Contents of dossiers on tasks in general urban planning in Vietnam

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Contents of dossiers on tasks in general urban planning in Vietnam

Contents of dossiers on tasks in general urban planning are specified in  Circular 04/2022/TT-BXD on dossiers on tasks and projects on inter-district, district and special purpose zone construction planning; urban and rural planning promulgated by the Minister of Construction.

The general urban planning covers central-affiliated cities, cities of centrally-affiliated cities, district-level cities and district-level towns, commune-level towns and new urban areas (including grade-IV urban areas and above which have not been recognized as district-level cities àn towns; new urban areas that are expected to be district-level cities and towns; grade-V urban areas that have not been recognized as ​​grade-V towns and new urban areas). The planning shall comply with regulations of Clause 1 of Article 5  Circular 04/2022/TT-BXD.

1. The drawing shall includes:

- Drawing in the general urban planning which covers central-affiliated cities: Diagram of location and regional relationship in national planning for urban-rural system, regional planning; map of the boundaries and scope of general planning for cities. The drawing shall be shown at the appropriate scale on national urban-rural system development orientation map; urban-rural system development orientation map.

- Drawing in the general urban planning which covers district-level cities and towns and new urban areas: Diagram of location and relationship in national urban-rural system planning, regional planning (for urban areas of grade III or above) and provincial planning; map of the boundaries and scope of general urban planning. The drawing shall be shown at the appropriate scale on national urban system development orientation map; urban-rural system development orientation map (for urban areas of grade III or above) and urban-rural system planning map.

2. The description includes:

- Reasons, necessity and grounds for planning; location, scale and boundaries of general urban planning. With regard to new urban areas, it is required to have sufficient rationales for the scope and boundaries of planning.

- Overview of natural features and current status of urban areas; existing problems in the process of management and development of urban areas. Orientation to development in national planning, regional planning and urban development plans according to urban development programs; planning options in the provincial planning and projects in progress that affect the scope of general urban planning.

- Identification of properties, driving force and role of urban areas for the country, region and province; viewpoints and objectives of planning; preliminary identification of main problems that must be handled in planning.

- Preliminary forecast about socio-economic development, population, labor, occupation, land for urban, rural residential area and technical infrastructure development.

- Requirement for the level of survey, collection of documents and data, assessment of current status of urban centers; requirement for status database.

- Requirement for main contents of general urban planning.

- Identification of the list of drawings, descriptions and attached appendices; the quantity and specifications of the dossiers on projects on planning; cost estimates; plans and progress in planning; identification of requirements for contents, forms and enquired entities.

3. Drafts of the Proposal and Decision on approval for the planning.

More details can be found in Circular 04/2022/TT-BXD.

Duong Chau Thanh

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