Urban development

Frankfurt/Main with around 770,000 inhabitants and just short of 734,000 people working in the city forms the heart of the area that comes under the ambit of the Frankfurt/RhineMain Regional Association. Within the conurbation as a whole, there are some 2.5 million residents and about 1.3 million people in jobs.

The diverse linkages within the conurbation as a whole call for modern forms of interaction between the various local authorities in the region with a view to the overarching provision of basic public services and as regards spatial planning, without this undermining the guaranteed autonomy of said authorities. To achieve these development goals, the State of Hessen has with its Metropolitan Act created the Regionalverband FrankfurtRheinMain (Frankfurt/RhineMain Regional Association) to manage and coordinate how shared duties are discharged in the Frankfurt/RhineMain conurbation.

Regionalverband FrankfurtRheinMain is the agency in charge of compiling, amending, and annulling the Regional Zoning Plan as well as the integrated Town and Country Plan. These two plans define the key strategic thrust for the future spatial development of the region covered by the Regionalverband and thus also for the territory that comes under the ambit of the City of Frankfurt/Main.

Within the development framework set by the Regional Zoning Plan the City of Frankfurt Planning Dept. is tasked with devising case-driven spatial analyses and urban development concepts for the city’s territory. To date, it has drawn up analyses and concepts for developing sites for new housing, developing commercial zones, developing office spaces, and retail and mall structures. These concepts have the status of recommendations for all the agencies and authorities involved in the planning and form the basis for the urban planning going forward.