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Urban Planning (Co-operation and Coordination) Regulations, 2018

Government Notice 89 of 2018

Urban Planning (Co-operation and Coordination) Regulations, 2018
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Government Notice 89 of 2018
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Urban Planning Act, 2007
Date
9 March 2018
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English
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Urban Planning Act, 2007

Urban Planning (Co-operation and Coordination) Regulations, 2018

Government Notice 89 of 2018

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Urban Planning (Co-operation and Coordination) Regulations, 2018.

2. Application

These Regulations provide for machinery of cooperation and coordination of planning efforts between Planning Authorities and all agencies, local government authorities, landholders, utility bodies and other bodies and institutions involved in preparation and implementation of the planning process.

3. Interpretation

In these regulations unless the context requires otherwise:—“Act” means the Urban Planning Act;“Agency” means regulatory bodies for the infrastructure and utility sectors;“Authority” means Planning Authority;“cooperation” means working in partnership;“coordination” means the act of making institutions to work together efficiently in an organised manner;“Director” has the meaning ascribed to it by sections 2 and 6 of the Act;“Institution” means private or public organizations, community based organizations, non-governmental organizations, professional or academic bodies with special interest in land and planning laws, architectural, surveying and civil engineering sector;“landholder” means a holder of a granted right of occupancy or customary right of occupancy or derivative right or residential licence;“local government authority” has the meaning ascribed to it by the Act;“scheme” has the meaning ascribed to it by the Act;“utility body” means regulatory bodies for utility agency of water, communication and energy.

4. Cooperation and coordination

(1)In preparation and implementation of schemes as provided for under sections 3, 4(1)(e), 7(5)(o)(q), 11(2), 12(1)(2)(3), 15(2), 19(1), 50, 77(1)(n) of the Act, every Planning Authority or any other urban planning bodies or committees or relevant authorities shall co-operate, coordinate, engage, ask for and consider input received from:—
(a)agencies;
(b)local authorities;
(c)landholders;
(d)utility bodies;
(e)institutions; and
(f)other similar bodies.
(2)For the purposes of fostering cooperation with planning stakeholders listed under sub-regulation (1), the Planning Authority or other relevant authority shall:—
(a)hold consultative meetings, share or issue planning notices, feedbacks, annual plans to stakeholders with for making a fair, reasonable, harmonious and informed planning decisions;
(b)liaise as necessary with responsible ministries and other organs of the Government with a view to ensuring that the policy, objectives, strategy of urban authority are achieved;
(c)maintain a system of collaboration and co-operation with any national or international body or person dealing with urban planning;
(d)receive and respond to the letters of consultation from planning stakeholders and other members of the communities;
(e)circulated by various means of communication including electronic media to stakeholders all approved planning schemes;
(f)all annual reports made under section 79(1) of the Act, have specific parts which shows how such authority has involved and engaged planning stakeholders listed under sub-regulation (1).
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