Project leader: Regional Planning Association Grosses Walsertal
Contact: Bauamt Grosses Walsertal, c/o Gemeinde Raggal, No. 31, AT-6741 Raggal Tel.     +43 (0) 5553/201, wasam@raggal.at, 

Project period: Implemented since May 2003

At the beginning of May 2003 the joint “Planning Office” of the six communities of the GrossesWalsertal started work in Raggal. This form of cooperation in an important sector of municipal administration had long been planned for in the Vorarlberg Communities Act. With the opening of the Grosses Walsertal Planning Office it was now a reality.

The goal of this administrative association is on the one hand to relieve the mayors and the local municipal offices of their workload in planning matters and to improve efficiency and legal quality of planning law administration. On the other hand, the move was intended to intensify support to those interested in building and to planning applicants in matters of law, energy and other technical and creative planning issues in cooperation with offices of the state and other institutions. The mayors retain their planning authority responsibilities and decision-making powers.