Summary:

The aim of the article is to present regularities regarding the size, shape and topological characteristics of existing (passed) local spatial development plans in Poland (Polish communes). The source material for the research was planning documents, drawings of which were authorized by Geo-System and made available through WMS/WFS network services. As a result, it was possible to obtain information on the course of boundaries in the field, and thus the analysis of regularity, structure characteristics, etc. in terms of surface, shape and topological relations. Total of 15,390 local plans were analyzed, i.e. 31.2% of their total number in Poland. The article is the first in Poland analysis of the structure (area, boundaries, shape, etc.) based on a large, many thousandth attempt of local documents. The conclusions from the research show that the method of selecting areas to cover plans and defining their boundaries on the ground do not contribute to the improvement of spatial order and that the spatial extent of impact of these documents is not much larger than in the case of location decisions (decision on building conditions and land development).