Key legal question
Whether the amended local zoning and design plan for the Steffensrain small extraction site was a lawful planning measure or an unlawful circumvention of Art. 24 RPG
Extracted holding
The plan was a lawful planning measure; it did not create an impermissible small building zone and did not circumvent Art. 24 RPG.
Extracted reasoning
The authorities examined site suitability and balanced the public and private interests in a manner comparable to Art. 24 RPG. The local need for marl, short transport routes, staged extraction, backfilling and landscape protection measures justified the plan.