What is a rural residential quarter? Detailed planning for construction of rural residential quarters in Vietnam

What is a rural residential quarter? Detailed planning for construction of rural residential quarters in Vietnam (Internet image) 

Regarding this issue, LawNet would like to answer as follows:

1. What is a rural residential quarter?

According to Clause 16, Article 3 of the Construction Law 2014, rural residential quarter means an area where many households are bound together in their production, daily life and other social activities within a specific zone formed on the basis of natural conditions, socio-economic conditions, culture and other factors.

2. Detailed planning for construction of rural residential quarters in Vietnam

Detailed planning for construction of rural residential quarters according to Article 31 of the Construction Law 2014 is as follows:

- Tasks of detailed planning for construction of rural residential quarters must cover the forecasts of population size and labor; land size; requirements on land use for arrangement of construction, conservation or renovation works; technical and social infrastructures in rural residential quarters.

- A detailed plan on construction of rural residential quarters must cover:

+ Contents of the detailed plan, which include identification of construction positions and areas of works: working offices of administrative units of the commune, educational, health care, cultural, physical training and sports, commercial and service works and houses; planning for technical and production infrastructures;

+ Drawings of the detailed plan, which shall be demonstrated on a 1:500 or 1:2,000 scale;

+ The planning period based on investment plans and resources for implementation;

+ The approved detailed plan on construction of rural residential quarters serves as a basis for formulation of construction investment projects and grant of construction permits.

3. Detailed project for rural residential planning

Detailed project for rural residential planning according to Article 19 of Decree 44/2015/ND-CP is as follows:

- Content of detailed project for rural residential planning must ensure to meet the tasks of approved planning and other specific requirements as follows:

+ Analyze and assess natural conditions, current conditions of construction land, residents, society, landscape architecture, technical infrastructure; regulations of general commune planning concerning rural residential quarters;

+ Determine scale of population, criteria about use of land, social and technical infrastructure for rural residential quarters;

+ Planning general site plan of land use: Determine functions, area, criteria about land use in terms of construction density, land use coefficient, height of works, setbacks from each parcel of land;

+ Determine architectural form, fence, color, key materials of works and other architectural objects; determine the works in need of conservation and renovation in the area;

+ Planning technical infrastructure system: Technical infrastructure system is arranged to the land parcel including:

++ Determine elevation of each land parcel;

++ Determine traffic network, cross section, property boundaries and construction boundaries; determine and realize general planning for position and scale of terminal system, turning position;

++ Determine demands and supply source of water; position and scale of water supply works; water piping network and specific technical specifications;

++ Determine demands and supply sources of energy (electricity, gas…); position and scale of distribution stations; transmission line and lighting system;

++ Determine demands for passive telecom infrastructure works;

++ Determine volume of wastewater, solid waste; drainage network; position and size of wastewater and solid waste treatment works in rural residential quarters;

+ Strategic environment assessment

++ Assess current conditions, determine key environmental issues in planned area;

++ Forecasts, environmental impact assessment of planning methods;

++ Propose prevention measures and order of priority for implementation;

+ Planned demand for capital and human force for implementation;

- Time for formulation of detailed rural residential planning is from 04 months and under.

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