ON THE PRACTICE OF INCLUSION OF URBAN PLANNING DESIGN STANDARDS IN THE DECISION ON INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERRITORY

This study examines the practice of establishing minimum permissible levels of provision of public utilities, transport and social infrastructure, as well as maximum permissible levels of territorial accessibility to the population of the territory subject to comprehensive development, in decisions on integrated territorial development. Depending on the presence of the territory subject to integrated development on  the map within the municipality’s land use and development regulations, several options are available for including the necessary design indicators in the decision on integrated territorial development: duplicating urban planning regulations or regional or local urban design standards in the decision on integrated territorial development, independently determining the design indicators by the body making the decision on integrated territorial development, including reference standards to the abovementioned documents in such a decision or omitting such design indicators by the authorized body in the decision on integrated territorial development. To ensure the uniform inclusion of indicators in decisions on the integrated development of a territory, Federal Law No. 72-FZ of March 23, 2026, «On Amendments to Article 67 of the Urban Development Code of the Russian Federation», was adopted, establishing reference standards for regional and local urban development standards.