Background Since 1999, Prishtina has experienced a significant population growth leading to a substantial demand for housing and commercial buildings. Due to the scarcity of designated building land, Prishtina has been confronted with uncontrolled settlement development in many parts of the municipality. Especially the urban fringe of Prishtina is affected by urban sprawl. This urban sprawl has a negative impact on the urban structure of Prishtina and curbs future development opportunities of the city. The unplanned settlement growth has also constrained the operability of the technical infrastructure systems and has a detrimental influence on the natural environment. Finally, the lack of building land with a clear development perspective restrains the level of private and commercial investments. Both the economy and citizens need planning reliability and safe investment conditions for the construction of dwellings and commercial buildings. This can only be achieved through legally designated building land and a clear set of construction rules. With the adoption of the Strategic Plan - Urban Development of Prishtina the municipality has resumed the process of planned urban development leading to the provision of safe investment conditions. The Strategic Plan identifies the area of Mati partly as urban mixed zone and partly as mainly residential area. This decision on the strategic level is now implemented by the legally binding Urban Regulatory Plan in hand. In accordance with the Law on Spatial Planning of Kosovo, the URP for the Mati area sets out the rules for the construction of buildings and other physical structures as well as for their use.

Urban Profile Mati is located in the south-eastern outskirts of Prishtina. The area is a part of a valley in east-west direction, south of the Gėrmia Mountain. It is bordered in the west by several large scale residential areas, which are forming Prishtinas city edge. The village Maticane lies in the valley east of the area. A lot of construction has taken place in Prishtina in the last years and there are an estimated 900 illegal buildings in the area.

Structure Plan The area is divided in different quarters by the open spaces system. The north-south division is made up by the valleys with streams, the east-west division by city-parks. Sports, playground etc are located to the parks. Each quarter will have a mixed zone with a centre. The topography and the view are used in several ways. A special sort of housing is foreseen along the valleys, and on the highest part of the area, high-rise buildings are planned. Each quarter will have an urban balcony, a city-square with buildings on three sides only and a free view over the mountains on the fourth, southern side. There are two sorts of open spaces: the valleys and the parks. The valleys will be designed in a natural way and the streams re-naturated and partly extended to ponds for the rainwater. The central valley is together with the park in the Mati valley a part of Prishtina Green Belt, a system of parks and open spaces around the city. The parks will be designed as city parks with different activities. The area is located between a northern and a southern part of the Prishtina ring road. These two parts will be connected by a main road along the western border. A second main road will run along the southern border in the Mati valley. Main collector roads will run through each quarter and close to the eastern border. They are completed by a system of collector roads. There are four different qualities of housing: living at the river valley, living at the parks, living in the quarters and living in the towers. The quality is defined by the specific location. The central functions will be located to three stripes, running parallel with the city parks. Schools are located together with larger sports facilities in connection with the parks. Further sports facilities and play grounds are located to the parks.

Urban Regulatory Plan In accordance with the Law on Spatial Planning of Kosovo, the Urban Regulatory Plan for Mati sets out the rules for the construction of buildings and other physical structures as well as for their use. The area is divided in different zones, according to the different types of built use: Three areas are defined as core areas and will serve as the centres for Mati. To create an active city district with the for Prishtina typical mix of several different uses, mixed use areas are defined along the main streets in the area. The largest part of the area is defined as mainly residential. This will secure a large amount of housing, to help to meet the large demand for dwellings in Prishtina. To make a flexible development of the area possible, and to be able to react on changing needs during a long development period, certain non disturbing uses are allowed together with the residential use.

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