Planning office for urban and regional planning, urban development funding, energy concepts and municipal development in Kassel

akp_ Arbeitsgruppe für kommunale Planung und Beratung

Kassel (office)New on Amplifa

KasselLocation

GermanyArea of operation

About akp_

akp_ (Arbeitsgruppe für kommunale Planung und Beratung) is a planning office for urban and regional planning based in Kassel. The office develops Integrated Urban Development Concepts (ISEK), municipal development concepts (KEK) within the framework of village moderation as well as Local Development Strategies (LEADER), and accompanies urban development funding programmes such as Sozialer Zusammenhalt, Lebendige Zentren and Zukunft Innenstadt through funding-area and neighbourhood management. Further focal points are statutory urban land-use planning, site concepts for wind turbines and open-space PV installations as well as citizen participation and moderation. Clients include municipalities such as Schwalmstadt, Borken (Hessen), Gudensberg, Malsfeld, Waldkappel, Kaufungen and Neustadt (Hessen) as well as LEADER regions. The office operates from Kassel and manages projects in Hessen and Nordrhein-Westfalen, in part in cooperation with partner offices such as foundation 5+ Landschaftsarchitekten.

Site: Kassel
Processes: Urban and regional planning, Integrated Urban Development Concepts (ISEK), Funding-area and neighbourhood management, Site concepts for wind turbines and open-space PV installations, Statutory urban land-use planning, Village moderation / municipal development concepts (KEK), Citizen participation and moderation, Local Development Strategies (LEADER)
Materials: Integrated Urban Development Concepts, Municipal Development Concepts (village moderation), Local Development Strategies (LEADER), Site concepts for wind energy, Site concepts for open-space PV installations, Funding-area and neighbourhood management
Industries: Municipalities and public administration, Regional and urban development, Energy planning (wind/solar), Cultural and rural development

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Analysis and stocktaking
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Citizen participation and moderation
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Concept development (ISEK, KEK, LEADER)
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Statutory land-use planning and draft planning
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Funding management and project support

Service portfolio and fields of work

ISEK

Integrated Urban Development Concepts

Concepts from which measures and projects for urban implementation are derived.

KEK

Municipal Development Concepts (village moderation)

Analysis of village centres including participation and preparation of public projects for funding applications.

LES

Local Development Strategies (LEADER)

Strategies for rural regions within the framework of LEADER funding.

WEA

Site concepts for wind energy

Investigation and assessment of land potential for wind turbines within the municipal area.

Site concepts for open-space PV installations

Determination of suitable areas for open-space solar use after examination of exclusion criteria.

FGM

Funding-area and neighbourhood management

Support of urban development funding programmes such as Sozialer Zusammenhalt and Lebendige Zentren.

Location

Kassel

Office / planning location

Materials: Urban and regional planning, energy concepts, funding management

Projects and planning activities

**ISEK Biedenkopf – urban development funding programme Sozialer Zusammenhalt**Urban development concept · urban development

**Wind concept Schwalmstadt**Site concept wind energy · energy planning

**Site concept open-space PV Schwalmstadt**Suitability area analysis · energy planning

**KEK – municipal development concept**Village moderation · rural development

**Domberg square, Kaufungen**Planning and site supervision · urban development funding

**Citizens' park Neustadt (Hessen)**Open-space planning · urban development

Inside the production

Open-space PV installation Schwalmstadt-Michelsberg

Residential area southern edge of Kaufungen

Industries

Municipalities and public administrationRegional and urban developmentEnergy planning (wind/solar)Cultural and rural development

Additional services

Urban and regional planningIntegrated Urban Development Concepts (ISEK)Funding-area and neighbourhood managementSite concepts for wind turbines and open-space PV installationsStatutory urban land-use planningVillage moderation / municipal development concepts (KEK)Citizen participation and moderationLocal Development Strategies (LEADER)Management of urban development funding programmes (e.g. Sozialer Zusammenhalt, Lebendige Zentren,Project management of rural development programmes

Reference customers

Town of SchwalmstadtTown of Borken (Hessen)Town of GudensbergMunicipality of MalsfeldTown of WaldkappelMunicipality of KaufungenTown of Neustadt (Hessen)LEADER regions Schwalm-Aue and KnüllRegion Knüll (Aller.Land)foundation 5+ Landschaftsarchitekten (cooperation partner)

History

2022
Completion of the redesign of the citizens' park in Neustadt (Hessen).
2023
Start of the new LEADER funding period 2023–2027; preparation of Local Development Strategies for Schwalm-Aue and Knüll; resolution on the urban development draft for the Kaufungen residential area.
2024
Inclusion of the Biedenkopf old town in the urban development funding programme Sozialer Zusammenhalt; start of the ISEK preparation with foundation 5+ Landschaftsarchitekten; application of the Region Knüll for the federal programme Aller.Land.
2025
Statutory land-use planning for an open-space solar installation in Schwalmstadt-Michelsberg (approx. 8 ha) with a deviation from the regional plan; start of the implementation phase Aller.Land Region Knüll.