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Town and Country Planning Act 1951 (Cap. 246).

Country/Territory
Uganda
Document type
Legislation
Date
1951 (2000)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An 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Repealed by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