The company Thömus AG has been operating "Thömus Veloshop" in the agricultural zone in the hamlet of Oberried for over 20 years. In February 2014, the municipality of Köniz approved the "Bike Park Oberried" development plan in a referendum. This is intended to secure the business location in Oberried and enable moderate development in line with the rural situation. The legal planning basis for a bike park was also created.

In February 2015, the Cantonal Office for Municipalities and Spatial Planning approved the development plan, rejecting the outstanding objections. The Federal Office for Spatial Development lodged an appeal against this approval.Discussions subsequently took place, during which the necessary usable areas for the bike park and commercial uses were reviewed in more detail and the parties involved agreed to redimension the use once again. Specifically, the planned uses were reduced from 2500 square meters (UeO 14) to 2250 square meters. The bike store with workshop has been reduced by around 10 percent and the infrastructure for the bike park by almost 20 percent. The Federal Office for Spatial Development holds out the prospect of withdrawing the appeal if this variant is approved.The municipal council of Köniz has approved the reduced usage variant. It hopes that this will help the project achieve a breakthrough. The landowners in the immediate catchment area of Thömus will be informed of the changes in writing as part of a minor procedure in the next few days.Thomas Binggeli is satisfied: "After many years of planning and negotiating, we are delighted to finally be able to realize our vision of a bike park in Oberried quickly. Now that the framework conditions are clear, we will finalize the project and prepare the application for a building permit."