Abstract
Motives: Shaping spaces covered by the legal form of nature protection is a significant challenge. The preparation of local plans in such areas mainly aims to protect their valuable assets. Landscape parks of the Podlaskie province, i.e. Suwałki Landscape Park, Knyszyńska Forest Landscape Park and Łomża Landscape Park of the Narew Valley offer rich natural and landscape assets. On the other hand, their location in the vicinity of urban centres may cause adverse effects of anthropopression. Rational spatial policy allows for maintaining spatial order and respecting the principle of sustainable development. The lack of local and protection plans may contribute to reducing landscape and natural assets and even their degradation.Aim: Analyse the planning status of selected landscape parks and verify their provisions in terms of guidelines from park protection plans.Results: Low degree of coverage of selected landscape parks with local plans, except for Łomża Landscape Park. Local plans usually take into account the assumptions of existing protection plans.