Spatial Planning and Building Control in Germany

Legal Frameworks, Instruments and Innovations
1. Auflage 2030
ISBN: 978-1-138-70875-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: RTPI Library Series

This book guides readers to a better understanding of the German planning system and its responses to the critical challenges of 21st century spatial planning, such as patterns of shrinkage and growth with ongoing economic structural change, demographic change and environmental challenges—particularly climate change. It explores the legal framework and offers in-depth insights into the content, process, and implementation of comprehensive spatial plans. It also features good-practice urban development projects, incorporating compact city principles, mixed-use, sustainable mobility and water-sensitive development.

The German planning system is unique in terms of local planning sovereignty and rich in innovation due to its balanced federal structure and competition between the best spatial planning concepts. It is purposefully designed as a learning system which integrates systematic research, planning practice and further development of the legal framework in order to foster the innovation of good ideas for planning solutions and provide the necessary tools to turn them into built reality. The book is written for an international readership, providing the basis for the comparison of different planning systems to identify the most efficacious solutions for sustainable urban development. It will be of use to international students, scholars and practitioners of urban planning looking to address the vital challenges facing communities today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ganser, Robin

Kukk, Alexander

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Garten- und Landschaftsarchitektur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: the scope and nature of German planning in a nutshell 2. A brief history of planning paradigms and key challenges 3. Strategic planning at state and regional level 4. Public building law - the legal heart of the planning system 5. Introduction to German urban planning law 6. Procedures of local land use planning 7. Legal protection against land use plans 8. Contents of land use plans 9. Conformity of development with legally binding land use plans 10. Development in built-up areas without a legally binding land use plan 11. Development projects in the undesignated outlying areas 12. Building permissions during the legally binding land use planning process 13. Further limitations for the admissibility of development 14. The role of municipalities in building control 15. Safeguarding planning through “development freeze” and postponement of permissions 16. Financial Compensation 17. Reallocation of property rights 18. Provision of access roads and other local public infrastructure  19. Urban redevelopment and regeneration 20. State legislation: building permission, building control, building design, hazard prevention 21. Public private partnership in the realm of German public building law 22. Strategic and applied research – deliberately challenging and changing the planning system 23. Good practice examples 24. Conclusions and outlook

Über Autor(innen)

Robin Ganser is Professor of Spatial Planning at Nuertingen-Geislingen University, Germany. He is also director of the Institute for Urban and Real Estate Development and works as a freelance spatial planner and consultant. His research interests comprise sustainable brownfield redevelopment, adaptation to climate change as well as planning policy and planning law.

Alexander Kukk is Professor of Planning and Law at Nuertingen-Geislingen University, Germany. He is an attorney-at-law and certified specialist in administrative law with over 25 years of experience at Quaas & Partner in Stuttgart. His focus is on consulting, expert opinions, and representation in mediation and court, specialising in planning, environmental, and aviation law.