Vietnam: Main contents of a zoning plan

According to Article 19 of Decree No. 37/2010/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, contents of a zoning plan are specified as follows:

- Analysis and evaluation of natural conditions, the actual construction land status, population, society, architecture and landscape and technical infrastructure; the general planning provisions concerning the planned zone.

- Identification of criteria for use of planned urban land and social and technical infrastructure facilities for the whole planned zone.

- Plan on the total land ground to be used:

+ Identification of functional areas in the planned zone;

+ Identification of criteria for use of planned urban land regarding construction density, land use coefficients and maximum number of building stories for each street block; setbacks of construction works from roads; locations and sizes of underground works (if any).

- Identification of principles and requirements on spatial organization, architecture and landscape for each functional area, trunk road, open space, prominent spot, central area and conservation area (if any).

- Plan on the system of urban technical infrastructure facilities:

The system of urban technical infrastructure facilities shall be installed up to the network of roads within the zone. A plan must have the following contents:

+ Identification of standard ground floor levels for each street block;

+ Identification of transport networks, cross-sections, red-line and construction boundaries: identification and concretization of the general planning regarding locations and areas of car stations and parking lots (overhead, on the grounds and underground); metro routes and stations; and technical trenches and tunnels;

+ Identification of water demands and supply sources; locations and sizes of water plants and pump stations; water pipeline network and detailed technical parameters;

+ Identification of power use demands and supply sources; locations and sizes of power distribution stations; medium-voltage power line grid and urban lighting system:

+ Identification of information and communication demands and network:

+ Identification of total volumes of wastewater and garbage: water drainage network: and location and sizes of wastewater and waste treatment facilities.

- Projected priority investment projects.

- Strategic environmental assessment:

+ Evaluation of the present environmental status regarding topographic and national conditions: solid waste, wastewater and noise (if any); and social and cultural issues and natural landscape:

+ Analysis and forecast of positive and negative impacts on the environment: proposed system of environmental protection criteria for putting forward optimal space and technical infrastructure planning solutions for the planned zone;

+ Proposed measures to reduce and remedy impacts on population and natural landscape, air and noise when the urban plan is implemented;

+ Making of environmental monitoring plans regarding environmental techniques, management and observation.

- Plan on total land ground to be used and a system of technical infrastructure facilities, demonstrated on 1:2.000- or 1:5,000-scale maps.

View more details at Decree No. 37/2010/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from May 25, 2010.

Nguyen Phu

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