The subject of this research is the social relations that develop in the process of organizing and implementing prosecutorial supervision over compliance with urban planning norms and regulations in the Russian Federation. The author analyzes the theoretical and legal foundations of prosecutorial supervision, its place in the system of state control (supervision), as well as the specifics of urban planning activities as a complex object of legal regulation, encompassing norms of urban planning, land, environmental, housing, and administrative legislation. Special attention is paid to defining the subject and limits of prosecutorial supervision in this area, the system of subjects of urban planning relations (authorities, developers, designers, contractors, citizens), and the role of the prosecutor's office as a guarantor of legality and protector of public interests. Typical violations of urban planning legislation identified during prosecutorial inspections are studied, as well as the effectiveness of the applied prosecutorial response measures: representations, protests, statements of claim, and decisions to initiate administrative offense cases. A separate section is devoted to the analysis of legislative novelties concerning the integrated development of territories (IDT) that came into force in 2025, and the new challenges for supervisory activities associated with them. The methodological basis of the research comprised general scientific methods of cognition (dialectical, analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction) and specific scientific methods: formal-logical, systemic-structural, comparative-legal, as well as methods of analyzing documents, statistical data, and materials from judicial and prosecutorial practice for the years 2023–2025. The scientific novelty lies in the comprehensive analysis of problems of prosecutorial supervision, taking into account the IDT reform of 2025 and the latest law enforcement practice. Key problems have been systematized: "paper-based" elimination of violations, low enforceability of court decisions on the demolition of unauthorized buildings, a lack of specialized knowledge among prosecutors, and weak interagency cooperation. Based on an analysis of regional practice, measures to improve supervision have been proposed: a legislative initiative to finance the demolition of constructions from the budget with subsequent recovery of expenses from the violator; digitalization of supervision through integration with the State Information Systems for Urban Planning Activities (GIS UPA) and the use of remote sensing; the creation of interagency working groups; updating methodological support considering IDT; and modernizing prosecutor training. The implementation of these measures will allow for a transition to a proactive model of supervision and ensure the genuine restoration of legality in the urban planning sphere.
Krivova et al. (Sun,) studied this question.