Miejscowy plan zagospodarowania przestrzennego jako narzędzie realizacji idei zrównoważonego rozwoju terenów zurbanizowanych z terenami rolnymi na poziomie gminy Siewierz

In Poland, the changes taking place in rural areas are more and more visible. Local spatial development plans adopted by municipalities regulate the changes taking place. Spatial policy at the local level has a number of legal as well as economic, environmental and social effects. This paper indicates a way of balancing urbanized areas with agricultural areas by means of a legal act serving the implementation of the spatial policy of the Siewierz commune – the local spatial development plan. Protection of agricultural land is important due to the progressing urbanization and the increase of industrialization and services. Often, agricultural areas are supplanted by so-called "second homes" and the appearance of Różanów. Local spatial development plans then become a legal tool enforcing the protection of agricultural areas against progressing urbanization.