Town and Country Planning Act (CAP.248).

This Town and Country Planning Order, consisting of 64 sections divided into seven Parts and completed by one Schedule, establishes the requirements for land use planning in Brunei Darussalam and the Development Control Areas. It includes any activity related to: building engineering, mining, earthworks or other operations. The Planning Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, designate any area to be a planning area. The Planning Authority may institute a survey of any planning area to assess matters that may affect the development or the planning of the development, of that area, and shall in any event keep all those matters under review.
The Planning Authority may specify, prepare and submit to the Minister a report of his survey under section 8 and at the same time prepare and submit to the Minister for his approval a draft Plan complying with subsection A draft Local Plan shall consist of maps and written statements and shall formulate proposals for: the development; the use of land; the protection and improvement of the physical environment; the preservation of the natural topography; the improvement of the landscape; the preservation and planting of trees; the making up of open spaces; the preservation and enhancement of character and appearance of buildings; the designation of conservation area; the improvement of communications; the improvement of infrastructure; the management of traffic; or the land readjustment scheme.