Participation, consideration, decision: conducting planning approval procedures with legal certainty

Planning approval is a key instrument in the realisation of extensive infrastructure projects and major projects such as transport routes, energy plants or other projects of supra-regional importance. In the process, many public and private interests are regularly affected and must be weighed up with legal certainty. However, the increasing complexity, high demands on transparency and participation, tight deadlines and new legal regulations, for example on climate protection, pose new challenges for the practice of planning approval.

Aspects of procedural law - efficient process management, the use of external project managers, public participation through to the weighing up and justification of decisions - are increasingly coming to the fore. Inadequate consideration, failure to take account of environmental and climate law requirements and formal shortcomings can lead to legal challenges that can delay or even prevent projects.

In this webinar, you will gain a comprehensive insight into the structure and content of a planning approval decision. You will learn how to organise consultation procedures effectively and how to make legally compliant decisions while avoiding typical errors. The webinar also offers practical examples, a variety of approaches for overcoming the challenges of planning approval and an overview of relevant current case law.