Under this partial update, 0.7 percent of the region’s total area is designated as reserved areas. These areas are characterized by their particular suitability, for example due to their location, existing land use, or the legal privileges often granted to them, which allow for development even without the adoption of a zoning plan.

In addition, the Regional Green Corridor—a key instrument for open space protection in the Stuttgart Region’s regional plan—will be opened up to open-space photovoltaics under clearly defined conditions. Exceptions will continue to include forested areas, core areas, and core zones of the state-wide biotope network, as well as exposed areas with high or very high landscape quality.

The plan is the result of a multi-year process during which local governments, public interest groups, and citizens had the opportunity to comment on all proposed provisions.

Based on all the comments received, the Regional Assembly conducted a final comprehensive review and adopted the plan.

In accordance with Section 13a(5) of the Baden-Württemberg State Planning Act, no individual feedback will be provided to those who submitted comments. Instead, the comments will be compiled in anonymized form and made publicly available along with the results of the assessment. 

• Comments from the first public review: without location reference
• Comments from the first public review: location-specific
• Comments from the second public review

• Information Map: Opening of the Regional Green Corridor
• Overview map of “Areas for sites of regionally significant ground-mounted photovoltaic systems”
• “Areas for sites of regionally significant ground-mounted photovoltaic plants” as shapefiles (Please read the file “Important Note on Wind Power”)
• Meeting document of the Regional Assembly dated December 3, 2025
• Minutes of the Regional Assembly meeting of December 3, 2025