Urban land-use planning

Urban land-use plans are the preparatory land use plan (covering the entire municipal area) and the development plan developed from the land use plan and regulating individual building areas . The planning authority is the competent authority, which is itself responsible for its urban development within the framework of its constitutionally guaranteed planning sovereignty .

Land use plan:
The land use plan contains the urban uses desired by the planning body and differentiated for the individual areas, e.g. residential areas, commercial building areas, supply areas, areas for public use, traffic areas, green areas, forest areas and agricultural land.

Legal zoning plan:
The development plan drawn up for the building area is decisive for the fulfilment of the building wishes of the citizens. It contains stipulations concerning the type and extent of the structural use, the buildable area and the traffic areas. The effect of the legally binding development plan for the client is twofold: On the one hand, it "releases the individual building plots for development", on the other hand, it contains the legal, generally binding barriers to the development of the land.

Procedure:
For the procedure for drawing up the zoning plans, the Building Code (BauGB) contains detailed regulations that must be observed by the planning authority. Particularly noteworthy are the participation rights of citizens (early citizen participation, suggestions on the content of the plan during the public interpretation of the draft plans) and the obligation to weigh up fairly all the private and public interests presented and imposing.