The number of wind turbines is set to increase in Bavaria - it is important to reconcile the interests of different stakeholders. The planned five wind turbines in the Ebersberger Forest are exemplary of this
District - The district councilors in the Environment Committee heatedly debated the priority areas for wind turbines proposed by the Regional Planning Association (RVP). Fatherstetten's mayor demanded binding statements from the planning association as to the extent to which designated priority areas can affect the planning sovereignty of the municipalities.
“Basic basis for further development” - locations for wind turbines in the forest have been redefined
Many processes for the construction of wind turbines are currently running in parallel. On the one hand, binding area targets should be set for the states in accordance with the Wind Energy Area Requirements Act (WindBG): First, 1.1 percent of the state's area in Bavaria must be designated as wind area by 2027, and 1.8 percent by 2032. To this end, the Munich Regional Planning Association (RPV) has now approved a preliminary draft for the Munich region that determines the locations for wind turbines. In total there are 22 designated areas spread across the entire region. As District Administrator Robert Niedergesäß explained, the planning association only considered larger areas, but not those that the municipalities had identified for themselves.
We are currently in an informal procedural step. Later, each individual municipality will be able to participate in the RPV designation of priority areas a total of three times in the official process. This regional procedure is reminiscent of the designation of gravel mining areas. The Green district council group under Thomas von Sarnowski urged “that no exclusion areas for wind energy be defined by the planning association, as this massively interferes with the wind power planning of individual communities and prevents concrete projects”. In exclusion areas, the use of wind energy is categorically excluded. There is great fear in the district that the RPV, by designating the Ebersberg Forest as a priority area, will also open up the possibility of building the largest possible number of wind turbines - there was once talk of 50 turbines. It's not just the Greens who are resisting this. District Administrator Robert Niedergesäß wants to stick to the decision of the referendum. The Bavarian State Forests as landowners had already promised a long time ago that the criteria decided by the Ebersberg district council for the construction of five wind turbines in the Ebersberg forest in the community-free area would be adhered to and passed on to the project sponsor.
This agreement with the Bavarian State Forests has now been finalized and formally signed by Niedergesäß and the Bavarian State Forests. In addition to the already contractually regulated limitation of the number of wind turbines to a maximum of five turbines, it now also includes the spatial restrictions with regard to the 10-H distance as well as the consideration of the water protection areas, the wildlife rest zone and the FFH protection area. The agreement also contains the regulation that the areas south of the contour line 545 m above sea level (terminal moraine) are taboo for the development of wind turbines. For Niedergesäß, maximum planning sovereignty should remain with the municipalities. Not everyone could agree with the district committee's decision.
Mayor Ludwig Mauerer, Hohenlinden, held back because he didn't have a local council decision on this yet. Leo Spitzauer wanted the district not to worry about the municipalities' decisions. The majority voted for the district to support the designation of priority areas outside of the Ebersberg Forest, in coordination with the communities affected and in recognition of the municipal planning sovereignty. The RPV should explain in detail the legal situation regarding the possible exclusion effect of the 15 kilometer distance between the large structures in the south of the planning region until formal participation. ar
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