It’s All about Details. Why the Polish Land Policy Framework Fails to Manage Designation of Developable Land

Tomasz Zaborowski
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Tomasz Zaborowski: Urban Geography and Spatial Planning, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw, 00-927 Warszawa, Poland

Land, 2021, vol. 10, issue 9, 1-27

Abstract: Since the introduction of the current legal planning system, Polish land policy has failed to manage the designation of developable land. The oversupply of developable land designated in land-use plans and resulting from various weaknesses of auxiliary planning permissions undermines the creation of compact urban settlements. The article argues that, theoretically, the Polish legal framework of developable land designation management conforms with its more effective European counterparts. What makes it not work properly are the detailed regulations and their interpretation. In order to support this argument, the Polish land policy framework will be analysed and assessed by comparing it with the key common features of its German and Spanish counterparts.

Keywords: land policy; planning system; land-use planning; land development; urban development; legal framework; containment; Poland; Germany; Spain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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