THE ECONOMIC NEEDS OF THE MUNICIPALITY IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGE IN LAND USE FROM AGRICULTURAL TO NON-AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES
THE ECONOMIC NEEDS OF THE MUNICIPALITY IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGE IN LAND USE FROM AGRICULTURAL TO NON-AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study is to answer the question of whether the economic needs of a municipality can serve as a basis for change in land use from agricultural to non-agricultural purposes. In order to address the research question, the Author conducted an analysis of the provisions of the Act on the protection of agricultural and forest land and the Act on spatial planning and development, relating to the change of agricultural land designation for non-agricultural purposes and also examined key administrative court judgments in cases concerning the consent of the minister responsible for rural development to change the designation of agricultural land of classes I-III. The hypothesis put forward in the article, assuming that the economic needs of the municipality can serve as a basis for changing the designation of agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes has been confirmed. However, the extent of the possibility to invoke them primarily depends on the soil quality classification of the land in question, as well as the specific circumstances of an individual case.

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