Beata Stelmach-Fita
DOI: 10.21858/msr.58.02
Vol. no: 58
The implementation of the INSPIRE Directive with regard to the land use data theme is one of the most complex issues of harmonisation of data sets on land use. Of particular importance here is the INSPIRE specification on land use, including the distinction between the existing land use and planned land use, the HILUCS classification and HSRCL as a reference framework for organising data on restrictions arising from public law.The aim of this article is to assess whether the Urban Register may support data harmonisation and interoperability used in the preparation of a general commune plan (POG), particularly with regard to reference datasets, existing and planned land use, and restrictions arising from separate legislation. The analysis examined relationships between the regulatory section of the general plan, its grounds, datasets compiled for spatial planning acts and the functions of the Urban Register.The article demonstrates that data on restrictions arising from separate legislation is primarily set out in grounds for the POG, which serves an informative and evidential purpose but is not an enactment of local law. At the same time, it was pointed out that the issue of harmonisation also concerns data on the present state, including the possibility of using the Land and Buildings Register as a basis for compiling datasets on existing land use following appropriate mapping to the HILUCS classification.The results of the analysis indicate a need to develop the Urban Register as a data node enabling the link age of data created for the POG and local land use plans with reference data sets, the comparison of existing and planned land use and the identification of data on restrictions arising from separate legislation.