Town and Country Planning Act 1951 (Cap. 246). Country/Territory Uganda Document type Legislation Date 1951 (2000) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to consolidate the provisions for the orderly and progressive development of land, towns and other areas, whether urban or rural. Subject Land & soil Keyword Land-use planning Institution Expropriation Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Geographical area Africa, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries Abstract This Act makes provision with respect to development and spatial planning in Uganda. It establishes the Town and Country Planning Board. The Act shall apply to declared planning areas. In respect of every area declared to be a planning area, there shall be a planning committee or planning committees. The Board shall in respect of any area declared as a planning area, in consultation with the committee or committees, prepare an outline scheme in respect of the area. This scheme must be approved by the Minister. The Act empowers, in case any outline scheme or any detailed scheme has been brought into effect, the authority charged by any enactment relating with the compulsory acquisition of land to compulsory acquire land in respect of which the owner of the land has taken no reasonable steps to develop the land in accordance with the outline scheme or any detailed scheme. Matters to be included in the outline and detailed schemes are set out in Schedule 2 to this Act. Full text English Website www.ulii.org References - Legislation Repealed by Physical Planning Act (No. 8 of 2010). Legislation | Uganda | 2010 Keyword: Land-use planning, Institution, Expropriation, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Source: FAO, FAOLEX