Key legal question
Whether the planned storage yard on parcel no. 326 had to be included in the UVP because of its close link to the UVP-pflichtige recycling facility on parcel no. 325.
Extracted holding
Yes. The two projects formed a functional, spatial and temporal unit; the storage yard had to be assessed together with the UVP-pflichtige facility.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 8 USG requires combined assessment of environmental impacts. A project need not itself be UVP-pflichtig if it is closely connected to a UVP-pflichtige installation. Here the storage yard and recycling facility complemented each other operationally and were part of the same business context.