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Regional Regulatory Decree No. 33/2020/M approving the Regional Directorate for Territorial Planning.

Country/Territory
Madeira Islands (Portugal)
Document type
Regulation
Date
2020
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário da República, I Série, No. 95, 15 May 2020.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Institution Cadastre/land registration Land tenure Land-use planning Land valuation Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Access-to-information Survey/mapping Cultural heritage
Entry into force notes
This Regional Regulatory Decree enters into force on the day after its publication.
Abstract

This Regional Regulatory Decree, consisting of 10 articles and one Annex, approves the Regional Directorate for Territorial Planning (DROTe). DROTe is a central executive service of the direct administration of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, integrated in the Regional Secretariat for Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change, referred to in paragraph c) of article 5 of Regional Regulatory Decree No. 5/2020/M of 15 January. DROTe's mission is to execute the regional policy of land management, urban planning, geographic, cartographic and cadastral information and landscape, contributing to a sustainable and articulated development between the various sectoral policies. DROTe has the following functions: propose the guiding principles of the regional policy of territorial planning, urbanism, landscape, geographical, cartographic and cadastral information; implement policies and national legal directives in these areas; articulate territorial planning strategies determined by the pursuit of public interests; implement a territorial management system compatible with land use and urban planning policies ensuring the correct occupation and use of the territory and promoting the rational use of natural resources and the safeguarding of natural and cultural heritage; introduce territorial-based strategic planning processes with sustainable socio-economic development of the territory; ensure the articulation between territorial management, urban planning policies and sectoral policies; ensure compliance of the regional territorial management system; propose sectorial legislation aimed at development, sustainability and territorial qualification; promote the protection, management and enhancement of the landscape; Promote the cartographic coverage of the regional territory; promote the execution, renewal and conservation of the register through information systems.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.dre.pt