List of organizational forms of regional planning in Germany
This list of the organizational forms of regional planning in Germany lists the authorities responsible for regional planning in Germany:
| country | Number and designation of the planning regions | Regional planning agency | plans | Special cases / comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg | 12 (regions) | Regional associations | Regional plans | Special case for the Stuttgart region : directly elected regional assembly / cross-border regional planning in the Rhine-Neckar region (with Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate) and Donau-Iller region (with Bavaria) |
| Bavaria | 18 (regions) | Regional planning associations (municipalities and districts, offices at higher state planning authorities) | Regional plans | Cross-border regional planning in the Donau-Iller region (with Baden-Württemberg) |
| Brandenburg | 5 (Regional planning areas: Havelland-Fläming, Prignitz-Oberhavel, Uckermark-Barnim, Oderland-Spree and Lausitz-Spreewald) | Regional planning communities | Regional plans | With the exception of Havelland-Fläming, there are no valid integrated plans, only partial plans for wind and raw material security |
| Hesse | 3 (administrative districts: Darmstadt , Gießen , Kassel ) | Regional assemblies (at the regional councils) | Regional plans | 1. A regional land use plan will be drawn up for the planning association for the Frankfurt / Main conurbation , which will become part of the South Hesse regional plan / cross-border regional planning in the Rhine-Neckar region (with Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate)
2. The term "regional planning agency" does not exist in Hessen; the regional assembly draws up the regional plans |
| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | 4 (planning regions) | Regional planning associations (office at the offices for regional planning and regional planning) | Regional spatial development programs | - |
| Lower Saxony | 34 (counties) | Counties | Regional Spatial Planning Programs (RROP) | Special case, the Braunschweig special purpose association / in the urban districts, the zoning plan replaces the RROP |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | 5 (administrative districts), regional plans partly. set up in sections | Regional Council (office at the district governments) | Regional plans | 1. The term "regional planning agency" does not exist in North Rhine-Westphalia, the regional council draws up the regional plans (term "regional planning agency" will be introduced in 2009)
2. A regional land use plan is currently being drawn up for 6 cities in the Ruhr area (urban region Ruhr 2030), which simultaneously takes on the functions of a land use plan and the regional plan 3. After the municipal elections in 2009, the Ruhr Regional Association receives the authority for regional planning for its association area (the regional planning authority is the managing director of the RVR, the association assembly of the RVR is the "regional planning body" for its area) |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | 5 (regions) | Planning communities (members: independent cities and districts) Office at the upper state planning authorities (structure and approval directorates) | Regional spatial plans | Cross-border regional planning in the Rhein-Neckar Region Association (with Hesse and Baden-Württemberg) |
| Saxony | 4 (planning regions) | Regional planning associations | Regional plans | - |
| Saxony-Anhalt | 5 (planning regions) | Counties and urban districts in regional planning communities (special purpose associations) | Regional development plans and regional sub-area development plans | - |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 3 (planning rooms) | State planning authority (Ministry of the Interior) | Regional plans | As part of an administrative structural reform, it is discussed to localize regional planning |
| Thuringia | 4 (planning regions) | Regional planning communities (office at the state administration office) | Regional plans | - |
(Source: State planning laws and websites of the state planning authorities and regional planning agencies, as of August 2007)