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Environmental & Planning Law Urban & Regional Development [date pending]

Wind Energy and Municipal Urban Land-Use Planning: What Cities and Municipalities Need to Know Now

By Dr. Jörg Wagner and [journalist]

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The amendments to the Federal Building Code (Baugesetzbuch, BauGB) in recent years have substantially changed the scope municipalities have for planning. Wind turbines now enjoy a stronger statutory privilege than before – and many of the municipal steering instruments that previously worked reliably no longer take effect in the familiar way.

Wind Energy in the Outlying Area (Außenbereich): What Has Changed

[Section pending]

Preparatory Land-Use Planning (Flächennutzungsplan) as a Steering Instrument

[Section pending]

Common Conflict Areas in Practice

[Section pending]

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Mediation as a Way Out of Deadlock

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