Key legal question
Whether the federal appeal against the cantonal classification judgments was admissible after the later cantonal decision ended the proceedings for the remaining buildings.
Extracted holding
The appeal was admissible because the later cantonal decision brought the remaining classification dispute to a definitive end at cantonal level.
Extracted reasoning
The earlier remittal judgments were incident decisions, but after the Council of State’s 2011 decision the classification dispute concerning the other buildings was finally resolved, opening the way to federal review.