The article considers the prospects for the development of the territory of transformation of the natural and ecological framework of urban and rural settlements of the Vsevolozhsk municipal district in the Leningrad region in the zone of influence of the high-speed highway KAD-2. The analysis of the study territory was carried out, the ecological framework of the territory, the existing transport framework were considered, the urbanization nodes most susceptible to the influence of the high-speed highway were identified with the study of the urbanization process on the specified sections of the planned KAD-2 in different time periods with a threshold of 10 years, changes in natural components and transformation of functional zoning, development of the transport framework were studied and the problems of the territory were determined. The analysis made it possible to formulate the main conclusions for regional standards, for general plans of urban and rural settlements and for STP (territorial planning schemes).

Keywords: urban development, natural and ecological framework, high-speed highway KAD-2, territorial planning, urbanization nodes