Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the approval authority had to decide on substitute farmland under Art. 8 LEspr for the expropriated agricultural plots.
Extrahierter Entscheid
Yes. Art. 8 LEspr applies even where the expropriation right is granted directly by statute, and the approval authority had to examine whether the taking should be conditioned on replacing the lost cultivated land.
Extrahierte Begründung
The authority of plan approval is competent to rule on requests under Arts. 7-10 LEspr. Given the size of the farmland loss and the agricultural importance of the affected area, a thorough assessment of substitute-land possibilities was required; the department's brief statements were insufficient.