The practice of conducting public discussions in spatial planning

The article presents the results of empirical studies, in which 63 minutes of public discussions over drafts of local plans and studies of pre-conditioning and directions of spatial development of communes in the Mazovian Province in the period 2004-2008 were examined. The research hypothesis assuming that carrying out a public discussion over a draft of the plan in a commune has an impact on, among others, the level of organizational culture of the commune office and authorities, that is, motivations and attitudes of members of those bodies, expressed in relation to the inhabitants of a commune and finding their reflection in the objectives of the organization being actually executed, has been verified.