Source: https://www.mvv.de/partner/development/environmental-plans/
Timestamp: 2019-07-23 12:16:29
Document Index: 597798458

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 13', '§ 1', '§ 11', '§ 9', '§ 21', '§ 16']

MVV Umwelt - Environmental plans with strategy
We develop Environmental plans
From landscape planning to environmental reports
Project-based environmental planning
Environmental planning plays a very important role in any measures likely to impact on the environment, and that not only in densely inhabited built-up areas. Environmental planning is the term used to summarise a wide range of obligatory tasks within the various planning and approval processes.
The objective and task always involve integrating the environmental aspects relevant to the specific project and process. A strategic approach is therefore crucial. As your solution-driven partner, we can assist you here.
Strategic environmental review
An environmental review has to be performed for the plans listed in Annex 3 to the Environmental Compatibility Act. Within this strategic environmental review, the expected environmental impact is analysed and evaluated on the upstream planning level.
MVV can compile the environmental report required for the environmental review on your behalf. Where necessary, specialist surveys will be commissioned, supervised and agreed. This way, their findings can be integrated in subsequent stages of the process.
Every mandatory environmental study takes accounts of a wide variety of data. The analyses, findings and assessments are agreed with the respective developer by reference to the relevant planning requirements. The results are then presented in an environmental report. For larger-scale projects, the environmental report is a mandatory component of the approval documents.
In a customary urban development planning context, this report is always a mandatory component when it comes to the greenery required in every land use and development plan. The only exemption is provided for in § 13a of the German Building Code (BauGB). Put simply, the environmental report must account for two aspects.
On the one hand, an assessment of the expected environmental impact has to be provided. If applicable, measures intended to avoid any negative implications may also be proposed here. On the other hand, the environmental report also has to present the extent to which the project is consistent with environmental protection objectives. Furthermore, it should also present and evaluate potential planning alternatives.
Municipal landscape planning
Conservation and landscape planning are closely linked. Landscape planning specifies the legal objectives of conservation and landscaping (§ 1 of the Federal Conservation Act – BNatSchG) on municipal planning level. You are obliged to take due account of superordinate landscape framework plans. Other planning measures have to account for the spatial and content requirements set out in the goals and requirements of the landscape plan.
As can be inferred from § 11 (2) in conjunction with § 9 (3) No. 4 of the BNatSchG legislation, the ideal approach is to compile the land use plan and the landscape plan in parallel. In some federal states, parallel compilation of these two plans is even mandatory. This way, measures to protect the natural world and landscape can already be stipulated during the planning process.
Ultimately, this approach also facilitates ongoing coordination with local authorities. This enables MVV to compile landscape and land use plans that are consistent with sustainable development objectives. This process naturally takes due account of the needs of the natural world and the landscape.
Species conservation concepts/ eco-account
Species conservation concepts are intended to protect animal or plant species that are under threat by planning and implementing specific species survival measures. Here, there is a general obligation on the federal, state and local governments which is derivable from the relevant conservation legislation (including the “biotope network” pursuant to § 21 of the Federal Conservation Act – BNatSchG). Concepts should nevertheless also make a contribution to the stock of compensatory measures (“eco-account” pursuant to § 16 BNatSchG).
Maintaining an “eco-account” makes it possible to take a circumspect approach towards the intervention/compensation obligation. Debiting existing compensation capacities speeds up and facilitates this aspect of the procedure to the benefit of all involved.
MVV can perform tasks in the following areas:
Regulating access to the areas
Managing credits and debits in accordance with state-specific requirements
Implementing the measures agreed with the specialist authorities
By taking due account of material environmental factors, our environmental plan enables you to optimise the environmental compatibility of your project.
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