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Physical Planning and Development Control Act, 1990 (Act No. 1 of 1991).

Country/Territory
Gambia
Document type
Legislation
Date
1990
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
The Gambia Gazette No. 20, Supplement "C", 10 July 1991, 24 pp.
Long title
An Act to make provision for the systematic planning and development control of the land resources of The Gambia.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land-use planning Environmental planning Policy/planning
Geographical area
Africa, Least Developed Countries, North Atlantic, Sahel, Western Africa
Abstract

The Act provides in Part II for the establishment of a Planning Board (sect. 3) and Planning Authority for each planning district (sect. 5). There shall be 4 types of draft plans for spatial development of land. These are: National Plans; Divisional Plans; Development Plans and Local Plans (sect. 8). The Board shall prepare a National Plan for the Gambia. The Board shall also draft Division Plans for each Division of the Gambia (sect. 11). The Board shall, within the framework of the plans aforementioned, prepare development plans for the area covered by that plan. Such plan shall generally indicate the different land-use zones, traffic and transportation routes, community facilities, utilities and historic monuments and such other matters as the Minister may, by Regulation, prescribe (sect. 12). Part IV is dedicated to development control. Part IV contains miscellaneous provisions. (Completed by 1 Schedule: "Draft Plans")

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References - Legislation

Implemented by

Draft Plans Regulations, 1995 (L. N. No. 12 of 1995).

Legislation | Gambia | 1995

Keyword: Land-use planning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX