Expansion of the Geißbockheim Schwarzer Peter is now with the city
The residents’ initiative Grüngürtel for All and the State Association of the NRW of the Nab Nature Conservation Association had sued the local advancement prepare for the expansion plans of 1. FC Cologne am Geißbockheim, which was now also declared inefficient by the 7th Senate of the Higher Administrative Court (AVG). The reason for the judgment for 1. FC Cologne includes positive starting points in order to have the ability to implement the task from a legal perspective.
official errors can be healed in an extra planning process
In brief: If the city corrects its error, which the city of Cologne had actually currently been described in the facility treatment by the responsible Ministry of Building in North Rhine-Westphalia, nothing would stand in the method of the Cologne advancement strategy. Specifically, prepared, but improperly designated small playfields, which are planned for public use, offered the judgment. An issue for which the city is responsible.
Nevertheless, it is still a completely different question whether the FC will really try to force the expansion at the Geißbockheim in order to be able to accommodate professionals and youngsters under very first department conditions. Strategies for a project in the close-by district of Cologne-Marsdorf, in which the youth efficiency center and the matching training locations might be developed, were established in parallel with the city.
Finally, the judgment, versus which no revision can be filed, is more or less based on a formal mistake that can be corrected according to the AVG. This might be healed in an extra preparation process. Further defects are not noticeable, even no environmental management issues.
city remains in to bring debt
The citizens’ initiative Grüngürtel for All and the State Association of the NRW of the Nab Nature Conservation Association had actually sued the municipal advancement plan for the growth plans of 1. FC Cologne includes favorable beginning points in order to be able to carry out the task from a legal point of view.
It was not for nothing that FC Managing Director Philipp Turnoff had actually stated after the decision of the AVG: The factor for the judgment has been confirmed in concept that we can even more develop professional football in Cologne both legally and environmentally friendly within the city limits.
The position of the FC in the additional conversations is most likely to have actually improved than aggravated by the negative judgment of the AVG at very first glimpse, which was rapidly analyzed as a defeat for the club. The city now held the black Peter for an unrealized growth at the Geißbockheim.
It was not for nothing that FC Handling Director Philipp Turnoff had actually stated after the choice of the AVG: The reason for the judgment has actually been confirmed in concept that we can even more establish professional football in Cologne both lawfully and eco-friendly within the city limits. We will be more positive conversations with politics and continue the administration of the city of Perfume and all other participants in order to achieve concrete options as quickly as possible. The Cologne defeat in court could show to be a victory or at least as a benefit for FC.