Town and Country Planning Act (No. 17 of 1975). Pays/Territoire Dominique Type du document Législation Date 1975 Source FAO, FAOLEX Source d'origine Official Gazette, 14 August 1975, pp. 53-79. Titre completAn Act to make provision for town and country planning. Sujet Terre et sols Mot clé Planification territoriale Érosion Expropriation Institution Aire géographique Amériques, Caraïbes, Amérique latine et Caraïbes, Petits états insulaires en développement Résumé The Act makes provision for town and country planning and the control of development. "Development" in this Act means "carrying out of building, engineering, mining or other operations in, over, or under land or the making of any material change in the use of any buildings or other land or the subdivision of land". The 40 sections are divided into 5 Parts: Administration (I); Development plans (II); General Planning Control (III); Acquisition of land and compensation (IV); Miscellaneous (V). The Development and Planning Corporation is nominated as planning Authority for Dominica for purposes of this Act (sects. 3 and 4). The Act provides for four types of plans: The National Structure Plan, the Regional Structure Plan, subject plans and local plans. These plans shall all be prepared by the Corporation. Part III provides for planning permissions and section 23 of Part III for the preservation of trees and woodlands. Provisions of Part IV provide also for the compulsory acquisition of land for development and the extinguishment of rights on land so acquired by the Corporation. (completed by 2 Schedules) Texte intégral Anglais Références - Législation Abrogé par Physical Planning Act, 2002 (Act No. 5 of 1992). Législation | Dominique | 2002 Mot clé: Pollution du sol/qualité, Planification territoriale, Expropriation, EIA, Infractions/sanctions, Législation de base, Patrimoine culturel, Approvisionnement en eau, Égouts Source: FAO, FAOLEX