Admissibility of the constitutional control of local spatial development plans by administrative courts

This article refers to one of the criteria for controlling the local spatial development plan, whichis its compliance with the Polish Constitution. In this regard, in particular, there were identifieddoubts regarding the answer to the question whether the above mentioned criterion may beapplied by administrative courts. There are sensible reasons of thesis that controlling of constitutionalityof law in Poland is exercised exclusively by the Constitutional Tribunal. On thisbackground, an attempt was made to formulate additional arguments supporting the statementaccording to which, however, administrative courts have the competence to verify local plans interms of their compliance with the Constitution.