Abstract
Formalised public participation in project approval procedures is rarely addressed in technology assessment. Empirical data about public participation processes are taken into account even more rarely. This article explores the practice of public participation in infrastructure projects in the Federal Republic of Germany on the basis of empirical data from the period of 1990 to 2010. The author compares the empirical data about participation processes with the targets of the public participation and asks for the reasons for the lack of participation in formalised approval procedures. Furthermore, the author contrasts participation formats used in technology assessment with formalised public participation. In his conclusions, he advocates for a stronger combination of formalised and informal public participation in technology assessment.
Highlights
There are basically two types of procedures, the authorisation process according to the Federal Immission Control Act for the approval of industrial facilities and the planning permission procedure for infrastructure projects
The differences between the two types of project approval procedures are, for example, that an authorisation process according to the Federal Immission Control Act has to Between 17 December 2006 and mid October 2010, 703 planning permission procedures took place for federal road construction projects in Germany, see answer to minor interpellation, Bundestag printed paper 17/3331 of 19 October 2010
The major elements of public participation in planning permission procedures as well as authorisation processes according to the Federal Immission Control Act are: announcement of the project, putting the planning documents on display, objection phase and subsequently a hearing
Summary
In Germany, 775 approval procedures for new projects and industrial facilities with formalised public participation with regard to environment protection are carried out every year.1 There are basically two types of procedures, the authorisation process according to the Federal Immission Control Act for the approval of industrial facilities and the planning permission procedure for infrastructure projects. The differences between the two types of project approval procedures are, for example, that an authorisation process according to the Federal Immission Control Act has to Between 17 December 2006 and mid October 2010, 703 planning permission procedures took place for federal road construction projects in Germany, see answer to minor interpellation, Bundestag printed paper 17/3331 of 19 October 2010.
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