Unterengstringen publishes development concept
Unterengstringen ZH - Unterengstringen hat das räumliche Entwicklungskonzept für die Gemeinde veröffentlicht. Es dient als Entscheidungshilfe für Planung und Bauvorhaben. Die Gemeinde muss bis Frühling 2025 ihre Bau- und Zonenordnung revidieren.
The municipality of Unterengstringen has published its spatial development concept. The 71-page concept can be downloaded from the municipality’s website. It serves as a strategic instrument and decision-making aid for planning and construction projects in the municipality and also forms the basis for the municipal structure plans and the building and zoning regulations (BZO). In accordance with cantonal requirements, the municipality of Unterengstringen must update and amend its own BZO by spring 2025 at the latest.
According to the concept, the Unterengstringen municipal council wants to show what is needed for high-quality municipal development, how the municipality can become or remain attractive as a place to shop, work and live and where Unterengstringen should grow in the future. The central district between the Limmat in the south, the cantonal road in the north, the education zone in the west and Weiningerstrasse is of strategic importance for Unterengstringen. This includes the rural town centre with historic buildings and the centre zone on the urban axis.
The analysis leads to a vision of networking across this area with three key points. The quality of the street spaces between the two areas will be improved. A network of zones is created. The buildings that line these street spaces should support these networks on the ground floors and in the design of the surroundings. As an example, the two key projects Stolzwis and Sennenbüel will be closely monitored by the municipality and developed together with private investors, according to the concept.
Furthermore, the town centre is to be upgraded through sustainable, high-quality densification, promotion of commerce and a distinctive public space.