Exclusion of lands from agricultural production and urban pressure – case study

Abstract

SummaryThough agricultural lands are subject to legal protection limiting their use for non-agricultural purposes, recent research shows that investment areas are becoming larger at the cost of agricultural production areas. The analysis of cases in which lands have been excluded from agricultural production within Ropczyce-Sędziszów district (powiat), covering the period of 15 years, confirms that the change of area of particular lands is taking place. The biggest change affected grasslands and arable lands. The lands excluded from agricultural production are transformed into single-family housing, recreational and communication areas. Moreover the research allowed to show similarities in communes (gminy) with respect to lands excluded from agricultural production. The communes were singled out that were homogeneous as regards exclusion carried out in years 1999-2014. The choice of a research unit -Ropczyce-Sędziszów district -is determined by accessibility of data regarding exclusions and the fact the district is regarded as a unit with an average outlook for socioeconomic development. Simple statistical methods, quantitative analyses and a method of spatial taxonomy were used in the research.

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“…Most often, decisions are made regarding the exclusion of lands from agricultural and forest production for housing purposes. This is confirmed by the author's research in numerous publications [7][8][9]. Exclusion of land from the agricultural and forest production is aimed at protecting such land, in particular against the use of the best -quality land for investment purposes.…”

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“…In effect, sprawled development encroaches upon environmentally valuable open land [78] (p. 191), [79][80][81][82]. Due to a huge demand for investment areas [83], [84] (p. 169), extensive amounts of land are converted from natural or agricultural uses to settlement uses [83], [84] (p. 170), [85]. According to data retrieved in 2015 [86], this process was much faster in Poland than in other European countries [30] (p. 2240).…”

“…Normally, in order to exclude land from agricultural or forest use, which is a requirement to obtain the building permit [128] (art. 12a), the investor has to pay a fee [84] (p. 170). However, in the case of residential developments, if the area of land does not exceed 500 m 2 (one-family housing) or 200 m 2 (for each unit in multi-family housing), no payment is involved.…”