Area: Okolje in prostor
Competent authority: GSV, MOP, MzI
EZU URL: .nan
Initiative ID: 191
Initiative accepted and completed: '2013-10-09'
Initiative classified in EZU: .nan
Initiative forwarded in response: '2013-09-11'
Initiative published: '2013-09-11'
Initiative submitted: '2013-08-14'
Response from the competent authority: "Reply from the Ministry of Infrastructure\
  \ and Spatial Planning Thank you for the initiative of the OAO and in this respect\
  \ we would like to inform you of the following: The petition asks why the National\
  \ Strategic State Plan (NSPN) has not yet been prepared to replace the Spatial Development\
  \ Strategy of Slovenia, as it is supposed to make the planning of national spatial\
  \ planning - investments more transparent and more efficient, and to minimise the\
  \ potential loss of cohesion funds due to delays in planning and non-compliance\
  \ with environmental standards, as the NSPN is supposed to be accompanied by an\
  \ environmental impact report. Although the National Strategic Spatial Plan (NSPN)\
  \ has not yet been prepared, the basis for the preparation of national spatial plans\
  \ is the Spatial Development Strategy of Slovenia (Official Journal of the Republic\
  \ of Slovenia, No 76/04; SPRS), as provided for in the current Act on Spatial Planning\
  \ (ZPNa\u010Drt). The SPRS was not subject to a comprehensive environmental impact\
  \ assessment under the provisions of the SEA Directive, as at that time the obligation\
  \ to carry out an assessment procedure applied to documents whose preparation started\
  \ after July 2004. However, the SPRS was adopted in the National Assembly of the\
  \ Republic of Slovenia on 18 June 2004, following a lengthy preparation process\
  \ involving ministries, municipalities and NGOs, and a wide-ranging debate and coordination\
  \ process. Notwithstanding the fact that no assessment was required, a Study for\
  \ a Comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment was prepared for the SPRS (on\
  \ the basis of the Environmental Protection Act in force at the time), which also\
  \ provided findings and guidelines for the further planning of spatial developments\
  \ of national importance. The SPRS is therefore still a legitimate and substantively\
  \ relevant document, as it envisages or defines all key spatial developments for\
  \ which national spatial plans are being prepared. It also includes environmental\
  \ protection content: this is included in the objectives, priorities, design and\
  \ orientation chapters of the three spatial subsystems, and in the final chapter\
  \ on reconciling development needs and protection requirements. Other national sectoral\
  \ development documents must also be aligned with the SPRS, which is the basis for\
  \ starting the preparation of national spatial plans. The Government of the Republic\
  \ of Slovenia has so far adopted 145 national spatial plans, of which at least 49\
  \ (also adopted in 2005) have not yet been implemented - mainly due to lack of financial\
  \ resources. On the other hand, among the adopted and implemented national spatial\
  \ plans, there are quite a few where EU funds have been successfully obtained and\
  \ spent. The claim in the petition that the reason for the difficulties in obtaining\
  \ cohesion funding is the non-adoption of the CSPD is therefore not true. The preparation\
  \ of the CSPD is linked to the readiness of the technical bases that the individual\
  \ promoters have to provide for their respective areas, so that their proposals\
  \ can be effectively integrated and coordinated in the plan. However, since the\
  \ adoption of the provision on the preparation of the CSPD, no financial resources\
  \ have been secured and there has been no political decision to prepare it, partly\
  \ due to the time component represented by the extensive coordination with a large\
  \ number of stakeholders. In the light of the new circumstances and challenges,\
  \ the CSPA, which has been in force for ten years, will need to be updated and brought\
  \ up to date, and this has already been undertaken. This is also made possible by\
  \ the latest amendments and additions to the Act on the National Development Plan\
  \ in 2012 (Transitional and Final Provisions, Article 31 of the Act on the National\
  \ Development Plan-B), which provide that, until the DSPN comes into force, it is\
  \ possible to amend and supplement the SPRS in accordance with the procedure applicable\
  \ to the preparation of the DSPN pursuant to Article 23, with the exception of the\
  \ provisions of the fourth paragraph of this Article. Amendments and additions to\
  \ the SPRS shall also be subject to a comprehensive environmental impact assessment.\
  \ We consider that the reform of the SPRS will be a complex process, the key outcome\
  \ of which must be a social consensus on the country's spatial development objectives\
  \ and orientations."
Text file: 191.txt
Title: Problems of proper spatial planning in relation to environmental protection
  principles
URL: https://www.stopbirokraciji.gov.si/pobuda/?st=191
