The study analyzes the spatial policy formulated on the local level with regard to the sustainable development of communities located in Poland, in the Wrocław District. Our research starts with an analysis of the current state of the communities with respect to sustainable development. The further part of the study involved research regarding the natural environment, as formulated in the study of determinants and directions for the spatial management documents of each communities. The identification of each functional area planned with regard to spatial policy was the basis for evaluating the efficiency of local authorities in the context of sustainable development. The evaluation was undertaken using sustainable development indicators for environmental order, as well as the approved indicators for the sustainable development of a spatial policy on the local level.