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Town and Country Planning Ordinance.

Country/Territory
Sri Lanka
Document type
Regulation
Date
1947 (1955)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An 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