The Ministry of Natural Resources recently issued the “Notice on Strengthening the Supervision and Management of Land and Space Planning”, which requires strict planning permission management, full-cycle planning management, and “zero tolerance” for new illegal construction.

The “Notice” requires strictly in accordance with the national spatial planning, approval of construction project land pre-examination and site selection opinions, construction land planning permits, construction project planning permits and rural construction Planning permit. Without obtaining planning permission, it is not allowed to implement new construction, reconstruction or expansion projects. Unauthorized methods such as collective discussions and meeting decisions should not be used to replace planning permits and engage in “special tasks”.

The Ministry of Natural Resources stated that rural areas should strengthen land use approval and management of rural construction planning permits and insist on agricultural land. It is strictly forbidden to engage in non-agricultural construction, illegally occupying cultivated land and building houses in violation of the plan in the name of agricultural land transfer, land remediation, etc., and resolutely prevent the phenomenon of collective land being out of control and out of control.

The “Notice” also calls for speeding up the establishment and improvement of the basic information platform for territorial space to form a “one picture” of territorial space planning. Establish a system for planning, approving, revising and implementing the entire process of leaving traces. The newly established “zero tolerance” for violations of laws and regulations will be investigated and dealt with in a serious manner as soon as they are discovered; the issues left over by history will be sorted out in a comprehensive manner, and treatment will be expedited in accordance with laws and regulations.

(Original title: “Ministry of Natural Resources: Implementing Land and Space Planning Full Cycle Management for” Zero Tolerance “for Newly Illegal Construction”)