The Land Use Planning Act

This section concerns preparations of community action plans for managing land use.

Jurisdiction: Tanzania
Instrument: Act or statute
Citation: The Land Use Planning Act
Version: Undated source snapshot
Language: en
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This section concerns preparations of community action plans for managing land use. This section lists preliminary activities for village land use planning: establish or ascertain village boundaries, prepare or update maps, motivate villagers, mobilise stakeholders, and assemble resources. Organise meetings with the Village Council. This section says to agree on broad zoning for land uses and community facilities. Tenure rights are to be negotiated between individuals and the community.

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This section concerns preparations of community action plans for managing land use.

2. Preparations of community action plans for the management of land use.
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Fundamental principles of land use
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This section lists preliminary activities for village land use planning: establish or ascertain village boundaries, prepare or update maps, motivate villagers, mobilise stakeholders, and assemble resources.

3. Preliminary activities- (a) establish or ascertain village boundaries; (b) prepare or update village land use and base maps; (c) motivate villagers on land use planning; (d) mobilise and motivate stakeholders in the village; and (e) assemble necessary resources.
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Land use planning objectives
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Organise meetings with the Village Council.

4. Organise meetings with Village Council.
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Responsibilities of Minister
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This section says to agree on broad zoning for land uses and community facilities.

5. Agree on broad zoning for land uses and community facilities.
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Establishment of National Land Use Planning Commission
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Tenure rights are to be negotiated between individuals and the community.

6. Negotiate tenure rights between individuals and the community.
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Powers of Commission to ensure compliance
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Draft and finalise a village land use plan.

8. Draft and finalise village land use plan.
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Conflict of interest
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Present the draft land use plan to stakeholders for discussion and approval.

9. Present draft land use plan to stakeholders for discussion and approval.
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Director General of Commission
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Establish institutions for evaluation and monitoring.

10. Establish institutions for evaluation and monitoring. 174 ©2025 Government of Tanzania. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or distributed without permission of OAG.

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