Continuing the 10th Session, on the morning of November 7, Minister of Construction Tran Hong Minh, authorized by the Prime Minister, presented the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Urban and Rural Planning.
Minister Tran Hong Minh said that the draft law clarifies the relationship with the national planning system to ensure unity and synchronization with laws such as the draft Law on amended Planning 2025, the draft Law on amended Land 2025 and the draft Resolution of the National Assembly stipulating a number of mechanisms and policies to remove difficulties and obstacles in organizing the implementation of the Land Law...
The Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Urban and Rural Planning also stipulates the urban and rural planning system in accordance with the organization of local government at 2 levels.
The Minister of Construction said that the law will supplement the provisions to meet the requirements of land use planning of communes when there is no commune-level land use planning; revise and not stipulate the planning for "areas determined for auction of land use rights according to the law on land".
This is to agree with the draft Resolution of the National Assembly stipulating a number of mechanisms and policies to remove difficulties and obstacles in organizing the implementation of the Land Law.
Reporting on the review of the draft law, Chairman of the National Assembly's Economic and Financial Committee Phan Van Mai said that it is necessary to carefully assess the impact of amending the Planning Law without removing the fundamental obstacles, difficulties, and potential new bottlenecks in the implementation process, affecting urban and rural planning.
During the review process, many opinions of the National Assembly's Economic and Financial Committee suggested that the state only approve the general planning and zoning plan (1/2,000), not approve the detailed planning that has ensured sufficient targets for state management, with a long and stable planning period to be a tool for orientation and guidance for long-term development.
If the planning level is simplified in the direction of not establishing zoning plans but incorporating the content of zoning plans into the general plan, it will lead to the content of the general plan becoming more complicated, taking more time to establish the general plan, potentially causing new difficulties and problems in the implementation process, the inspection report stated.
The Chairman of the National Assembly's Economic and Financial Committee said that there are also opinions suggesting studying regulations on the basis of the requirements for development management and capacity of the People's Committees at the commune level, the People's Committees at the provincial level decentralize and authorize the People's Committees at the commune level to approve zoning plans under the city, in line with the reality of some cities developing according to the model of multipolar, multi-center urban clusters (not depending on the administrative boundaries at the commune level).
Other content is that the authority to approve provincial planning and general planning of the city has not yet reached a consensus between the draft Law on Planning (amended) and this draft law, in case of still establishing separate provincial planning and general planning of the city.
Mr. Phan Van Mai said that some opinions suggested adjusting the authority to approve the general planning of the city under the City People's Committee, in line with the provisions in the draft Law on Planning (amended), avoiding conflicts and conflicts in the process of organization and implementation.
At the same time, it is proposed to review and adjust accordingly in Article 41 of the draft law for a number of plans currently regulated by the Prime Minister with competent authority.
