Solar park on agricultural land in Lushnje, Rama gives special permission to his friend

Over 57 hectares of agricultural land in Savër, Lushnja, will be covered by solar panels. Through a decision that bypasses the law, the National Territorial Council has granted special permission to the company 3X Energy to install the panels on the fertile land.

The special treatment for the company, which is owned by businessman Agim Xhindoli, a friend of Prime Minister Edi Rama, once again brings back the debate of sacrificing productive agricultural lands for photovoltaics.

Conflict with the Municipality's Urban Plan

According to the General Local Plan of the Municipality of Lushnja, the cadastral areas where this investment is designed (sub-structural units 1/280, 1/34 and 1/21) bear the cut code "K. Proposed Base Agriculture".

According to standard urban planning rules in force at the local level, only agricultural activity or auxiliary constructions such as greenhouses, stables or warehouses for the storage of agricultural products are allowed exclusively on these plots.

On the other hand, an energy plant of this size is fully classified as industrial infrastructure, which would automatically make its construction in this area of ​​Myzeqe prohibited and illegal.

"Solution" through Special Regulation for the Prime Minister's friend

To overcome this legal knot and the municipality's urban planning impasse that was blocking businessman Xhindoli's project, the government has applied a special legal instrument, the special regulation.

This mechanism gives the central authority the right, for projects deemed of national importance, to temporarily suspend the rules and prohibitions set by the municipality itself and dictate new personalized development conditions for the investor.

Scenario of protected areas also with agricultural land

During the summer of this year, the Albanian Parliament approved amendments to the organic law “On the Protection of Agricultural Land”. This draft law, immediately decreed by President Bajram Begaj in August 2026, brought about an inversion of the regulatory hierarchy:

Its most controversial point was the transfer of powers to the government. Through the law, the parliament delegated the right to regulate and authorize energy storage and photovoltaic/wind parks directly to the Council of Ministers.

The opposition, through MP Oerd Bylykbashi, described this as "the key that opens the door to the irreversible destruction of agricultural land," because the government can now overcome parliamentary barriers or local municipal plans for private investment.

This change caused strong debates even within the socialist majority itself. During discussions in the Laws Committee, socialist MP Damian Gjiknuri expressed strong reservations about damaging the concrete's soundness and structures, which led to a clash with then-minister Ulsi Manja and Gjiknuri's removal from the meeting.

Also, Socialist MP Erion Braçe openly came out against the law, siding with farmers' concerns about the loss of arable land./ kapitali.al

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