Dewastacja polskiej przestrzeni jako produkt procesów społecznych i regulacji prawnych

New planning act was introduced in Poland as early as of 1994 with the aim to adapt planning system to the political and economic framework of the country, which shifted its polity from communism to liberal democracy. This new planning law introduced not only new order of planning documents but also shaped a new responsibility for the space. This act, and more broadly legal system of Poland at the time, created also foundations of the completely new approach to the territorial development of the country at each level of governance.The paper is trying to answer a question whether all these legal regulations combined with their interpretation and general “social mood” produced benefits for the users of Polish space. In other words, whether the quality of life of all the stakeholders involved in the process of the production and use of the space increased as a result of this transformation. In this contexts the paper especially examines the impact of property rights and their liaisons with the development rights, followed by the discussion about neoliberal approach to the space, new role and meaning of planning documents and finally the role of planning education and professional development of planners during this 25-years period. In conclusion the paper discusses a few fundamental changes in the legal framework which might help to improve the state of Polish space in the future.