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Regional Decree No. 24/2006/A regulating the Plan for the Protection of Landscape in Pico Island (POPPVIP).

Country/Territory
Portugal
Territorial subdivision
Azores
Document type
Regulation
Date
2006
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diario da Republica, Serie I-A, No. 134, 13 July 2006, pp. 4892-4923.
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Environmental planning Zoning Classification/declassification Land-use planning Policy/planning
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe
Entry into force notes
This Regional Decree enters into force on the day after its publication.
Abstract

This Regional Decree, composed of two articles and one Annex, approves the Plan for the Protection of Landscape in Pico Island (POPPVIP), with the aim of providing a coherent spatial planning in order to promote local development and, at the same time, protecting the environment and the landscape. The annexed Plan is composed of 127 articles and three annexes structured in six main Titles. Particular attention is devoted to land use restrictions, landscape use, occupation and transformation and urban planning. The annexes provide maps of the Island with the zoning of protection and restriction areas.

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