Type: Article
Title: Making land available. Cultural legal comparison of the German Building Land Mobilisation Act and the partial revision of the Swiss Spatial Planning Act
Authors: Hengstermann, Andreas
Skala, Nadja 
Issue Date: 29-Dec-2023
Keywords: Planning Law; legal innovations; use and disposal rights; cultural legal comparison
Abstract: 
Planning practice is confronted with seemingly contradictory challenges, such as the qualitative and quantitative provision of housing paired with reducing land consumption. To address this apparent dilemma, legislators are increasingly relying on densification. However, a fundamental prerequisite (and often a significant challenge) for this is the availability of the land required. Recent planning law reforms in Germany and Switzerland aim to increase the effectiveness and speed at which land is made available for inner development, thus meeting the seemingly conflicting planning policy goals. This paper compares recent legislative efforts in Germany and Switzerland using the comparative law method. The German Building Land Mobilization Act includes amendments to the Building Code (Baugesetzbuch) and the Building Use Ordinance (Baunutzungsverordnung), intended to enable faster activation of building land and the creation of more affordable housing. To this end, the amendment expands existing instruments for the activation of building land and introduces simplifications to the planning law. In Switzerland, the Spatial Planning Act has been partially revised to achieve inner urban development through precise regulations on the expansion of building zones and instruments to ensure the implementation of zoning plans.
Subject Class (DDC): 340: Recht
HCU-Faculty: Recht und Verwaltung 
Journal or Series Name: Raumforschung und Raumordnung 
Volume: 81
Issue: 6
Start page: 591
End page: 604
Publisher: oekom verlag
ISSN: 0034-0111
Publisher DOI: 10.14512/rur.1655
URN (Citation Link): urn:nbn:de:gbv:1373-repos-12336
Directlink: https://repos.hcu-hamburg.de/handle/hcu/957
Language: English
Creative Commons License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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