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Planning framework Land use regulation

Territory

ACT Territory Plan 2008 Land Use Policy

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act Local Environmental Plans

NSW
1979 (LEP)

NT Planning Act Planning Scheme

Sustainable Planning Act 2009 repealed.

QLD Planning Schemes
Planning Act 2016

SA Development Act 1993 Development Plan

TAS Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 Planning Schemes

VIC Planning and Environment Act 1987 Planning Schemes

WA Planning and Development Act 2005 Planning Schemes

Statutory planning, otherwise known as town planning, development control or development

management, refers to the part of the planning process that is concerned with the regulation and
management of changes to land use and development. [40] Planning and zoning have a great political
dimension, with governments often criticized for favouring developers; also nimbyism is very
prevalent.

Canada[edit]
In Canada, land-use control is a provincial responsibility deriving from the constitutional authority
over property and civil rights. This authority had been granted to the provinces under the British
North America Acts of 1867 and was carried forward in the Constitution Act, 1982. The zoning power
relates to real property, or land and the improvements constructed thereon that become part of the
land itself (in Québec, immeubles). The provinces empowered the municipalities and regions to
control the use of land within their boundaries, letting the municipalities establish their own zoning
by-laws. There are provisions for control of land use in unorganized areas of the provinces.
Provincial tribunals are the ultimate authority for appeals and reviews.

France[edit]
In France, the Code of Urbanism or Code de l’urbanisme (called the Town Planning Code )a national
law, guides regional and local planning and outlines procedures for obtaining building permits. Unlike
England where planners must use their discretion to allow use or building type changes, private
development in France is permitted as long as the developer follows the legally-binding regulations.

Japan[edit]
Zoning districts are classified into twelve use zones.[41] Each zone determines a building's shape and
permitted uses. A building's shape is controlled by zonal restrictions on allowable floor area ratio and
height (in absolute terms and in relation with adjacent buildings and roads). [41] These controls are
intended to allow adequate light and ventilation between buildings and on roads. [41] Instead of single-
use zoning, zones are defined by the "most intense" use permitted. Uses of lesser intensity are
permitted in zones where higher intensity uses are permitted but higher intensity uses are not
allowed in lower intensity zones.[41]

Category Description

Designated for low-rise residential buildings.

Category 1 Exclusively Low-
Rise Residential Zone Permitted uses within these buildings include small shops, offices
and elementary and high schools.

Category 2 Exclusively Low-
Rise Residential Zone
Category 1 Medium and
High-rise oriented
Residential Zone
Category 2 Medium and
High-rise oriented
Residential zone
Category 1 residential zone
Category 2 residential zone:
Quasi-residential zone
Designated for low-rise residential buildings with above permitted
uses as well as shop buildings with floor area up to 150 m2.
Designated for medium to high-rise residential buildings with
hospitals, university buildings and shop buildings with floor areas
up to 500 m2 also permitted.
Same as Category 1 Medium and High-rise oriented Residential
zone, except shops and office buildings up to 1,500 m2 are
permitted
Designated for residential with other permitted buildings including
shops, offices and hotel buildings with floor areas up to 3,000
m2 and auto repair shops up to 50 m2
Same as Category 1 residential zone, except karaoke boxes are
permitted and there are no longer building size restrictions in this
zone.
Designated primarily residential with introduction of vehicle-related
road facilities.
Same permitted uses as Category 2 residential zone with addition
of theatres, restaurants, stores and other entertainment facilities
with more than 10,000 m2 of floor area and warehouses.

Designated for neighbourhood-based daily shopping activities.

Neighbourhood commercial
Same permitted uses as Quasi-residential zone with addition of
zone
auto-repair shops with areas up to 300 m2.

Commercial zone Designated for banks, cinemas and department stores.

 Same permitted uses as Neighbourhood commercial zone with
addition of public bathhouses

Designated for light industrial and service facilities.

Quasi-industrial Same permitted uses as Commercial zone with addition of factories
with some possible danger of environmental degradation.

Designated for factories.

Industrial zone Residences and shopping can be constructed but schools,
hospitals and hotels are impermissible

Exclusively industrial Designated for factories. All non-factory uses are impermissible.

New Zealand[edit]
Main article: Resource Management Act 1991
New Zealand's planning system is grounded in effects-based Performance Zoning under the
Resource Management Act.

Philippines[edit]
Zoning and land use planning in the Philippines is governed by the Department of Human
Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) and previously by the Housing and Land Use
Regulatory Board (HLURB), which lays out national zoning guidelines and regulations, and oversees
the preparation and implementation of comprehensive land use plans (CLUPs) and zoning
ordinances by city and municipal governments under their mandate in the Local Government Code
of 1991 (Republic Act No. 7160).