The landscape planning working group focuses primarily on the territorial aspects of landscape planning, in particular relating to theories and methods for preparing and evaluating land use plans from the landscape point of view. Landscape planning scales covered range from the local, through to the regional level. Methods for and approaches to the assessment and evaluation of the landscape with regard to its use potential for different land uses form a central consideration.

- Land use planning systems and instruments
- Development of landscape and environmental planning
- Data sources for landscape planning
- Planning theory and techniques
- Landscape assessment
- Visual resource analysis
- GIS and photo interpretation
- Landscape potentials
- Analytical methods including ecological risk analysis, V-wert