Ortsplaner and supporters of area-saving initiatives are up in arms against a paragraph in the Federal building code. They fear a sprawl of small towns.

Ortsplaner and supporters of area-saving initiatives are up in arms against a paragraph in the Federal building code. They fear a sprawl of small towns. In addition, they fear a new flood of faceless houses on the outskirts.

Munich – Huglfing and Burggen, in the district of Weilheim-Schongau, Kirchberg in the circle Erding, Reitmehring, water castle in these towns (and many others, the section 13b of the Federal building code used) has been in the past years . He was only inserted in 2017 and allows for the short settlement of said surfaces of the extensions on the outskirts of the town without the hassle of environmental assessment and often is the necessary compensation. Up to one hectare, so a 10, 000 square meters, the outdoor area can be Snap ready for construction made.

this was Intended to address the prevailing housing shortage. But instead of building multi-family houses, have used the municipalities of the 13b, apparently, to fulfill the desires according to One – or two-family houses . “From our point of view of the section 13b is completely counterproductive,” says the engineer Johann Hartl from Ottobrunn, the member in the Association for urban, Regional and rural planning. the The new regulations have only led to “urban sprawl” and have awakened “desire of property owners” that had silvered her land on the outskirts. “A single-house development with views of the mountains does not meet the objective of the 13b,” sneers he. However, since there are unfortunately many examples.

the Bavarian Academy for Rural areas rejects the paragraphs starting with

the Bavarian Academy for Rural areas rejects the paragraphs starting with . Honorary President Holger Magel refers to a countries query of the Federal interior Ministry, which showed that up to may 2019 nationwide, more than 1800 development plans to 13b have been established. 545 the plans come from Bavaria. Therefore, the state were built in the open by the method according to 13b 1345 single family homes, but only 53 multi-family homes. “This is contrary to every Initiative to save” says Magel. Often, new settlements were glued, by the municipal Council to 13b “waved through”, just to the edge of town “rank”.

CSU-environmental politician Josef Göppel, who sat for a long time in the Bundestag, now uses old Connections to the 13b to overturn it. Actually, his introduction was limited until the end of 2019 – 2021, then the development plan must be finally adopted. However, Göppel has learned that North Rhine-Westphalia created a draft bill to extend the 13b up to the year 2022. Until 2024, then new buildings could be created plans. the “Some of them go with this idea , peddling,” says Göppel, who now wants to mobilise his party, the CSU, opposed to it.

By mayors and municipal councils it is best to use the 13b back

it won’t be Easy. Because of mayors and municipal councils it is best to use the 13b back in order to mobilize land. the This is easier to activate than fallow land, urban . A typical discussion at the beginning of the year in Burggen, a small municipality in the Schongauer country, shows this: There are two new development areas have been shown to 13b. “It is important that we decide, in the preparation of the development plan quickly,” quoted in our local edition of the mayor. Although a local Council claimed that this was the wrong priority-setting. “Everything develops only in the outer area. What is a village?“ But others claimed that the land was all privately owned – and to use “perhaps, in ten to 30 years,” as building land. The go outside on the open area faster.

Such discussions are typical, says Magel, a “ severe blow to development and surface protection ” talking. His Academy has written a letter of Protest to the parliamentary groups in the Bundestag and the Landtag, in order to prevent the extension of the controversial paragraph. The Federal Ministry for the environment, he has been on his page: “the concerns of The Academy will be shared in the earnings of our house”, was state Secretary, Florian Pronold this week tell. A first stage victory – but the battle is not won.

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