Analysis of the hierarchy system of planning and spatial development in-dicates that its inconsistency is one of the reasons for breach of the principles of sustainable development and the depreciation of landscape values in Poland. Lack of fair balancing area's needs, especially based on demographic projections, stimulates inadequate management of land, especially in studies of conditions and directions of spatial development and in use plans. This article presents examples of an unnecessarily scattered development, an oversupply of land and infrastructure costs increase, influencing the development of the speculative real estate valuations. ...
The article analyzes the course of the expropriation of agricultural land in the village next to the big city, realized in 2009 upon a Governor's decision of locating a toll motorway - from year 2003. In the broader context it presents a legal framework, decisions and actions of public administrations and their implications for spatial destinations made to carry out a public task. It points at the possibilities of expropriation proceeding under article No 64 of Polish Constitution. It's background is actual value of object of expropriation and the particular case of way of law functioning in Poland, especially in the context of administrative correctness, period of issuing decision, valuation of property and deprivation an expropriated person the income source. ...
