Promote soil protection and reduce soil sealing

Regierungsprogramm 2025-29 auto-translated using AI

Land Consumption

• The Federal Government is committed to careful handling of the resource soil and to reducing land consumption. The measures of the soil strategy decided by the federal states are a suitable basis for the necessary joint efforts and the definition of target paths. The coordinating function of the ÖROK is strengthened and expanded in this context, to promote joint work on an equal footing and under scientific supervision.
• The Federal Government is committed to effectively reducing land consumption to 2.5 ha per day. For this purpose, planning and zoning competencies should be more strongly bundled at the state level and a clear target path should be developed by the end of 2026.

Soil Protection

• The Federal Government is committed to conscious and responsible handling of soil, land use and sealing, as well as to regionally differentiated goals, which drive the reduction of land consumption consistently.
• To ensure a sustainable reduction, four priorities must be pursued: protection of open and green land, prevention of urban sprawl, efficient internal development incl. de-sealing measures and intensification of awareness-raising and public relations work.
• As part of the Austrian Spatial Planning Conference, an evaluation and implementation of an action plan in relation to the four priorities should be carried out.
• Through a three-year progress report from the nationwide uniform land monitoring, trends should be identified and, if necessary, actions should be derived.