Town and Country Planning Ordinance. Country/Territory Sri Lanka Document type Regulation Date 1947 (1955) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Ordinance to authorize the making of schemes with respect to the planning and development of land in Sri Lanka, to provide for the protection of natural amenities and the preservation of buildings and objects of interest or beauty, to facilitate the acquisition of land for the purpose of giving effect to such schemes, and to provide for matters incidental to or connected with the matters aforesaid. Subject Land & soil Keyword Land-use planning Institution Land commission Policy/planning Public land Right of use Subdivision of land Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Abstract The Ordinance provides for planning projects in order to improve the use of lands, their redistribution, the erection of infrastructures and further advance the development of urban areas. Full text English References - Legislation Implemented by Order declaring Hittetiya Rajamahaa Vihara as a Sacred Area. Legislation | Sri Lanka | 2014 Keyword: Land-use planning, Protected area, Zoning, Urban land Source: FAO, FAOLEX Order declaring Ambalanthota Girihandu Raja Maha Vihara as Sacred Area. Legislation | Sri Lanka | 2010 Keyword: Land-use planning, Protected area, Zoning, Urban land Source: FAO, FAOLEX Order declaring Ampara Deegavapi as Sacred Area . Legislation | Sri Lanka | 2008 Keyword: Land-use planning, Protected area, Zoning, Urban land Source: FAO, FAOLEX