As of the end of the previous year, we reported that the Rēzekne Municipality Council adopted on 1 October 2020 the decision “on the approval of the final version of the Rēzekne District Planning and Environmental Review and the adoption of binding regulation No 69 on the implementation and construction of the Rēzekne District Planning Territory and the graphical part” (Protocol No 25, § 1).

The notification of the approval of the spatial plan and the issuance of binding regulations was published in the Official Gazette Latvijas Vēstnesis and, with the publication of the publication on 8 October 2020, the binding regulations entered into force.

According to legislation, after the entry into force of the binding regulations, a period of 2 months was foreseen for every person to submit submissions to the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development (hereinafter – the Ministry) regarding the approved spatial plan.

On December 11, 2020, the Ministry informed the local government that three plans for contesting the spatial plan were received from the following persons: the Commission for Business Commission for the Special Economic Zone of Rezekne, SIA “NewFuels” and VAS “Latvian State Roads”. Subject to the appeal procedures laid down in Section 27 of the Territorial Development Planning Law, the Ministry, when examining the submitted submissions, assessed the procedures for the development of the spatial plan of Rezekne and its compliance with the laws and regulations.

On 13 January of that year, a letter from the Ministry (opinion) was received in the municipality of Rezekne, which states that the participation of the public in the process of development of the territory of Rezekne is sufficiently ensured, observance of the time limits laid down in the laws and regulations, the violations of the procedures for the development of the spatial plan, as well as the local government on the submissions of persons and proposals which have not been taken into account or taken into account in part, have provided sufficient arguments and explanations in the reply letters. At the same time, the Ministry pointed to individual inconsistencies and inaccuracies in the regulations on the utilisation and construction of the spatial plan area. In order to prevent these discrepancies, certain points of the Rēzekne municipality's binding Regulation No 69 of 8 October 2020, or parts thereof, are to be deleted (to be declared null and void) by issuing new binding rules.

In accordance with the instructions of the Ministry, the Rēzekne municipality council, at the meeting of 4 February 2021, adopted a decision “on the binding Regulation No. 74 of the municipality of Rezekne of 4 February 2021, regarding the recognition of the Law No. 69 of the municipality of Rezekne of 1 October 2020“ Regulations for the Use and Building of Territorial Territories of the Rēzekne District and the Recognition of the Graphic Part ”as“ lost part ”(understood. No. 3, § 33).

In the framework of that decision, the binding regulations No. 74 of the municipality of Rēzekne of 4 February 2021, regarding the recognition of the saistošo Regulation No. 69 of the municipality of Rezekne of 1 October 2020 “Regulations for the Use and Maintenance of the Territorial Territory of Rezekne District, and the Recognition of the Graphic Part” as “lost part”.

In order to enable the local government to comply with the information provided in the opinion of the Ministry of 13 January 2021 regarding inaccuracies in Annex 1 of the Territorial Use and Building Regulations, which reveals the width of the red lines along the road, it was necessary to make adjustments to this Annex. On 4 February 2021, the Rēzekne municipality council adopted a decision “on the specification of the saistošo Regulation No 69 of the municipality of Rezekne of 1 October 2020,“ Rules for the use and construction of the site of the Rēzekne District Planning Territory and the graphical part ”(understood. No. 3, § 34). The decision provides for clarification of Annex 1 to the binding Regulation No 69 of the municipality of Rezekne of 1 October 2020“ Regulations and graphical part of the use and building of the spatial plan of the municipality of Rezekne ”, supplementing the title of Annex 1 to the Territorial Use and Building Regulations by the following explanatory reference with the 2 nd order number “² The width of the red lines shall not be less than the minimum national road road terrestrial lane specified in regulatory enactments in determining the width of the red lines per unit border of the State motorways. It is important to note that these adjustments or clarifications do not affect the legal interests of persons and do not alter the nature of the legislative act.

Materials are available in the national single geospatial information portal www.geolatvija.lv, under “spatial development planning” (see here) 

Draw attention to the fact that the municipality of Rezekne has sent the decisions taken and the binding rules for the ministry for consideration and opinion. Until the receipt of the opinion of the Ministry, the spatial plan of the municipality of Rezekne is not feasible and the local government shall apply binding regulations in the field of spatial planning, which approved the previous spatial plan – the binding provisions of the Rēzekne municipality council of 1 August 2013 “on the regulations for the utilisation and construction of the Rēzekne District Planning 2013-2024 and the approval of the graphical parts”. (see here ).

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League Romanchuk,
Rezekne Municipality Development Planning Division territory planner,
Phone: +371 64607205
E-mail: liga.romancuka@rezeknesnovads.lv