Summary:

The article presents a problem of planning suburban areas on the example of Sobotka in the context of landscape changeability resulting from the socio - economic changes and spatial policy of the municipal authority. Discussion of creating the space is particularly important in relation to areas with large natural beauty (part of the municipality is located within Ślężański Landscape Park), where there are strong processes of urbanization. The result of the study is to determine the level of landscape synanthropisation - the indicator which, from the point of view of sustainable development, is extremely important. Comparing the results of the study with conditions and directions of spatial management helped to identify the areas where the threat of degradation of landscape values is greatest. It is the effect of bad planning decisions, resulting from too little awareness of the local community and local authorities of the effects that cause changing spatial structure in a historical landscape.