Law No. 107/2014 on territory planning and development.

This Law aims to: a) ensure the sustainable development of the territory, through the rational use of land and natural resources; b) to evaluate the current and prospective potential for the development of the territory at the national and local level, based on the balance of natural resources, economic and human needs and public and private interests, coordinating the work for: i) the protection of natural resources, as : land, especially agricultural land, air, water, forests, flora, fauna, landscapes; ii) the creation and guarantee of buildable territories, organized in a harmonized and functional manner, giving priority to public space, the possibility of housing for all economic and social strata, the creation of suitable physical infrastructure for the promotion of investment in the exercise of economic, social and cultural activities, facilitating the safe use of services and public amenities, transport, communication and infrastructure, including adapted territories; iii) promotion of economic, social and cultural life at the national and local level; iv) guaranteeing sufficient and especially vital supply sources; v) guaranteeing conditions of life safety and public health, public order and national security; vi) promoting balanced regional development to ensure sustainable distribution of the population in the country based on resources; c) promote the appropriate actions for the protection, restoration and enhancement of the quality of the natural and cultural heritage and for the preservation of biological diversity, protected areas, natural monuments, sensitive environmental and landscape areas; d) enable the right to use and develop the property, in accordance with the planning documents and according to the environmental legislation in force; e) to create suitable and fair conditions and equal chances for housing, economic and social activity for all social categories, economic and social cohesion and enjoyment of property rights; f) ensure that national and local planning authorities draw up and regularly update planning documents, according to market requirements and social needs; g) ensure that planning authorities coordinate their planning activities to promote harmonized and integrated planning of the territory.
This text is divided into six main thematic Chapters and a total of 62 articles. Titles of these Chapters are as follows: I. General provisions; II. Planning (Section I-Territory planning authorities and their responsibilities; Section II-Planning documents; Section III-Coordination, consultation and public review of planning documents); III. Development (Section I-Authorities responsible for the development of the territory; Section II-Instruments for development management; Section III-Development conditions and development control documents; Section IV-Development control process); IV. Surveillance, inspection, offenses and penalties; V. Integrated registry of the territory; and VI. Transitional and final provisions.