Industrial park expansion

The industrial park is in the process of being extended southwards by four construction phases totalling 40 hectares. One of these sections has already been developed and one is planned for this year. The two further construction phases can be developed and planned as required. In total, the industrial park will eventually cover over 300 hectares of contiguous land on both sides of the B67.

For this project, the legal planning requirements for use as a commercial and industrial area must be created. As part of this process, various industrial and commercial areas are planned, as well as green areas, areas for agriculture and forestry and areas with water regulations.

The expansion will ultimately require an amendment to the legally effective land use plan and the creation of a development plan. The prerequisite for this is the preparation of an environmental report in accordance with Section 2 (4) of the German Building Code (BauGB) in order to take account of environmental protection concerns.

The following is publicly available in this context

• Theexplanatory statement including the environmental report from February 2025 and December 2024 for the preparation of the development plan, in which the existing situation and the effects of the plans on the protected assets of animals, plants, land, soil, water, air, climate, landscape, biodiversity, humans, their health, cultural assets, other material assets and the interactions between the individual concerns are examined and evaluated in accordance with Annex 1 to the BauGB; the statements made on the individual protected assets are based on various expert reports and expert opinions/plans.

In addition, the following specialist reports and expert opinions are available from the City of Bocholt:

• Odour immission forecast with supplementary statement on the objections raised during early participation

• Expert opinion on bioaerosol emissions and immissions with supplementary comments on the objections raised during early participation

• Landscape conservation plan, topic: type/scope of impact on nature and landscape

• Preliminary species protection assessment stage 1, topic: Examination of the prohibitions under species protection law

• In-depth species protection assessment stage 2, examination of the prohibitions under species protection law

• Drainage planning, topic: Draft planning for the removal of wastewater and rainwater

• Soil investigation 2009, topic: Assessment of the soil and groundwater conditions

• Soil investigation 2018, topic: Assessment of the soil and groundwater conditions

• Report by the Bocholt waste disposal and service company, topic: Drainage of rainwater

• Noise forecast in the impact area of the B67, topic: Forecast of road traffic noise

• Development plan south of the IP extension, topic: Overview of the southern IP extension

• Traffic study, topic: Impact on the transport network
  
  
• Water planning, topic: Redesign of the Laaker Bach stream

• Initiation of the amendment to the land use plan in the Committee for Planning and Construction on 22/09/2016 (submission: 0169-2016)
• Early public participation with involvement of the authorities from 18/12/2018 to 19/01/2018
• Decision on public display in the Committee for Planning and Construction on 4 July 2018 (submission: 0161-2018)
• Public display with participation of the authorities from 23/10/2018 to 23/11/2018
• Statutory resolution by the city council on 10 July 2019
• Renewed public display with involvement of the authorities from 14/10/2019 to 15/11/2019
• Resolution on the articles of association by the city council on 18/12/2019
• Approval by the Münster district government on 20/01/2020
• Legal validity of the amendment since 20/02/2020

• Introduction of development plan 8-21 in the Committee for Planning and Construction on 22/09/2016 (submission: 0168-2016)
• Early participation with involvement of the authorities from 18/12/2018 to 19/01/2019
• Decision on public display in the Committee for Planning and Construction on 4 July 2018 (submission: 0160-2018)
• Public display with involvement of the authorities from 23/10/2018 to 23/11/2018
• Decision to carry out early and in-depth archaeological investigations in the Committee for Planning and Construction on 30/01/2019 (submission: 0017-2019)
• Public event on 26/02/2019
• Resolution on the articles of association by the city council on 10/07/2019
• Renewed public display with participation of the authorities from 09/03/2020 to 09/04/2020
• Cancellation of the old bylaws resolution and new bylaws resolution on 13/05/2020
• Final announcement and first legal validity of the development plan on 17/06/2020
• Invalidity of the development plan due to the judgement of the 10th Senate of the Higher Administrative Court for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia in the judicial review proceedings against the City of Bocholt on 30/05/2023
• Announcement of ineffectiveness and announcement of remedial proceedings
• Public and official participation from 29.07.2024 to 02.09.2024
• Renewed public and official participation from 11/11/2024 to 13/12/2024
• Renewed involvement of the Borken district authorities from 24/01/2025 to 10/02/2025
• Cancellation of the old resolution on the articles of association and renewed resolution on the articles of association by the municipal council on 26/03/2025