INFORMATION PORTAL OF THE MARSHAL'S OFFICE OF THE KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE Region IN TORUŃ

Representatives of local and provincial government institutions that will participate in the reconciliation of the general plans of the 144 municipalities in our region are discussing the challenges posed by the profound spatial planning reform coming into force today (12 February) at the Marshal’s Office. These are new, obligatory planning tools in the rank of local law, which the Kujawsko-Pomorskie municipalities, like their counterparts across the country, have until 1 January 2026 to enact.

Welcoming the attendees, Vice-Marshal Zbigniew Ostrowski stressed that the changes in spatial planning which are coming into force not only introduce new elements of creating order in this area – precisely general plans, without which no new investment can be carried out – but also introduce specific deadlines for the preparation of these documents. Municipalities have until the end of the year not only to create such plans, but also to make the necessary arrangements with more than twenty institutions of provincial marshal administration and government administration – including environmental protection services, sanitary services, monument protection services, geological services, fire brigade and army, public road administrators, the State Water Management Company Wody Polskie and the State Forests. Time is short, so full mobilisation and a smooth flow of documents are important.

The amendment to the Planning and Spatial Development Act introducing the reform was adopted by the Sejm in July 2023, with most of its provisions entering into force in September of the same year. The aim is primarily to improve spatial order, introduce clear rules for investment, protect against chaotic development and prevent the spread of development into agricultural and forest areas and naturally valuable areas. The municipalities’ general plans set out therein are obligatory planning documents, acts of local law, with which local plans and decisions on development conditions must comply.

Beata Krzemińska

Spokesperson for the Marshal’s Office

12 February 2025