zoning plan

The land use plan is the preparatory land use plan (urban framework plan) that is drawn up by the associated municipality or the association-free municipality. It contains the urban uses wanted by the planning community or municipality and differentiated for the individual areas. For example, residential building areas, commercial building areas, supply areas, areas for common use, traffic areas, green areas, forest areas and agricultural areas.

In principle, the land use plan does not develop any direct legal effect vis-à-vis the citizens. No legal claims, in particular the right to a building permit for a specific plot of land, can be derived from his graphic and textual representations. However, for the administration and other authorities, it represents a binding, planning-binding program for the authorities.

An indirect impact arises from the fact that development plans, which contain legally binding regulations for all citizens, must be developed from the representations of the land use plan.
In addition, citizens may be affected by the approval of projects in open areas because the land use plan contradicts the construction project or the reservation of the plan would be considered to be an "impairment of public interests". This is the case if the project can cause harmful environmental impacts or is exposed to them.