Oszacowanie wyłączeń gruntów rolnych z produkcji rolnej w Polsce

The purpose of the article is to estimate the number of municipalities (gminas) that should apply for the exclusion of agricultural land from agricultural production due to the entry into force of the proposed amended Law on Planning and Spatial Development. In Poland, this problem is significant due to the oversupply of construction land, which contributes to the dispersion of settlements and spatial chaos. Analyses were conducted in 2175 rural and urban-rural municipalities. Several variant estimates of the number of municipalities were made, using data on municipal studies and local plans. It was estimated that the number of municipalities that could apply to exclude agricultural land from agricultural production ranged from 321 to 1343 (14.8%–61.7% of non-urban municipalities). This means that the scale of expected land exclusions could be very large and occur in up to every second non-urban municipality. This indicates the need for prudent formulation of regulations to serve rational and efficient land use and spatial organisation.