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The article presents and analyses legal provisions regarding the space use in the interwar era (1918-1939). It depicts the development of European law with regard to spatial planning and land development (France, Germany) as well as factors which accompany the establishment of Polish legal solutions. The article is composed of introduction and three parts. The first part shows how law in Europe developed within the context discussed, presenting French and German solutions. The second part is devoted to the analysis of Polish legal solutions and their changes. This parts also shows how citizens’ rights as regards their influence on planning acts and thus on spatial development were shaped. The third part contains summary and final conclusions.