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New wind power decree in Saxony stipulates minimum distance to residential housing 

Credit:  German Energy Blog | Published on July 18, 2013 | www.germanenergyblog.de ~~

On 12 July 2013 representatives of the Saxon State Ministries of Economics and of the Interior signed a joint “Decree on Minimum Distances between Residential Housing and Priority Areas and Other Areas Suitable for Wind Power”. The decree essentially stipulates a general minimum distance of 1,000 metres between residential housing and wind power plants, a press release issued by the State of Saxony says.

This would help to “reduce conflicts between immissions and adverse affects on the landscape on the on hand and the need for a moderate and sensitive expansion of wind power”, the statement says.

Judging from the press release (the decree is not available yet), the minimum distance seems to refer mainly to immission control law and seems stricter than in other German states. The Bavarian wind power decree points out that the Federal Immissions Control Act does not stipulate a minimum distance, pointing out that below a distance of 800 metres an expert opinion on the noise caused by the wind power plant (Lärmschutzgutachten) would have to be submitted. The wind power decree of the State of Baden-Württemberg states that regional planning authorities should observe a minimum distance of 700 metres from areas in which housing can not only be permitted by way of exception when designating priority zones for wind power.

The Saxon press release did not comment on the legal nature of the decree (Erlass). However, under German law a decree is only binding for subordinate authorities of the issuing ministries. For the regional planning authorities, the municipalities and other authorities responsible for urban land use planing they only provide guidance and thus help to implement and interpret the respective legal provision in a uniform way.

The State of Saxony also informed that it plans to submit an amendment of the Federal Building Code (Baugesetzbuch) together with the State of Bavaria that would allow the federal states to set minimum standards to residential housing depending on the height of the wind power plant.

Source: State of Saxony:

Standortplanung für Windkraftanlagen – Erlass der Staatsregierung zum Mindestabstand bei Windkraftanlagen

Heute (12. Juli 2013) haben Vertreter des Sächsischen Staatsministeriums für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Verkehr und des Sächsischen Staatsministeriums des Innern den gemeinsamen „Erlass über Mindestabstände zwischen Wohnbebauung und Vorrang- und Eignungsgebieten zur Nutzung der Windenergie“ unterzeichnet. Kern der Regelung ist ein pauschalierter Mindestabstand von 1.000 Metern zwischen Windkraftanlage und Wohnbebauung. Damit entschärft die Staatsregierung den Konflikt zwischen Immissionen und Beeinträchtigungen des Landschaftsbildes einerseits und dem Erfordernis eines maßvollen und sensiblen Ausbaus der Windkraft andererseits.

Sven Morlok (FDP), Sächsischer Staatsminister für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Verkehr: „Nicht nur die steigenden Stromkosten, auch der unkontrollierte Zubau von Windkraftanlagen ohne Rücksicht auf Sorgen der Anwohner und die Landschaft, gefährden die Akzeptanz der Energiewende. Der jetzige Erlass ist ein weiterer Schritt der Staatsregierung, um die Interessen von Bürgern und die Energiewende stärker miteinander in Einklang zu bringen.“

Dazu haben Bayern und Sachsen auf der gemeinsamen Kabinettssitzung am 2. Juli 2013 in München auch eine Bundesratsinitiative beschlossen. Danach soll das Baugesetzbuch so geändert werden, dass die Bundesländer künftig selbst die Mindestabstände zur Wohnbebauung in Abhängigkeit von der Höhe der Windkraftanlagen durch Landesgesetz regeln können.

Der Erlass in Verbindung mit dem neuen Landesentwicklungsplan schafft für die Regionalen Planungsverbände eine praktische Handhabe für die raum- und umweltverträgliche Planung von Vorrang- und Eignungsgebieten für Windenergieanlagen.

Source:  German Energy Blog | Published on July 18, 2013 | www.germanenergyblog.de

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