The Government has just issued Decree No. 34/2026/ND-CP amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 178/2025/ND-CP dated July 1, 2025 of the Government detailing a number of articles of the Law on Urban and Rural Planning.
Decree No. 34/2026/ND-CP amending and supplementing Clause 3, Article 21 on the responsibility of provincial-level People's Committees in managing funds for urban and rural planning activities.
Accordingly, the provincial-level People's Committee (for plans under the approval authority of the Prime Minister) and the planning approval level are responsible for issuing annual budget plans and approving cost estimates for urban and rural planning activities.
The provincial-level People's Committee is decentralized and authorized to directly affiliated agencies to approve cost estimates for urban and rural planning activities in accordance with the provisions of law on local government organization.
In case the planning and urban and rural planning tasks are carried out by the investor as the planning organization, the planning organization is responsible for approving the cost estimate for planning and urban and rural planning tasks.
According to the Ministry of Construction, the Decree amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 178/2025/ND-CP has concretized the contents stipulated in Law No. 144/2025/QH15 amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Urban and Rural Planning Law in 2025, in accordance with the organization of local government at 2 levels, regulations on decentralization and decentralization in urban and rural planning activities have been promulgated.
At the same time, improve legal regulations on urban and rural planning to overcome shortcomings, limitations, difficulties, and obstacles in practical implementation, meeting the requirements of innovating legislative thinking, simplifying administrative procedures, improving the investment and business environment, meeting the requirements of science and technology development, innovation, digital transformation...
Decree No. 34/2026/ND-CP also amends point c, clause 1, Article 9 stipulating cases of detailed planning in the direction of not stipulating a specific area threshold for functional areas (as the old regulation was below 200 ha) but based on detailed planning approval.
Functional zones have a scale of area approved by competent authorities for detailed planning determined according to provincial planning or city general planning to implement construction investment projects according to the law on construction, except for cases specified.
Decree No. 34/2026/ND-CP also amends and supplements Clause 1, Article 15 on the responsibilities of planning organizations in the direction of supplementing the requirement to send dossiers through the national data system and regulations on handling transitional cases.
In which, the planning organization sends documents accompanying urban and rural planning documents through the national database information system on construction activities to the appraisal agency for appraisal.
Urban and rural planning dossiers that have not been sent for appraisal according to this clause before January 1, 2026, after being approved, the planning organization is responsible for sending the appraised and approved dossiers through the national database system on construction activities.
