SUSTAINABILITY OF RAPID CHANGING ON SPATIAL AND URBAN POLICY OVER TRANSITIONAL PERIOD IN REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA AND THEIR IMPACT ON INVESTMENTS

Abstract

During last decade, an extreme number of changes were introduced in the laws that define the Spatial Planning System for 85 municipalities and 8 regions, which is based on several key points: the social organization of the state, the planning regulations, the competences in spatial planning , Preparation and implementation of plans for urbanization of the area, types of planning documents, transparency and publicity in the procedures, competence and professionalism of the participants in the procedures, implementation of planning documents. General urban plans are strategic documents of public interest, and their adoption is mandatory and limits the construction only in urban areas with plans. This procedure means advancing with the way of managing, developing and building the space. However, in the absence of prepared plans, the same could be obstruction or an obstacle that proved later in practice because according to the law, the plans after the expiration of the 5-year deadline are considered undue and are the basis for illegal construction. Changes in legislation on spatial planning, elaborated in this research, are presented with a chronology of the emergence of laws, basic features, in terms of establishing a new structure, respecting the principles of subsidiarity and hierarchy, while limiting the influence of the public, their needs and transparency. Hence it can be said that this represents the beginning of investment-oriented laws that have evolved to "customerbased law" to this day. In the last part of the survey, tables are presented that clearly show in this period how in practice urbanism was implemented through the adoption of detailed plans or planning documents that further serve for issuing building permits, investment planning and, finally, realized investments that are expressed as a parameter as part of the total GDP over the years.