Analysis of the Relationship between Spatial Planning and Functional Type of Rural Communes Located in the Bipolar Area of Warsaw and Lodz

Rural development is connected with sectoral policies conducted by local authorities. One of them is spatial policy, which is the basis for making localization decisions and influences the development of land-use in a commune. This is particularly important for rural areas which are located in an agglomeration zone or in functional areas. One of the functional areas in Poland is the bipolar of Warsaw and Lodz. It has got a diversified level of socio-economic development.The article uses the existing research about functional types of communes. It is an attempt to show the relations between them and the sphere of spatial planning. In the article were used the indicators presenting the percentage of land allocated in land-use plans for housing, services, agricultural production and green areas. Due to that it was possible to verify connections between the functional type of a commune and the existing behaviour of local authorities in the sphere of spatial planning