Haimhausen’s mayor, Peter Felbermeier (CSU), reacted with incomprehension to the rejection of the communal land use plan by the Dachau district office. With the plan, which the municipal council passed by a majority last December, Haimhausen wanted to create a “concentration area for high-voltage lines” and thus ensure that the new line would be built as far away from the main town as possible.
As is well known, the 380-kilovolt high-voltage line that is already running in the Inhauser Moos in the extreme south of the municipality has to be renewed because its capacity is no longer sufficient. For this purpose, new, 80 meter high electricity pylons are being erected, with concrete foundations reaching 30 meters into the ground. Tennet, the company commissioned by the federal government to expand the network, has proposed two routes, one to the north, which runs near the southern outskirts of Haimhausen, and one directly next to the existing route. When the project became known, there were massive protests in the village against the “monster route”, which is why the municipality became active and wanted to push the southern route. Knowing full well that the Inhauser Moos is an ecologically sensitive area.
“The district office could have said that earlier.”
But now the Dachau district office has thwarted the plan and rejected the plan. The reason: The municipality is not responsible for such supra-regional planning. “The district office could have said that earlier, then the municipal council could have considered whether it wanted to spend a not inconsiderable five-digit amount on the partial land use plan,” said Felbermeier after the meeting.
The possibility existed. Because the district office already issued a statement last autumn as part of the preparation process for the partial land use plan. “But you only took a position on the content, not on the law,” said Felbermeier. He announced that the municipality will now file a lawsuit against the rejection with the administrative court in Munich.
In fact, the rejection of the plan does not change anything at first. In the spatial planning procedure that has already been completed, the government of Upper Bavaria classified the northern variant for the power line as not spatially compatible anyway. However, the tide could turn again in the subsequent planning approval procedure, at the end of which the actual building permit for the new high-voltage line will be issued. If endangered and therefore protected species are found during more detailed analyzes and mapping of the flora and fauna in the Inhauser Moos, the northern variant could come into play again.