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The North Rhine-Westphalia Regional Development Plan (LEP NRW) The North Rhine-Westphalia Regional Development Plan (LEP NRW) The North Rhine-Westphalia Regional Development Plan (LEP NRW) II Ordinance on the North Rhine-Westphalia Regional Development Plan of Pursuant to Section 17, para. 1, sentence 4 of the NRW Development Act as published on 3 May 2005 (GV. NRW, p. 430), last amended by the Act dated 24 May 2016 (GV. NRW, p. 259), it is decreed: Article 1 The North Rhine-Westphalia Regional Development Plan, which is announced as an appendix to this ordinance, is an integral part of this ordinance. It consists of text and graphical specifications (North Rhine-Westphalia Regional Development Plan LEP NRW) Article 2 The North Rhine-Westphalia Regional Development Plan (LEP NRW) will be available for inspection at the offices of the NRW planning authority and the regional planning authorities. Article 3 The ordinance will enter into force on.... The Sectoral Subplan for Large-Scale Retail Developments, the North Rhine-Westphalia Regional Development Plan (LEP NRW 95) which has been in force since 1995 and Regional Development Plan IV “Protection from Aircraft Noise” will be revoked on the same date. Düsseldorf, 2016 The Government of North-Rhine Westphalia Minister of Schools and Further Education Ms Sylvia Löhrmann Minister of Finance Dr Norbert Walter-Borjans Minister of the Economy, Energy, Industry, Small Business and Craft Trades Mr Garrelt Duin Minister of Internal and Municipal Affairs Mr Ralf Jäger Minister of Employment, Integration and Social Affairs Mr Rainer Schmeltzer The North Rhine-Westphalia Regional Development Plan (LEP NRW) III Minister of Justice Mr Thomas Kutschaty Minister of Climate Protection, the Environment, Agriculture and Nature and Consumer Protection Mr Johannes Remmel Minister of Building, Housing, Urban Development and Transport Mr Michael Groschek Minister of Innovation, Science and Research Ms Svenja Schulze, MdL Minister of the Family, Children, Young People, Culture and Sport Ms Christina Kampmann Minister of Health, Emancipation, Care and Older People Ms Barbara Steffens Minister of Federal Affairs, Europe and the Media and Head of the State Chancellery Franz-Josef Lersch-Mense of North-Rhine Westphalia The North Rhine-Westphalia Regional Development Plan (LEP NRW) IV Table of Contents Reason ............................................................................................................................... 1 1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 New challenges ......................................................................................................... 2 1.2 Dealing with demographic change ............................................................................ 2 1.3 Enabling sustainable economic growth ..................................................................... 4 1.4 Nature, renewable resources and protecting the climate .......................................... 7 2. Spatial structure of NRW .............................................................................................. 10 3. Sustainable cultural landscape development ................................................................ 15 4. Climate protection and adapting to climate change ...................................................... 19 5. Regional and cross-border cooperation ........................................................................ 22 6. Settlement areas .......................................................................................................... 25 6.1 Specifications for the settlement area as a whole ................................................... 25 6.2 Additional specifications for General Settlement Areas........................................... 35 6.3 Additional specifications for Areas for Commercial and Industrial Use ................... 37 6.4 Locations for major projects significant to NRW and involving intensive land use .. 40 6.5 Large-scale retail developments ............................................................................. 43 6.6 Facilities for recreation, sport, leisure and tourism .................................................. 54 7. Open space .................................................................................................................. 57 7.1 Preservation of open space and soil preservation .................................................. 57 7.2 Nature and landscape ............................................................................................. 62 7.3 Forests and forestry ................................................................................................ 65 7.4 Water ...................................................................................................................... 68 7.5 Agriculture ............................................................................................................... 74 8. Transport and technical infrastructure .......................................................................... 80 8.1 Traffic and transport ................................................................................................ 80 8.2 Transport using pipes and cables ........................................................................... 86 8.3 Waste disposal ........................................................................................................ 90 9. Supply of natural resources .......................................................................................... 92 9.1 Safeguarding reserves of natural resources ........................................................... 92 9.2 Non-energy resources............................................................................................. 93 9.3 Energy resources .................................................................................................... 95 10. Energy supply ............................................................................................................. 97 10.1 Energy structure .................................................................................................... 97 10.2 Sites for the use of renewable energies ................................................................ 99 The North Rhine-Westphalia Regional Development Plan (LEP NRW) V 10.3 Power station sites and fracking ......................................................................... 103 11. Legal foundations and legal effect ............................................................................ 107 Appendix 1: Central places in North-Rhine Westphalia .................................................. 110 Appendix 2: Cultural landscape areas significant to NRW .............................................. 119 Appendix: Graphical Representations List of Illustrations Figure 1 Central-place system in NRW ............................................................................ 14 Figure 2 Cultural landscapes and cultural landscape areas in NRW ................................ 18 Figure 3 Non-fragmented, low-traffic areas in NRW ......................................................... 76 Figure 4 Biotope system across NRW .............................................................................. 77 Figure 5 Forests in NRW .................................................................................................. 78 Figure 6 Concepts relating to flood prevention ................................................................. 79 Figure 7 Spatial planning system in NRW ...................................................................... 109 The North Rhine-Westphalia Regional Development Plan (LEP NRW) VI List of objectives, principles and notes 2-1 Objective: central place system .................................................................................. 10 2-2 Principle: public services ............................................................................................ 10 2-3 Objective: Settlement areas and open spaces ........................................................... 10 Re 2-1 Central place system ......................................................................................... 10 Re 2-2 Public services .................................................................................................. 11 Re 2-3 Settlement areas and open spaces ................................................................... 11 3-1 Objective: 32 cultural landscapes ............................................................................... 15 3-2 Principle: Significant cultural landscape areas ........................................................... 15 3-3 Principle: Historical centres, monuments and other valuable features of the cultural landscape ......................................................................................................................... 15 3-4 Principle: New landscape areas ................................................................................. 15 Re 3-1 32 Cultural landscapes ...................................................................................... 15 Re 3-2 Significant cultural landscape areas .................................................................. 17 Re 3-3 Historical centres, monuments and other valuable features of the cultural landscape ...........................................................................................................