Facts
- On 11 March 2011, the Municipal Assembly of the Municipality of Saanen decided to revise its local land use plan, which in particular involved the creation of new residential and commercial zones as well as adjustments in the area of tourist infrastructure and hotel zones. - The Office for Municipalities and Spatial Planning of the Canton of Bern (AGR) approved the new regulations and plans on 16 February 2012. It rejected the objections filed against it, including two from the appellant Helvetia Nostra. - Helvetia Nostra appealed the AGR's approval decision to the Justice, Municipal and Church Directorate of the Canton of Bern (JGK). In a partial decision of 19 February 2013, the JGK rejected various requests of the appellant. - Helvetia Nostra filed an administrative court appeal against the partial decision of the JGK, which the Administrative Court of the Canton of Bern dismissed on 12 February 2014. - Helvetia Nostra has filed a public law appeal against the decision of the Administrative Court with the Federal Supreme Court.Considerations
- The Federal Supreme Court is examining whether the lower instances were right to dismiss some of the appellant's motions and whether the revision of the local land use plan complies with federal law. - Regarding the demand for the preparation of a complete nature conservation inventory for the Municipality of Saanen, the Federal Supreme Court has found that the municipality has an updated nature and landscape inventory and thus meets the federal legal requirements for biotope protection. A further obligation to prepare a formal nature conservation inventory cannot be derived from federal law. - The provisions of the Municipal Building Regulations on building setbacks and the authorization for the pruning of field copses and hedges are not the subject of the association's appeal under the Nature and Heritage Protection Act, as they are general-abstract norms. - The Federal Supreme Court considers the municipality's regulations on the restriction of second homes to be in compliance with federal law. A general prohibition of second homes in the local land…