Gemeinsamer Flächennutzungsplan: sich an der Erstellung beteiligen

As a private individual or company, you can participate in the preparation or amendment of a joint land use plan as part of the public participation process.

Land use plans are preparatory land-use plans that are usually drawn up for the entire area of a municipality. Development plans (binding land-use plans) are developed from them. Land-use plans are intended to prepare and guide the structural and other use of land. For example, land use plans can show

• Building areas (such as residential building areas, mixed building areas, commercial building areas) or building areas (such as mixed areas, urban areas),
• Areas for traffic,
• the provision of the planning area with facilities and equipment that serve to supply goods and services, that counteract climate change and that serve to adapt to climate change,
• Areas for measures for the protection, maintenance and development of soil, nature and landscape, traffic areas and areas to be kept free of development.

Joint land use plans should be drawn up if the urban development of neighboring municipalities is determined by common requirements and needs or if a joint land use plan enables a fair balance of interests. In particular, they should be drawn up if the objectives of regional planning or if public transport facilities and installations, other development facilities as well as communal or other ancillary facilities require joint planning.

As part of the public participation process, private individuals and companies have the right to participate in the process of drawing up, amending or revoking a joint land use plan, regardless of their place of residence or company headquarters. Children are also part of the public. Your participation allows you to contribute to the planning process.

Public participation is organized in two stages:

• The subject of early public participation is the general objectives and purposes of the planning, about which the public must first be informed. The public must then be given the opportunity to comment and discuss.
• The subject of the second stage of public participation is the draft of the joint land use plan, including the explanatory memorandum. The draft must be published on the Internet for a period of 30 days as a rule; at the same time, at least one easily accessible access option must be provided.

Authorities or other public interest bodies are requested by the competent authority or the body responsible for the procedure to participate and submit their comments if an impact is identified.

The joint land use plan generally consists of

• a regulatory part, which in particular includes maps with graphic and textual representations, and
• a plan justification with explanations of the objectives, purposes and main effects of the planning, the environmental report and information on how the public and private interests concerned have been fairly weighed up against each other.

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As a private individual, interest group or company, you can comment on the joint land use plan from the public announcement onwards. If you are a public authority or public interest group, you will be contacted by the authorities responsible for the procedure and asked to submit a statement, preferably electronically.

After the deadline, the municipalities review the comments received. The municipal councils then weigh up the comments and decide on them. All private and public interests are taken into account. You will be informed of the result of the consideration.

The duration of the procedure is variable and depends on the scope of the participations received.

The participation period is at least one month.

• Action before the administrative court

• Preparation of joint land use plans
• Preparation of joint land use plans if the urban development of neighboring municipalities is determined by common requirements and needs
  • for example with regard to spatial planning objectives and transport infrastructure.
• When a joint land use plan is drawn up or amended, private individuals and companies have the right to comment on the general objectives and purposes of the planning at an early stage as part of the two-stage public participation process and then to comment on the draft plan.
• Affected authorities and public agencies are requested by the responsible authority to comment on ongoing joint land use planning procedures.
• Comments from authorities and public agencies must be submitted electronically or in writing.
• The joint land use plan generally consists of
  • a regulatory section, which in particular includes maps with graphic and textual representations, and
  • a plan justification.
• Responsible: municipalities involved

Municipalities