“We open the way for AH to manage their territories.” This is how Hennadii Zubko, Vice Prime Minister – Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine, commented on the draft law  No 6403 "On Urban Development Regulation”, aimed at simplifying territory planning for hromadas, adopted by the Parliament in the first reading.

“When someone says that we are imposing something in addition, or establish an obligation, it, on the contrary, simplifies the approach of territory planning, because instead of three documents – the planning scheme, hromada territory planning scheme, and comprehensive plan of individual settlements – one document is introduced, which refers to the AH plan. This draft law opens the way for the opportunity to dispose of land resources”, - said Hennadii Zubko.

According to the Vice Prime Minister, the draft law is aimed at regulating planning and territory development issues, as well as relations in the elaboration and approval of spatial planning documentation, provision of amalgamated hromadas (AHs) with the uniform spatial planning documentation, etc.

The document envisages the introduction of new terms in the relevant field (“spatial planning”, “urban planning needs”, “common interests”, etc.). Besides, the concept of “urban planning documentation” is replaced by the term “spatial planning documentation”. Types of such documentation are introduced, including the “plan of amalgamated hromada", and the “project of territories’ development”, etc.

The draft law also proposes to create a State Register of Spatial Planning Documentation at the state, regional and local levels; transfer decision-making on elaboration, approval, amendment of the General Scheme of Planning of the Territory of Ukraine to the competence of the government, and to establish state requirements for the use of territories.

As it was mentioned before, the Parliament has supported a draft law important for the spatial development planning of amalgamated hromadas.