Land Use Planning Act (ROG).

The main aim of the present Act is to ensure that the entire territory of the Federal Republic of Germany and the related regions shall be developed, organized and protected by general regional plans. In so doing 1) differing requirements shall be harmonized and related conflicts shall be solved at local planning level; 2) provisions shall be made regarding specific activities and individual land uses. The text consists of 27 articles divided into 4 Parts as follows: General provisions (I); Land use planning in the “Länder” (II); Federal land use planning (3); Completing provisions and final provisions (4). Two Annexes are enclosed.