1. What is the concept of land use planning?
1.1. What is land use planning?? The phrase "Land use planning" refers to the activity of allocating and zoning land to serve the development of national security, defense, society, economy, environmental protection, and climate change. Land space is calculated based on the potential and use needs of departments, administrative units, and fields in each socio-economic region during a clearly defined period of time.
1.2. Concept of land use planning clearly presented in Clause 2, Clause 3, Article 3, Land Law 2013.
1.3. Meaning of land use planning plays an important role for each locality and the State, specifically:
- Plan local economic development policies and plans
- It is the basis for the State to allocate land, allow owners to change land use purposes, and issue Land Use Rights Certificates.
- Ensure economical and effective use of land
- Functional zoning to solve social, infrastructure, and traffic issues, and at the same time, implement investment and construction policies according to the State's purposes
- When planning requires land recovery, local authorities can easily carry out land compensation and land compensation costs.
2. What are the principles of land use planning?
What is land use planning?? Article 32, Land Law 2013 has regulations on land use planning principles, specifically as follows:
- Land use planning must be consistent with the strategy, master plan, socio-economic development plan, and general defense plan of the region, locality, and the entire country.
- Land use planning needs to be maximally economical, bringing benefits and efficiency to society, communities and people.
- Land use planning needs to be established from overall to detailed, in accordance with the standards and plans set by superiors, and at the same time must ensure the specific factors and connectivity of the economic region. socio-economic situation across the country.
- Land use planning needs to be complied with, ensuring environmental safety issues. Specifically, natural resources need to be exploited in a reasonable and scientific manner. This planning process needs to protect the marine environment.
- Plans for using planned land need to be expressed transparently and publicly. Accordingly, before planning, the planning unit needs to get people's opinions on changing land use purposes. After planning, land use planning needs to be approved and publicly announced.
- When planning land use, land serving national defense and security purposes, national interests, and common community interests should be given priority. In addition, planning needs to meet environmental protection and food security issues.
