La presente Ley establece el marco normativo para las áreas de reserva territoriales del Estado de Guatemala, que están constituidas por aquellas áreas: contenidas en la faja terrestre de tres kilómetros a lo largo de los océanos, contadas a partir de la línea superior de las mareas; de doscientos metros alrededor de las orillas de los lagos; de cien metros a cada lado de las riberas de los ríos navegables; de cincuenta metros alrededor de las fuentes y manantiales donde las aguas surtan a las poblaciones.

This Act seeks to accelerate the growth and development of agriculture, enhance productivity and incomes of farmers and the rural population, improve investment climate and efficiency of agribusiness and develop agricultural crops as export crops.

El presente Acuerdo aprueba el Manual para la elaboración de planes reguladores costeros en la zona marítimo terrestre, que constituyen el instrumento legal y técnico para alcanzar los objetivos de las políticas de ordenamiento territorial en procura de un desarrollo económico, social y ambiental equilibrado en la zona marítimo terrestre y áreas adyacentes.

The National Territory Council as a decision making body is headed by the Prime Minister and composed of nine ministers from including the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Water Administration, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Protection.

Implements: Law No. 10119 on land use planning. (2009-04-23)
Repeals: Regulation No. 836 approving the composition, organization and functioning of the Territory Adjustment Council of the Republic of Albania. (2004-12-03)

El presente Reglamento establece los requisitos legales de visado de planos para la construcción de edificaciones en la Zona Marítimo Terrestre. El concesionario podrá construir tierra adentro de la línea de mojones que demarca el límite de la zona pública de la zona marítimo terrestre conforme al plan regulador.

Implementa: Ley Nº 6043 - Ley sobre la Zona Marítimo Terrestre. (1977-03-02)

The Order sets regulations on the Land Consolidation Commission’s responsibilities and composition of its 12 members elected every four years. The members (President, 2 Vice Presidents, 3 qualified assessors nominated by the Director of the Danish AgriFish Agency recommended by the Ministry of Business and Growth, 3 qualified agriculture specialists nominated by the Director of the Danish AgriFish Agency and recommended by the Danish Agriculture & Food Council, and 3 municipal members nominated by the Danish AgriFish Agency nominated by the Local Government Authorities).

The scope of this Regional Law shall be realization of plenary powers of state bodies in the sphere of regulation of land relations. It establishes maximum land area allotted to citizens in ownership out of stock of public and municipal land as follows: (a) for farming – 200,0 ha; (b) for gardening and horticulture – 0,25 ha; (c) for stockbreeding – 2,00 ha; and (d) for suburban housing construction – 0,25 ha.

Article 2 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Protected areas of regional and local significance shall be taken into consideration in the process of elaboration of territorial planning complex schemes, land survey and regional land-use planning”.

Amends: Regional Law No. 88-OZ “On protected areas”. (2009-05-14)

This Law approves the National Directive for Territorial Planning (DNOT). This Directive, consisting of 4 Sections, specifies the basic legislation for territorial planning and its management, as established by Legislative Decree No. 1/2006. The Directive is an instrument for the National territorial management, which establishes the legal spatial framework and defines the great options for the socio-economic development of the National territory.

The Regulation No. 88 of 2012 amends Article. 47 of the Regulation 502 of 2011 by extending full legal effects to the decisions approved by the National Territory Planning Committee prior to the Law No. 10119 of 2009 on the territory planing.

Implements: Law No. 10119 on land use planning. (2009-04-23)
Amends: Regulation No. 502 dated 13.7.2011 of the Council of Ministers approving the uniform regulation of the territory development, as amended. (2011-07-13)

Regulation No. 121 of 2011 lays down rules on the functioning of the central and local land protection and administration departments (LPAD) and units.

This Act provides that, where under any written law a licence is required to carry on any business or other activity on any land or in any building, a licence may not be granted, notwithstanding that the requirements of the written law have been met, unless the applicant satisfies the licensing authority: (a) that permission was obtained under the Town and Country Planning Act for the development of that land or the use of that building for the purposes contemplated in the application for the licence; or (b) that such permission is not required.