Period of District-Level Land Use Planning: Duration and Responsible Authorities

What is the period for district-level land use planning?

Pursuant to Article 62 of the Land Law 2024 stipulating the period of land use planning and plans:

Article 62. Period of land use planning and plans

1. The period and vision of national land use planning, defense land use planning, and security land use planning are implemented according to the provisions of the Law on Planning.

2. The period and vision of provincial land use planning must be consistent with the period and vision of provincial planning.

3. The period for district-level land use planning is 10 years. The vision for district-level land use planning is 20 years.

4. The period of national land use plans and provincial land use plans is 05 years; the district-level annual land use plan is prepared annually.

According to the above regulations, the period for district-level land use planning is 10 years.

What is the period for district-level land use planning? Which agency is responsible for preparing district-level land use plans? (Image from the Internet)

What is the content of district-level land use planning?

Pursuant to Clause 2 Article 66 of the Land Law 2024 stipulating district-level land use planning:

Article 66. District-level land use planning

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2. The content of district-level land use planning includes:

a) Orientations for land use, a vision that meets the requirements for economic and social development; ensuring national defense, security; environmental protection, adaptation to climate change; ensuring conformity and synchronization between land use planning and transportation planning, construction planning, urban planning, rural planning;

b) Determining the indicators for land use allocated in the provincial land use planning to be expressed as information to the commune-level administrative unit;

c) Determining land use indicators based on the land use needs of the district and commune;

d) Determining the area and zoning of the areas allocated land use indicators in the provincial land use planning according to the provisions at Point b and Point d Clause 2 Article 65 of this Law, in which the area for various types of land is specified to ensure land support policies for ethnic minorities;

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Therefore, the content of district-level land use planning includes:

- Orientations for land use, a vision that meets the requirements for economic and social development; ensuring national defense, security; environmental protection, adaptation to climate change; ensuring conformity and synchronization between land use planning and transportation planning, construction planning, urban planning, rural planning

- Determining the indicators for land use allocated in the provincial land use planning to be expressed as information to the commune-level administrative unit

- Determining land use indicators based on the land use needs of the district and commune

- Determining the area and zoning of the areas allocated land use indicators in the provincial land use planning according to the provisions at Point b and Point d Clause 2 Article 65 of the Land Law 2024, in which the area for various types of land is specified to ensure land support policies for ethnic minorities;

- Determining the boundary, location, and area of the land reclamation area to be used for agricultural and non-agricultural purposes;

- Phases of district-level land use planning over 05 years according to regulations

- Solutions and resources for implementing land use planning

Which agency is responsible for preparing district-level land use plans?

Pursuant to Article 69 of the Land Law 2024 stipulating the responsibility for organizing the preparation of land use planning and plans:

Article 69. Responsibility for organizing the preparation of land use planning and plans

1. The Government of Vietnam organizes the preparation of national land use planning and plans.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is responsible for leading and assisting the Government of Vietnam in preparing national land use planning and plans.

2. The provincial People's Committee organizes the preparation of provincial land use planning and plans.

The provincial land administration agency is responsible for leading and assisting the provincial People's Committee in preparing provincial land use planning and plans.

3. The district-level People's Committee organizes the preparation of district-level land use planning and annual district-level land use plans.

The district land administration agency is responsible for leading and assisting the district-level People's Committee in preparing district-level land use planning and annual district-level land use plans.

4. Land use planning is approved in the first year of the planning period.

5. Land use planning and plans in coastal localities include land reclamation areas.

Hence, the district-level People's Committee is responsible for organizing the preparation of district-level land use planning and annual district-level land use plans.