; no housing, companies nor recreational areas. ESS will require an area as large as a golf course – and there are many golf courses in Skåne.
When ESS is dismantled after about 40 years in operation, the ESS area can be restored to the condition it is in today, that is, it can be reconverted into agricultural land. This has already been included in the plans.