Town and Country Planning Act
ZambiaAct of Parliament
This Act has been repealed.It was replaced by Urban and Regional Planning (No. 3 of 2015). Read this one for the law as it stood, not as it is now.
The Town and Country Planning Act is an Act of the Parliament of Zambia. It contains 64 sections. Read its sections below, or ask Levy any question about the Town and Country Planning Act and get an answer grounded in the Act with citations.
Sections of the Town and Country Planning Act
- S. 1Providing for the control of the use and change of use of land zones and reservations for various purposes
- S. 2Providing for the permanent restriction or prohibition of the development of land on the grounds that-
- S. 3In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires- Interpretation
- S. 4(1) Every appeal to the Tribunal shall be instituted by serving on the secretary a Notice of appeal and
- S. 5Where an appeal has been made under the provisions of section twenty-nine of Appeal not entertained
- S. 6As soon as possible after the receipt of the notice of appeal, the president or the Publication of
- S. 7(1) All matters coming or arising before a meeting of an authority shall be Voting
- S. 8The public may attend meetings of an authority, but no person may be heard or Attendance by the
- S. 9An authority may at any time resolve into committee, whereupon the public shall Committee
- S. 10If the proposed development consists only of a change of use
- S. 11Every entry in the register shall be made within seven days of the happening of Entry in register
- S. 12W itnesses and evidence
- S. 13P rotection of president, vice-president, members and advisers
- S. 14Copies of all agendas and minutes of an authority shall be transmitted within Minutes
- S. 15The register shall be kept at the offices of the Minister or the planning authority, Inspection of register
- S. 16Use as a light industrial building for any purpose.
- S. 17A pproval of development plans
- S. 18N otice of submission of development plan
- S. 19P reparation and submission of development plans and objection thereto
- S. 20Section 20
- S. 21Section 21
- S. 22P ermission required for development and subdivision
- S. 23D evelopment or subdivision orders
- S. 24D elegation to planning authorities
- S. 25A pplication for planning permission
- S. 26A dditional powers of Minister to give directions to any planning authority
- S. 27Section 27
- S. 28S upplementary provisions re grant of permission to subdivide
- S. 29A dditional provisions for appeal to Tribunal
- S. 30R evocation and modification of planning permission by the Minister
- S. 31Section 31
- S. 32Section 32
- S. 33Section 33
- S. 34In this Part, "planning decision" means, in the case of an application for Definition of "planning
- S. 35C ompensation for planning decision
- S. 36N o compensation payable in certain cases
- S. 37N o compensation if other development permitted
- S. 38Section 38
- S. 39G eneral provisions as to claims for compensation
- S. 40Section 40
- S. 41O wner may require acquisition of reserved land
- S. 42D isposal of land
- S. 43A ssessment of valuation
- S. 44P reparation of regional plan
- S. 45A ppointment of regional planning authority
- S. 46A pproval of regional plan
- S. 47R evocation or modification of approved regional plan
- S. 48A pplication to Customary Areas and townships
- S. 49P ower to hold or cause the holding of public inquiries
- S. 50S ervice of notices
- S. 51R ight of entry
- S. 52A dditional consent required
- S. 53R egulations
- S. 54S avings
- S. 55A cts, orders and conditions given or imposed under former Act
- S. IPRELIMINARYPART I PRELIMINARY
- S. IITOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING TRIBUNALPART II TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING TRIBUNAL
- S. IIIDEVELOPMENT PLANSPART III DEVELOPMENT PLANS
- S. IVPROCEDURE FOR THE PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION OFDEVELOPMENT PLANS AND THEIR MODIFICATION AND EXTENSIONPART IV PROCEDURE FOR THE PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION OF
- S. IXGENERALPART IX GENERAL
- S. VPERMISSION REQUIRED FOR DEVELOPMENT ANDSUBDIVISION OF LANDPART V PERMISSION REQUIRED FOR DEVELOPMENT AND SUBDIVISION OF LAND
- S. VICOMPENSATION FOR REFUSAL OR CONDITIONAL GRANTOF PLANNING PERMISSIONPART VI COMPENSATION FOR REFUSAL OR CONDITIONAL GRANT
- S. VIIACQUISITION OF LANDPART VII ACQUISITION OF LAND
- S. VIIIREGIONAL PLANSPART VIII REGIONAL PLANS