Land use plan

The land use plan is the preparatory land-use plan (urban development framework plan) that is drawn up by the association municipality or independent municipality. It contains the urban development uses intended by the planning association or municipality and differentiated for the individual areas. For example, residential construction areas, commercial construction areas, utility areas, areas for public use, traffic areas, green areas, forest areas and agricultural areas.

In principle, the land use plan has no direct legal effect on citizens. No legal claims can be derived from its graphic and textual representations, in particular the right to planning permission for a specific plot of land. However, it represents a binding program for the administration and other authorities.

An indirect impact arises from the fact that development plans, which contain legally binding stipulations for all citizens, must be developed from the representations in the land use plan.
In addition, citizens may be affected by approvals for projects in outdoor areas, because in this case, contradictory representations of the land use plan or the plan reservation would have to be opposed as "impairment of public interests". This is the case if the project can cause harmful environmental impacts or is exposed to them.