The development plan no. 467 - Extension of the University South Campus East - aims to strengthen and further develop Erlangen as a university location. In previous years, FAU had a development concept drawn up for the entire south campus of the university in the form of the 'South Campus Master Plan'. This master plan was presented to the city council on 28.04.2022 and approved. In addition to the densification of the already built-up area, additional expansion areas are urgently needed. The creation of new building rights through development plan no. 467 will enable an urban expansion of the Faculty of Engineering at the Erlangen South site. Laboratories (including high-performance laboratories - so-called 'heavy duty labs'), workshops, research institutes, offices and the like are planned in the area covered by development plan no. 467. In the southern part of the development plan, the Nordbayerische Hochleistungsrechenzentrum will be built, including an administration building and a transfer station of the Erlanger Stadtwerke for the use of waste heat from the data center.
The area covered by development plan no. 467 is already accessible via the existing Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Straße. This street currently only has a footpath on the west side. To connect the future uses for pedestrians, a footpath with an accompanying row of trees will also be built on the east side of Niklaus-Fiebiger-Straße. A connection to the public transport network is already provided by two bus stops, which are served by various bus lines. Direct access from the adjacent Kurt-Schumacher-Straße to the east is not planned. The new building plots will be separated from Kurt-Schumacher-Straße by wooded and green areas. Neither the wooded banks of the Röthelheimgraben to the north nor the protected lichen-pine forest to the south will be encroached upon.
By securing the green areas in the middle of the planning area under building planning law, the two building plots SO 1 and SO 2 are structured. Furthermore, the green areas serve as cold air conduits and as pathways to the adjacent Sebalder Reichswald forest to the east. The existing connections to the neighboring landscape area will thus be preserved. In the northern construction area (SO 1), further cold air conduits have also been established. They form "green fingers" between the planned buildings and serve to interlock the building structures with the landscape. In addition, negative climatic effects of the future development on the surrounding area can be minimized.
Development plan no. 467 creates the necessary legal requirements for implementing the master plan concept in this area.
