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An Integrated Investment Plan (hereinafter: “ZPI”) is a special form of local spatial development plan. At the request of an investor submitted via the mayor, town mayor or city president, the municipal council may adopt an integrated investment plan.

Under an urban planning agreement, the investor undertakes to carry out a complementary investment for the benefit of the municipality (e.g. technical infrastructure, transport infrastructure, social services such as kindergartens, schools, recreational facilities). Additionally, the urban planning agreement may include provisions on the investor’s participation in the costs of adopting the ZPI.

A facilitation related to renewable energy installations is the possibility of adopting or amending local spatial development plans under a simplified procedure (Article 27b(1)(1) of the Spatial Planning and Development Act). This procedure is available if the adoption or amendment of the local plan concerns exclusively the location of renewable energy installations other than wind power plants (excluding micro wind installations). The simplified procedure allows for the omission of certain obligations and shortening of deadlines for some actions.

The ZPI serves to determine the land use and the methods of its development and construction.

The urban planning agreement, in turn, covers the cooperation between the municipality and the investor in the implementation of the complementary investment.

The ZPI, together with the urban planning agreement, is required where the investment area is not covered by a local spatial development plan or the existing plans do not provide for renewable energy installations, and the investor and the municipality seek a flexible solution instead of the standard planning procedure.

The ZPI project is attached by the investor to the application submitted via the mayor, town mayor or city president to the municipal council.

The ZPI project should meet the requirements set out in Article 15(1–3), Article 16(1), and the regulations issued under Article 16(2) of the Spatial Planning and Development Act, and should include the annex referred to in Article 67a(5) of the same Act.

The draft urban planning agreement should reflect the arrangements made during negotiations between the parties. Preparing the draft agreement is the responsibility of the locally competent mayor, town mayor or city president. The urban planning agreement is concluded in the form of a notarial deed.

If the integrated investment plan concerns exclusively the location of renewable energy installations other than wind power plants as defined in the Act of 20 May 2016 on investments in wind power plants, and does not concern the conditions specified in Article 27b(2) of the Spatial Planning and Development Act:

1. The mayor, town mayor or city president may initiate the preparation of the ZPI without the municipal council’s expressed consent;
2. Public consultations referred to in Article 8i(1) of the Spatial Planning and Development Act:
   1. Points 1 and 4 are conducted for a period of 14 days;
   2. Points 2 and 3 are carried out no earlier than 3 days after the start of public consultations and no later than 3 days before the last day of the period mentioned above.

1. Conduct negotiations with the investor, and in cases referred to in Article 37ed(5) of the Spatial Planning and Development Act, also with a third party who is the owner or perpetual usufructuary of the property where the complementary investment is to be implemented, regarding the content of the draft urban planning agreement and the draft ZPI;
2. Amend the draft ZPI with justification, prepare an environmental impact forecast if required, and draft the urban planning agreement, taking into account the results of the negotiations;
3. Publish the draft ZPI in the Register along with the justification, draft urban planning agreement, and environmental impact forecast, if required (obligation effective from 1 January 2026);
4. Simultaneously:
   1. Request opinions referred to in Article 17(6)(a) of the Spatial Planning and Development Act;
   2. Request approvals referred to in Article 17(6)(b) of the same Act;
   3. Request consent for the change of agricultural and forest land use to non-agricultural and non-forest purposes, if required by separate regulations;
   4. Announce the start of public consultations in the manner specified in Article 8h(1) of the same Act and conduct public consultations;
5. Within 14 days from the end of the opinion-gathering, approval process and public consultations referred to in point 4(a), (b), and (d), introduce changes to the draft ZPI resulting from:
   1. Received opinions;
   2. Completed approvals;
   3. Conducted public consultations;
6. Repeat, as necessary, the actions referred to in points 1, 4(b), and 5(b), and if the changes introduced under point 5 concern the location of a project that may significantly affect the environment, also repeat the actions referred to in point 4(d) and 5(c);
7. Conclude the urban planning agreement on behalf of the municipality;
8. Publish in the Register the draft ZPI along with the justification, urban planning agreement, environmental impact forecast (if required), and the report referred to in Article 8k(2) of the Spatial Planning and Development Act;
9. Present the draft ZPI, which constitutes an annex to the agreement referred to in point 7, along with the report mentioned in Article 8k(2) of the Spatial Planning and Development Act, to the municipal council.

Until the urban planning agreement is concluded, the mayor, town mayor or city president may withdraw from negotiations, informing the municipal council.

The deadline for approvals and opinions referred to in Article 17(6)(a) and (b) of the Spatial Planning and Development Act, and approvals in repeated actions referred to in point 6, is 14 days from the date of the request. Article 25(1a) of the same Act does not apply.

It is permissible to limit the forms of public consultations to collecting comments and to conduct consultations for a minimum of 21 days.

The regulations do not specify a deadline for adopting the ZPI. It is a lengthy procedure – depending on the complexity of the plan and the size of the area covered, adoption may take from several months to several years.

Municipal council.

According to Article 34(1) of the Spatial Planning and Development Act, the entry into force of a local spatial development plan results in the repeal of other spatial development plans or their parts relating to the area covered by the new plan.

The service is free of charge.

There is no possibility to appeal; however, the resolution may be challenged before an administrative court after first requesting the municipal council to rectify the identified breach of law.

If the ZPI is repealed, amended or declared invalid within 5 years from its entry into force, the parties to the urban planning agreement may withdraw from the agreement within 6 months from the date of repeal, amendment or declaration of invalidity.

Yes, the application for the adoption of the Integrated Investment Plan (ZPI), together with the urban planning agreement, may be submitted electronically via the ePUAP platform.