Namibia Urban and Regional Planning Act, 2018 Act 5 of 2018 Published in Government Gazette 6631 on 20 June 2018 Assented to on 5 April 2018 Commenced on 3 September 2020 by Urban and Regional Planning Act, 2018: Commencement [This is the version of this document from 20 June 2018.] ACT To consolidate the laws relating to urban and regional planning; to provide for a legal framework for spatial...

Malawi Physical Planning Act, 2016 Act 17 of 2016 Published in Malawi Government Gazette on 2 September 2016 Assented to on 1 September 2016 Commenced on 20 April 2018 by Physical Planning Act, 2016: Commencement [This is the version of this document from 2 September 2016.] An Act to make provision for physical planning and the orderly and progressive development of land in both urban and rural...

Zambia Urban and Regional Planning Act, 2015 Act 3 of 2015 Published in Government Gazette on 14 August 2015 Assented to on 14 August 2015 Commenced on 14 August 2015 [This is the version of this document from 14 August 2015.] An Act to provide for development, planning and administration principles, standards and requirements for urban and regional planning processes and systems; provide for a...

South Africa Spatial Planning and Land use Management Act, 2013 Act 16 of 2013 Published in Government Gazette 36730 on 5 August 2013 Assented to on 2 August 2013 Commenced on 1 July 2015 by Spatial Planning and Land use Management Act, 2013: Commencement [This is the version of this document from 5 August 2013.] (English text signed by the President) ACT To provide a framework for spatial...

Bahrain Planning and Subdivison Act 2010 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] AN ACT TO COMBINE, CONSOLIDATE AND REVISE THE LAW RELATING TO TOWN PLANNING AND LAW RELATING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUBDIVISIONS AND TO PROVIDE FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THERETO. Enacted by the Parliament of The Bahamas. Part I – INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS 1. Short title and...

Vietnam Urban Planning Law 2009 Commenced on 1 January 2010 [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] LAW ON URBAN PLANNING (No. 30/2009/QH12) Pursuant to the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, which was amended and supplemented under Resolution No. 51/2001/QH10; The National Assembly promulgates the Law on Urban Planning. Chapter IGENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1...

Norway Planning and Building Act 2008 Published on 27 June 2008 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] Act of 27 June 2008 No. 71 relating to Planning and the Processing of Building Applications (the Planning and Building Act) (the Planning part) Part I – General provisions Chapter 1.Common provisions Section 1-1. Purpose of the Act The Act shall...

Indonesia Spatial Management Law 2007 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] Chapter IGENERAL PROVISION Article 1 Hereinafter referred to as: 1. Space means a site that consists of land space, oceanic space, and air space, including space within the earth as one united area, where humans and other creatures live, carry out activities and maintain a...

Saint Lucia Physical Planning and Development Act 2001 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] AN ACT to make provision for the development of land, the assessment of the environmental impacts of development, the grant of permission to develop land and for other powers to regulate the use of land, and for related matters. Preliminary 1. Short title This...

Finland Planning and Building Act 1999 Commenced on 1 January 2000 [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] Land Use and Building Act Issued in Helsinki on February 5, 1999 In accordance with the decision of Parliament the following is enacted: Chapter 1General provisions Section 1 General objective of the Act The objective of this Act is to ensure that the use of land and water...