Development plan change: Citizens can have a say on January 16!

Development plan change: Citizens can have a say on January 16!

On January 16 at 6 p.m., a public participation event for the first change in development plan No. 146 will take place in the large meeting room of the town hall at Neanderstrasse 85. Access takes place via the entrance door on the back of the town hall, where parking is also available. During this event, the development plan draft is explained by the administration, and citizens have the opportunity to present their suggestions and concerns. The corresponding documents can also be viewed from January 17th to 31st in the Office for Urban Planning and Surveying.

The goal of the planned change in the development plan is to expelate an urban area. This is intended to help increase the range of use and to eliminate the vacancy of a shop. The current state of the local supply center, the ring center, which only builds on adjacent residential areas and offers some medical practices, no longer meets the requirements. In particular, the size of the empty shop for food retail is no longer up to date. Therefore, a continuation of the retail concept is sought to enable alternative usage options.

legal framework conditions

The planned measures of interior development must serve to develop the over -planned area in accordance with Section 13a (1) sentence 1 of the BauGB. In this context, a complete exclusion of retail in the development plan is not to be regarded as a measure of interior development. This development plan only regulates the exclusion of retail in the planning area. Training and information on the requirements for a development plan that is intended to create a building planning law basis for internal development measures are essential to ensure long -term local supply in defined areas outside of the planning area.

The strengthening of a local supply center can serve interior development as long as retail is not extended at other locations. However, it must be determined that this procedure cannot be approved as a simplified procedure. A formal environmental report for the development plan is missing, which is regarded as a procedural error and may have legal implications.

meaning of interior development

The interior development of cities and municipalities plays a central role in building law and is supported by the laws in the BauGB. The measures aim to protect areas outdoors and instead develop specifically indoors. An important goal is to densify, which is becoming increasingly important in order to meet the need for settlement areas without taking advantage of new areas.

The different forms of densification range from the increase in existing buildings to the closing of building gaps to the conversion of existing structures. The feasibility of these measures is evaluated by inventories on site to ensure the efficiency of planning. In addition, citizen participation is considered sensible to ensure transparent and needs -based planning.