Local development plans – aren’t they a matter for local authorities? If you take the time to think about your own daily routine, you will soon realise that life does not take place within administrative boundaries. Whether you are travelling to work, for sport or leisure, you will find that you automatically move between different local authority areas every day. People live in a region rather than in a local authority area. That’s why it is important that daily life be organised at a regional level. This is where the regional plan comes in. It serves as an overall plan at regional level to cover a period of about 15 years. Over more than 400 pages, it sets out the spatial development objectives and principles for the Stuttgart Region in written texts and graphic elements.

For example, the binding specifications can be used by towns and municipalities to create local development plans.

The regional plan for the Stuttgart Region consists of three legally binding parts (print-out only) adopted as a statute by the Regional Assembly

• The text section of the regional plan
• The land use map on a scale of 1:50,000 
• The structural map of the region with spatial categories, central places and development axes on a scale of 1:200,000
• all past proceedings since 2009

Overview of all current proceedings