Latest revisions requested by the General Secretariat for Spatial Planning from planners of the country’s Special Land Use Plan for RES facilities will further delay the completion of the plan, now essentially lacking any realistic schedule, energypress sources have informed.

Though planners had completed their work on the plan, they must now work on the latest revisions requested.

A few months ago, authorities had announced the RES spatial plan would undergo consultation around early May, but, given the latest demands, this no longer seems possible.

The latest changes requested by the General Secretariat for Spatial Planning include the designation of “RES acceleration areas”, in accordance with a recent EU directive that has yet to be incorporated into national law, the sources noted.

Such a procedure will require considerable time as designating special RES areas not only requires new legislation but also a series of other actions such as consultation with local authorities and issuance of presidential decrees.