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For almost twenty years Poland has experienced visible changes characterised with the lack of coordination of activities connected with spatial policy, which is reflected in the dispersion of the spatial management of areas, particularly suburban areas and in the dying out of city centres. The binding legal changes that facilitate the access to the profession of an urban planner by its deregulation may lead Polish urban studies and Polish space management to a critical state. This stands in a complete contradiction to the standards binding in the European Union. It is to be predicted that the planned dereglamentation (dissolution) of the self-government of urban planners – the Polish Chamber of Urban Planners – will soon strengthen the already progressing process of destabilization and decomposition of the spatial planning system. Instead of facilitating the access to the profession, the provisions of the binding law may cause that the new generations of the currently studying planners (urban planners) will experience difficulties in the labour market as a result of the profession’s not being one of public trust. Problems with finding jobs may result in high competition and low profitability facing limited demand of the local territorial self-governments.