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This Act provides for town and country planning at various levels of administration and related matters such as registration of servitudes in local plans and expropriation.The Act consists of 70 sections divided into 18 Chapters: Scope (1); Area planning (2); Coastal planning (2a); Planning relative to commercial activities (2b); Regional planning (3); Municipal planning (4); Local planning (5); Plan implementation and withdrawal (6); local agenda 21 (6a); Division into zones and administration of zones (7); Summerhouse areas (8); Servitudes (9); Conversion of zones (10); Expropriation, etc. (11); Supervision (12); Administrative provisions (13); Complaints and appeal (14); Offences and penalties (15); Entry into force and transitional provisions (16).Chapter 2a lies down rules relative to planning and protection of coastal areas. Section 47A concerns the expropriation of agricultural land by municipal authorities.
Implemented by: Order No. 408 on the management of international environment protection areas and on the protection of certain species. (2007-05-01)
Amended by: Act No. 1151 of 2003 to amend the Water Supply Act, the Environment Protection Act, the Soil Pollution Act and the Town and Country Planning Act. (2003-12-17)
Amended by: National Park Act (No. 533 of 2007). (2007-06-06)
Amended by: Natural Gas Supply Act, Heat Supply Act, Energinet.dk Act, Planning Act, Act on subsidy to municipalities and counties and the Act on carbon dioxide taxation on certain energy products (No. 520 of 2006). (2006-06-07)
Amended by: Act amending the Environmental Protection Act, the Marine Environment Protection Act and various other laws (No. 1571 of 2006). (2006-12-20)
Amended by: Act amending various laws (No. 431 of 2005). (2005-06-06)
Amends: Act relative to agricultural properties (Act No. 435 of 2004). (2004-06-09)