INSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL BASIS OF SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT REGULATION IN UKRAINE

The problems of creating the institutional and legal framework for spatial development in Ukraine in the context of implementation of European practice are considered. The content, methodological principles and tools of sustainable spatial development policy in EU countries are revealed. The European practice of interaction of spatial development policy with other sectoral policies, coordination of social and economic requirements for a balanced organization of territory with its ecological and cultural functions has been studied. Based on a retrospective analysis of national legislation, the specifics and fragmentation of shifts in institutional and legal framework of sustainable spatial development are revealed. Current problems of creating the institutional environment in Ukraine and spatial development policy regulation in the context of implementation of European approaches are highlighted. It is proposed to consider spatial development as an orderly and aimed at the optimization of spatial changes process of managing elements and connections of individual territories based on thorough estimation, synergistic use and qualitative preservation of their spatially diversified features. In order to eliminate the gaps and ambiguity in spatial and socio-economic planning, it is recommended to implement in the draft law "On the principles of integrated spatial development in Ukraine": Guiding Principles for Sustainable Spatial Development of the European Continent, adopted by CEMAT, in particular, regarding the priorities of spatial development in Eastern Europe; the coordinating role of spatial policy and the correlation of its goals with regional policy goals, as well as with the sectoral policies that have the greatest influence on the spatial situation in the country and in territories in question; national policy of integrated spatial development focused on diversified promotion of the development of internal potential of all territories, their functional integration while preserving the polycentric structure of the settlement system; a unified system of documents on integrated spatial development at the national, regional and local levels, the hierarchy of their correlation, procedures for preparation, reaching mutual agreement on documents, adoption, storage and remote access, etc.