federal and state sectoral planning legislationFachplanungsgesetze auf Bundes- und Landesebene
Sectoral planning with a significant impact on space and thus on spatial planning is governed by distinct legislation. The most important federal planning acts include the following:
Transport and communication
- General Railway Act
- Federal Highways Act
- Federal Waterways Act
- Federal Air Traffic Act
- Passenger Transport Act
- Telegraph Routes Act;
Utilities
- Energy Industry Act
- Waste Avoidance, Recovery and Disposal Act
- Federal Mining Act
- Federal Water Act;
Environment and nature conservation
- Federal Soil Protection Act
- Federal Immission Control Act
- Federal Nature Conservation Act
- Federals Forest Act;
Agriculture
- Land Consolidation Act
- Act on the Joint Task
“Improvement of Agrarian Structure and Coastal Preservation”
Federal sectoral planning acts are often concretised by state legislation, for instance state nature conservation acts and state highway legislation.