Ghana Land Use and Spatial Planning Act, 2016 Act 925 of 2016 Published in Ghana Gazette 108 on 22 September 2016 Assented to on 14 September 2016 Commenced on 22 September 2016 [This is the version of this document from 22 September 2016.] AN ACT to revise and consolidate the laws on land use and spatial planning, provide for sustainable development of land and human settlements through a...

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...

Trinidad and Tobago Planning and Facilitation of Development Act 2014 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] AN ACT relating to the planning and development of land and to repeal and replace the Town and Country Planning Act, Chap. 35:01 WHEREAS it is provided by subsection (1) of section 13 of the Constitution that an Act of Parliament to which that...

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...

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...

Tanzania Urban Planning Act Chapter 355 Published in Government Gazette on 31 December 2007 Assented to on 28 August 2007 Commenced on 10 June 2008 by Urban Planning (Date of Commencement) Notice, 2008 [This is the version of this document at 31 December 2023.] [The publication date of this work could not be ascertained. We used the date 31 December 2007 because the work was published during the...

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...

Switzerland Spatial Planning Act 1979 Commenced on 1 January 1980 by Spatial Planning Act 1979 [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] Title 1Introduction Article 1 – Aims 1 The Confederation, cantons and communes shall ensure that the land is used eco-nomically and that building areas are separate from the areas where building is not permitted. They shall coordinate their...