The Bavarian state parliament has passed a state planning law.
It is supposed to stop the erosion of the area, but is largely ineffective, as Merkur editor Dirk Walter comments.
What does science say
In the corona pandemic, half of Germany is waiting every day for new findings from Drosten, Streeck & Co. Unfortunately, this new type of belief in science is limited to epidemiology.
In other policy areas, science is listened to far less.
For example with climate and nature protection.
Just below the public radar, the CSU and FW in the state parliament have just passed a state planning law with the friendly support of the state parliament opposition (exception: the Greens), which will apply from February 1.
What sounds boring is not: because the law stipulates a land saving target.
Indoor monoculture is not stopped this way
Has the ugly indoor monoculture in the outside areas of the communities been put to a halt?
Are there fewer parking spaces around hardware stores or discounters?
Unfortunately not, because the law is just a declaration of intent.
In the case of new buildings outside of settlements, the law states that by 2030 a benchmark of five hectares of land consumption per day will be achieved throughout Bavaria.
It is currently more than ten hectares a day.
Every lawyer knows what a target rule does: nothing.
The law lacks any foundation, nothing is given about how congregations should implement it.
Nobody is obliged - that is the real message of the law.
It is made clear that the five-hectare target is not to be “broken down” to individual communities.
A whole phalanx of experts - spatial planners, architects, home administrators - had warned in advance: Make the land saving target binding, oblige the communities to save.
There can be exceptions, but there are obligations in the law.
It didn't do any good.
Now - after the pandemic - there is only one referendum to save face in Bavaria.