Publication details
Spolky a soudní přezkum územně plánovací dokumentace
| Title in English | Associations and the judicial review of the land use planning documentation |
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| Year of publication | 2014 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Sborník příspěvků z mezinárodní veděcké konference: Mezinárodní Masarykova konference pro doktorandy a maldé vědecké pracovníky |
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| Field | Law sciences |
| Keywords | civic association; land use plan; general measure; judicial review; the Aaarhus Convention |
| Description | Civic associations most often act as representatives of local citizens. People form an association mainly because they need to defend their interests, which do not have only environmental character. On the contrary, most often the citizens want to protect their right to privacy and family life and their property. Until this year a participation of environmental nongovernmental organizations in spatial planning had no visible effect. Associations could make comments, but they could not fill any court application against the adopted land use plan. In the spring 2014, the Constitutional Court attempted to change this practice. By the ruling of the Constitutional Court, NGOs were granted the right to challenge land use plans in court for the first time. That decision reopend a debate over the question of the extent to which citizens can participate in environmental decision making. |