Risks arise during municipal planning activities, the negative impacts of which can influence the lives of local residents. The importance of municipal planning lies in the proposed material and the coordination and timing of activities influencing the environment, cultural-historical values of an area, territorial development, and creation of landscapes in line with principles of long-term sustainable development. By implementing risk management with an emphasis on objectively selecting and assessing risks in the preparation and creation of a municipal plan, an increase in the safety of the territory as a whole is expected. Municipal planning authorities project specific intentions for an area, while coordinating the public's interest. The results of our qualitative assessment of selected risks identified those that were most significant when creating a municipal plan and which require foremost consideration.
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IntroductionMunicipal planning requires integration of knowledge from several scientific disciplines. Primarily, municipal planning aims to ensure optimal use of areas and this involves the preparation and application of land-planning documentation. Prepared land-planning documentation reflects requests from all interested subjects of the specific area. The development of an area without thorough development of a municipal plan is deemed impossible, especially in towns and larger municipalities where the processing of a municipal plan is mandated by law. Circumventing a thoroughly prepared municipal plan by choice is difficult, with the effective use of an area impossible. Investment, which is clearly bounded by criteria that only a thoroughly prepared municipal plan can guarantee, is also linked to incorrect use of the territory. Risks arising from the process of creating land-planning documents and the municipal plan itself, with short-sighted decisions, could lead to unsuitable use of properties and buildings incorrectly located in an otherwise attractive area.