Law No. 6/2017 on Basic Law of Land Use Planning. Country/Territory Timor-Leste Document type Legislation Date 2017 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Jornal da República, Série I, No. 15 of 19 April 2017. Subject Environment gen., Land & soil Keyword Land-use planning Urban land Environmental planning Environmental standards Coastal zone management Agricultural land Authorization/permit Sustainable development Waste disposal Waste management Policy/planning Standards Protection of environment Basic legislation Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, Least Developed Countries, Small Island Developing States, South-Eastern Asia Entry into force notes This Law enters into force 30 days after its publication. Abstract This Law, consisting of 34 articles divided into four Chapters, approves the Basic Legislation of Land Use Planning. Land use planning is subject to the following general principles: Coordination of the various public interventions with a territorial impact and a fair balance between public and private interests; Sustainability of the solutions contained in the instruments of territorial planning, in the economic, social, cultural and environmental dimensions; Subsidiarity, coordinating the procedures of the different levels of the Public Administration and the territorial levels, in order to favour the decision-making level to citizens; Fair distribution of benefits and burdens arising from the application of territorial planning instruments; Prevention, through the anticipation, prevention and reduction of causes that have effects that are likely to alter the quality of the environment; Environmental and Social Efficiency, establishing the maximum economic and social benefit for natural resources consumed and waste produced; Participation of citizens in the procedures for training, dynamics and implementation of territorial planning instruments, and guaranteeing access to the information; Legal security and protection of trust, due to the stabilization of applicable legal and regulatory regimes. Full text Portuguese Website www.mj.gov.tl References - Legislation Implemented by Decree-Law No. 35/2021 on Territorial Planning Instruments. Legislation | Timor-Leste | 2021 Keyword: Policy/planning, Environmental planning, Urban land, Land-use planning, Agricultural land, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Research Source: FAO, FAOLEX