Translation by Mr. HASEGAWA & his secretary, July. 2014
Blue part is a comment by Mr. HASEGAWA.
Red part is an important point.

CONTENT
Section I: Purpose and Expectation
Article 1: Purpose
Article 2: Scope of usage
Article 3: Word Definition
Section II: Urban Plan
Article 4: Urban Plan
Article 5: Master Plan
Article 6: Land Use Area in Master Plan
Article 7: Sign of Land Use Divide in Master Plan
Article 8: Urban Plan in details
Section III: Urban Planning
Article 10: Urban Planning Procedure
Article 11: Budget Organization on Urban Planning
Article 12: Authority is authorized for Urban Planning and Survey
Section IV: City and Urban Road
Article 13: City
Article 14: Urban Road System
Article 15: Urban Facility and Utility System
Article 16: Urban Road
Article 17: Type of Urban Road
Article 18: Curve Radiate of Urban Road Intersection
Section V: Determination of Land Use in Master Plan
Article 19: Land use in middle city
Article 20: Land use in surrounding area of city
Article 21: Land use in Suburban Area
Article 22: Land use in Urban Expansion Area
Article 23: Determination of Land use in Industrial Zone
Article 24: Determination of Land use in Agriculture Area
Article 25: Determination of Land use in forest area, stream, lake, river.
Article 26: Determination of Land use in historic and cultural conservation area
Article 27: Determination of Land use in suburban of existing town, development area,
special economic, middle area of new economic city in countrywide.
Section VI: Management and Inspection Authority for Urban Planning
Article 28:Management and Inspection Authority for Urban Planning
Article 29: Right and duty of Housing and Urban Planning Department, MCTPC
Article 30: Right and duty of Department of Communication Transport Post andConstruction of Province and Capital City
Section VII: Final Provision
Article 32: Implementation
Article 33: Effective

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LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
Peace Independence Democracy Unity Prosperity
Ministry of Communication, Transport, Post and Construction,
No. 1366 / MCTPC
Vientiane Capital (Location of Issue), Dated on 26 April 2006

Ministerial Order on Urban Planning Regulation (got-la-biyab)-

According to Urban Planning Law, Issue No. 03/99/NA, dated on: 3/4/1999
According to Ministerial Decree, Issue No. 66/PM, dated 20/5/1999 on Management
Administration and Activities of Ministry of Communication Transport Post andConstruction.

Minister of Communication, Transport, Post and Construction issues the order:
Section I:
Purpose and Expectation
Article 1: Purpose
This regulation is:- used as the reference (bon ing) for developing and administrating communities and cities innationwide in order to make social neat, beauty, safety, hygiene, sustainable environment
protection and- providing the guidance direction to seek for budget to construct public facilities and public
utilities of city efficiently.
<Note> There are two types of regulations (got-la-biyab) in Lao PDR. One is a set ofmandatory requirements as a rule (koo-bang- kap). The other is a set of recommendable
standards as a reference or a guideline (bon ing). This regulation is a reference.
Article 2: Scope of utilization
This regulation is used as the reference (bon ing) for planning or improvement of city plan inurban areas and community levels, which already have city plan and which do not have city
plan.
Article 3: Word Definition
1) Public Facility means buildings or sites which have benefit to society such as:- schools,- hospitals,- religion buildings,- Public Parks and so on.
2) Public Utility means technical network infrastructure of the city including:- road network,- electricity,2

- water supply,- communication and so forth.
3) Construction line is the direction line facing to the public road, which is mentioned indetailed city plan in order to determine the location of buildings in considering preserved
area of the road. The construction line must be out of the preserved area of road;<Note> “Preserved area of the road” is defined in the Public Road Law.
4) The height of building (H) is the distance from the ground floor level of buildings to theceiling level of the top floor of buildings;<Note> From the ground floor level instead of the ground level, and to the ceiling level ofthe top floor instead of the top of the building.
5) Land Use Ratio (E) is the result of the ground floor area of the building divided by the sitearea. When the result equals 0.5, it means that building can be constructed covering
maximum 50% of the total area of the site.
<Note> Same with BCR (Building Coverage Ratio).
6) Land Use coefficient (COS) is the result of the building floor area of all storeys divided by
the site area. When the result equals 2.0, it means that the building area of all floors covers
two times of the site area;<Note> Same with FAR (Floor Area Ratio.
7) Small Warehouse is a building utilized to keep the materials and commodity which has theutilizing area less than 500 m2;
8) Medium Warehouse is a building utilized to keep the materials and commodity which has
the utilizing area between 500 to 1000 m2;
9) Large Warehouse is a building utilized to keep the materials and commodity which has theutilizing area more than 1000 m2;
10) First type industry (factory) is the big scale factory, which:- has more than 200 labors or machine power more than 200 horse power (Hp) or- causes high impact to environment;11) Second type industry (factory) is the medium size factory, which:- has 51 to 200 labors or machine power between 51 to 200 Hp or- causes medium impact to environment;
12) Third type industry (factory) is the small size factory, which:- has 10 to 50 labors or machine power from 5 to 50 Hp or- causes little impact to environment.
Section II
City plan
Article 4: City plan
City plan is a planning for:- defining the areas regarding construction and expansion of the city by dividing into zones aswell as- defining the measures in order to:- administrate and conduct city development in alignment with government and party
policy direction and- make architecture harmonic and suitable in relation to social economy, culture, hygiene,
man-made environment and natural environment.
City plan includes General city plan and Detailed city plan.
Article 5: General city plan (Master plan)
General city plan is a policy-making plan for defining land use zones in the urban area
including construction projects, improvement and expansion together with measures to control
the development of urban area in general, and it is used as the direction for developing andprotecting the city, community and concerned areas in order to make public facilities and3

public utilities to conform the expansion of national social economy in 5 to 15 year periods.
General city plan consists of:1) Report must have the following contents:- Current physical status, economy and society;- Problem analysis and physical good point and weak point diagnosis, economy, society of
the city;- Proposing how to solve the problem.
2) Land use administrative regulation must have at least the following contents:- Scope of regulation utilization;- Dividing zones for land uses;- Regulation for each zone.
3) Plan in measure scales 1:20,000 – 1:5,000 which includes at least:
1. Relationship and location plan
2. Current status plan:- Constructed area plan and Non-constructed area plan
- Density and village territory plan
- Business unit location plan
- Road network system plan
- Drainage system plan
- Catchment area
4) New proposed plan
- Land use map;
- Road network system plan;- Drainage system plan.
Article 6: Land use planning area in General city plan
1) In the urban areas managed by the Central (National Government) or provincial
authorities, Land use planning area shall be divided into 7 zones as below:
1. City centre zone;
2. The surrounding area of city centre zone;
3. Suburb zone;
4. Expansion zone of the city;
5. Industrial zone;
6. Agriculture zone;
7. Historic and cultural preserved zone
8. Natural and forest zone.
<Note> Actually, eight zones are mentioned here.
2) In the urban areas managed by district authorities, it shall be divided into 5 zones as
below:
1. City centre zone (has the same meaning with “surrounding area of city centre zone”,
which is mentioned in the urban areas managed by the Central or provincial
authorities);
2. City expansion zone
3. Industrial zone
4. Agricultural zone
5. Natural and forest zone4Article 7: Symbols of land use zones in General city plan:

No. Land use zones
1
City centre zone

Symbol
UA

Color
Red

2

The surrounding area of city centre zone

UB

Pink

3

Suburb zone

UC

Orange4

City expansion zoneUD

Yellow

5

Industrial zone

I

Grey

6

Agricultural zone

NA

Light green

7

Preservation zone

ZPP

Violet8

Nature and forest zoneNE

Dark green

sign

Article 8: Detailed city plan
Detailed city plan:consists of:- a land development program,- basic infrastructure plan and- detailed public utilities plan in the specific area of the urban area,- together with control measure for implementation by alignment with General city plan, andis formulated as:- specific land development program in the urban area,- land re-development program of kum (a high density part of a village),- land development program, or- others.
Detailed urban plan for 5-10 year periods includes:
1) Report which includes at least following contents:- Current physical statuses, economy and society;- Problem analysis and physical good point and weak point diagnosis, economy, society inthe scope of detailed urban plan;- Proposing development model and land use determination, basic infrastructure systemand detailed public facilities;- Explanation of completed sets of development program. It should be able to be used for
implementation.
2) Stipulations of detailed urban plan that must have at least the following contents:- Stipulation on land uses;- Stipulation on road area, drainage and construction line;- Stipulation on architectural characteristic of building;- Stipulation on tree plantation and green area;- Stipulation on additional construction of building, building construction and floor level
above the ground;- Stipulation on land compensation
3) Plan in drawing scale of 1:1 000 – 1: 1 500 that must include following contents:- Location map- Current status map- Land use map

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- Building development plan in land area;- Vacant area and green area development plan
- Road network plan and drainage system including various detail;- Technical infrastructure plan in urban area.
Article 9: Land uses in Detailed city plan
Land uses in Detailed city plan are divided as following:- Residential area;- Governance area;- Commercial and service area;- Land for education;- Land for health service- Land for religion- Land for sport and recreation- Land for industry- Land for warehouse;- Land for agriculture;- Land for forest- Land for historic and cultural preservation;- Grave Land
Section III
City planning for urban area
Article 10: City Planning for urban area Procedure
Conducting General city plan and detailed city plan has the steps as following:1) Defining the scope of city planning;2) Collecting and analyzing technical information on society - economy;3) Drafting the completed sets of plan;
4) Informing the plan to public and sectors concerned for sharing the opinions (at least two
times)
5) Improving plan and parts concerned, according to reasonable real situation;
6) Proposing to administrative authority and monitoring city plan regarding the
responsibility in the concerned levels for consideration and inspection;7) Proposing to the person who has the right to approve city plan in the approval level
concerned;8) Submitting city plan that is approved, after that providing to local governance authority
to take to disseminate and promulgate officially in order to take to implementation
fruitfully.
Article 11: Budget planning organization for city planning
1) Department of Housing and Urban Planning is the organization who plans the budget ineach year for city planning survey depending on central and provincial authority;
2) Provincial Department of Communication Transport Post and Construction is theorganization plan the budget in each year for urban planning survey project depending on
the district authority.
Article 12: Authorities is authorized for city planning survey
Government and private organizations, which are permitted to provide city planning survey,
include as following:- City Planning Institute, Ministry of Communication Transport Post and Construction;- Provincial or capital Department of Communication Transport Post and Construction;

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- Internal and external urban planning survey company permitted to run the activities
following the law of Lao PDR.
Article 13: Urban Area
1) Urban area is a living space of community as follow:
1. Its area is same with the area of:- Vientiane Capital,<Note> Actually, it is supposed that a part of Vientiane Capital is urban area.
- teed-sa-baan kweeng (Municiparity located in a central area of each Province),- teed-sa-baan muang (Municiparity located in a central area of each Province),- socio-economic focus area,- large community area, or- group of developed villages.
2. Population is at least 4,000 people in case of flat field area, and is at least 2,500 people
in case of flat mountain and mountain area;
3. Average density of population is 30 people / ha or more;
4. There is utility and facility system, such as road, electricity, telephone, water supply,
drainage system, water tank (tower tank), market, school, hospital, public garden andothers.
2) Urban area is classified into 3 levels:
1. Urban area authorized by the Central: There will be a specific legal determination.
2. Urban area authorized by a Province: They are teed-sa-baan kweeng except urban
areas and teed-sa-baan kweeng authorized by the Central.
3. Urban area authorized by a District:
They are:- urban areas, which are neither teed-sa-baan kweeng nor Capital District, or- large community area, such as groups of developed villages, socio-economic focus area.
3) Scope of urban area:
The scope, which is determined for city planning and urban development in the present
and future, normally covers the constructed area and unconstructed area. The scope ofeach urban area may different as geography condition and socio-economic of each local
area.

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Article 14: Urban Road System
It’s a main part determined of urban structure, which expresses to the traffic relation systemin such urban area. Urban road system could be separated as its importance like:1) Primary Arterial Road System
It’s an urban road system which consists of high way and main road only, which is a basicpart of General city plan. The general distance between junctions of road is 300 – 400
meters, but in special case could reduce to 250 meters minimum and maximum 1,000
meters. (See picture)2) Arterial Road System
It’s an internal road system in a city of connecting road, distributing road and small path
only, which is a basic part of 1 The general distance between junctions of road is 60
meters. The maximum length of road (with U-turn of vehicle) is 150 meters. (See picture)8Article 15: Urban Facility and Utility System
It’s a construction and technical system which facilitate for urban area (electricity, telecom,
water supply, drainage and others). Such facility and utility is permitted to set a long roadside as follow:
1) Primary arterial road, arterial road and connection road
Facility and utility is permitted to set a long both sides of road, ranking from road surface
edge to middle of road such as: planting area, store room, drainage pipe, water supply pipe,
electrical wire, underground telecom wire by technical systematization for each type should
leave distance at least 0.3 meter and store room should leave distance from road surface
edge at least 0.5 meter. (See picture)92) For distributing road is permitted to separate in to 2 side of road as follow:- 1st side: Drainage pipe, planting area, electrical wire and telecom wire- 2nd side (other side): Drainage pipe, planting area, water supply pipe
- In special case, drainage pipe is permitted to set in center of road
(See picture)3) Laying of main drainage pipe (drainage pipe in to filter place)
Location for laying of such drainage pipe is permitted at the road side under the above
mentioned system
4) Acceptance of underground system or over ground system
According to the technical necessity, technical system in pipe and wire should lay
underground or having underground store room which according to finance capacity andstep by step process.
Article 16: Urban Road
Urban road is all the roads in municipality or urban area, has its role providing of urban
traffic, the system of urban road to make urban area in good systematically, to be basic offacility and utility systemizing in municipality or urban area, generally consists of;1) Boundaries of road area (khob kheet thaan)
2) Road side area (kheet khem thaan)
3) Traffic surface area (kheet naa thaan cho-la-chong)4) Median island (don kaan) (some case)←

Boundaries of road area→

< Road side area > < Traffic surface > < Median island > < Traffic surface > < Road side area >1) Boundaries of road area
It is the preservation area for construction and road extension. In such conserved area,
technical systems, such as electricity, water supply, drainage channel, telecom, decorating,advertising and others, can be installed and laid.
The width of boundaries of road area = width of two road side areas+ the width of traffic surface+ the width of median island.

10Width of boundaries of road area for each type of road is as follow:
Type of road
The width of boundaries of road areas (m)Belong to the Central Belong to Province Belong to District
Primary arterial road
≥ 40, 40
≥ 33, 40
≥ 26, 40
Arterial road
≥ 30
≥ 23
≥ 13, 50
Connection road
≥ 20
≥ 11
≥ 11
Distributing road
≥ 10
≥ 10
≥ 9, 50- In case of the city located in the limited area for city expansion, the width of road areafor each type of road including to systemize the road system should be suitable to thedevelopment situation of such city, and such determination must be agreed by urban
planning division under unity agree of concern authority.

2) Road side area (kheet khem thaan)
Road side area is the area can be used for:- the construction of pedestrian way (thaan nyang), bicycle way and green area, such as
grass, flower or tree planting,- installation or laying of electricity system, water supply, drainage, waste collection,
telecommunication, advertising sign, decorating and building, place using for traffic like:place waiting for bus.
Width of pedestrian way of road side area for each type of road is as follow:
Type of road
Number of traffic lane (m) Minimum width of pedestrian way(m)Primary arterial road ≥ 4≥ 4,00Arterial road≥2
≥ 3,00Connection road≥2
≥ 2,00Distributing road2
≥ 1,503) Traffic surface area (kheet naa thaan cho-la-chong)It is an area between two road edges (khob thaan). This area is normally used for vehicle
traffic directly. Such area may consist of one or more traffic lane, which depends on thedetermination as number of traffic vehicle.
Width of traffic lane (son-thaan cho-la chong) for each type of urban road is as follow:
Type of road
The width of traffic lane
As requirement (m) Minimum (m)Primary arterial road 3,85
3,50
Arterial road
3,75
3,50
Connection road
3,50
3,25
Distributing road
3,50
3,25

4) Median island
It’s a part of road and located in the center of traffic surface. In generally, median island isnecessary to have when the road has more than 4 traffic lanes because of the median island
has its role for safety strengthening for traffic such as: avoiding of accident (vehicle in front
crashing), decrease vehicle light from opposite direction, help people safety for crossing theroad; moreover; median island can be green area or setting the facility-utility system forcity such as: Electricity, water supply, drainage, telecommunication. Normally, medianisland wide 2 meters up. In necessary case is permitted having 1 meter wide.

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Article 17: Type of Urban Road
Urban road could be separated in to 5 types as using like:1) Primary Arterial Road
1. Primary arterial road of urban area belong to center
It’s the main road of all urban traffic system, because primary arterial road has duty
bring in of outside traffic to the city or bring out of city inside traffic to outside, right ofway of primary arterial road at least 40,40 meters. (See picture)

2. Primary arterial road of city belong to province and capital city
It’s the main road of all urban traffic system, because primary arterial road has duty
bring in of outside traffic to the city or bring out of city inside traffic to outside, roadarea of primary arterial road at least 33,40 meters. (See picture)

3. Urban primary arterial road belong to district
It’s the main road of all urban traffic system, because primary arterial road has duty
bring in of outside traffic to the urban area or bring out of urban area inside traffic to
outside, road area of urban primary arterial road at least 26,40 meters. (See picture)³4m

3.85m 3.85m

3m

3.85m 3.85m³ 26. 40 m

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³4m

2) Arterial road
1. Urban arterial road belong to center
The road has its role to connect the traffic from primary arterial road to the other areasof city like: residential area, commercial area in the city center, industrial area; it’s theroad that connects between primary arterial road to connecting road. Arterial road hasroad area at least 30 meters. (See picture)

2. Urban arterial road belong to province and capital city
The road has its role to connect the traffic from primary arterial road to the other areasof city like: residential area, commercial area in the city center, industrial area; it’s theroad that connects between primary arterial road to connection road. Arterial road hasroad area at least 23 meters. (See picture)

³ 3m

3.75m

3.25m

2m

3.75m

3.75m

³ 3m

³ 23m

3. Urban arterial road belong to district
The road has its role to connect the traffic from primary arterial road to the otherareas of urban area like: residential area, commercial area in the city center, industrialarea; it’s the road that connects between primary arterial road to connecting road.
Arterial road has right of way of at least 13,5 meters. (See picture)

³ 3m

3.75m

3.75m

³ 13.5 m

13³ 3m

3) Connecting road
1. Urban connecting road that belong to center
The road that distributes the traffic from arterial road in to urban area or place, it’s theroad that connect between arterial road and distributing road. Connecting road hasroad area at least 20 meters. (See picture)

2. Urban connecting road that belong to province and capital city
The road that distributes the traffic from arterial road in to urban area or places, it’s
the road that connects between arterial roads to distributing road. Connecting road hasroad area at least 11 meters. (See picture)

³2m

3.50m

3.50m

³2m

³ 11 m

3. Urban connecting road that belong to district
The road that distributes the traffic from arterial road in to urban area or places, it’s
the road that connects between arterial roads to distributing road. Connecting road hasroad area at least 11 meters. (See picture)

³ 2 m

3.50m

3.50m

³ 11 m14³ 2 m

4) Distributing road
1. Urban distributing road that belong to center
It’s the road in section of town or village directly, has the role to connect between land,building and places to connection road. Distributing road has road area at least 10
meters. (See picture)³ 1.5m

3.50m

3.50m

³ 1.5m³ 10m

2. Urban distributing road that belong to province and capital city
It’s the road in section of town or village directly, has the role to connect between land,building and places to connection road. Distributing road has road area atleast 10 meters. (See picture)³ 1.5m3.5m

3.5m³ 1.5m³ 10m

3. Urban distributing road that belong to district
It’s the road in section of town or village directly, has the role to connect between land,building and places to connecting road. Distributing road has road area at least 9,50
meters. (See picture)³ 1.5m

3.25m

3.25m

³ 9.50m

15³ 1.5m5) Common path
Common path in the section of town that belong to center, province, capital city, special
zone and district; mostly is private property or constructed by some group of people.
Generally, common path has right of way at least 4 meters, total length should not morethan 50 meters, if the length more than 50 meters, road area must be at least 6 metersand must have u-turn for vehicle also. (See picture)

Article 18: Curve Radiate of Urban Road Intersection
It’s an urban junction or intersection for each type of road and small path which must do thetraffic surface before intersection point in to curve and each junction should have information
sign and without any eye block material at sight distance for vehicle turning.

Curve radiate (R) as follow:
Primary
arterialroad (L=R)
Primary arterial road 9 m
Arterial road
6m
Connection road
4m
Distributing road
3m
Small path2m

Arterialroad (L=R)

Connection
road (L=R)

Distributing
road (L=R)

Small path
(L=R)

6m
6m
4m
3m
2m

4m
4m
4m
3m
2m

3m
3m
3m
3m
2m

2m
2m
2m
2m
2m

In case there is a road in – out from house near the road, should leave the distance frommeeting point, curve line at least 6 meters

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Determination of Land usage in Master Plan
Article 19: Land usage in the center of urban area
1) General
For the urban area belongs to center and those of province. Centre of urban area is the land
to be used as the center of commercial, economic, administrative, (and) cultural and touring
activities. Whereas an urban area belongs to district, land usage of central district area
must follow article 18 of the law on urban planning.
2) The land is mainly permitted to use for:- Office building, administration and government place- Market, shop
- Restaurant, drinking shop, hotel and entertainment place- Living building- Building for religion, culture – social, education, public health, sport and relax.
- Public parking place and building or parking field.
<Study> Possible usage of buildings responding to the Land Use Zones
3) In special case the land is permitted to use for:- Gas station- Warehouse4) Access road (Entrance- exit Road)- Construction land must connect directly to public road
- In case the land is not connect directly to public road, it must has small path to connect
the land to public road, standard of small path must follow to standard of small path as
stipulated in article 17, section 5 of this Ministerial order and consistent with article 49 of
the property law.
5) Technical Infrastructure Net- Construction land must be able to connect directly to the technical infrastructure net ofthe city.
- In case of such technical infrastructure net connection will pass the other property isunder ground, over ground or over air must be agreed by property owner in letter andcompliance with article 49 and 50 of the property law.
6) Characteristic and size of land
- For the urban area belong to the Center: Land which enable to construct the row houseshould have the width at least 4 meters and total area of land at least 70 m2.
- For urban area belong to province: Land which able to construct the row house shouldhave the width at least 4 meters and total area of at least 80 m2.
- For urban area belong to district: Land which able to construct the row house should havethe width at least 4 meters and total area of at least 90 m2.
7) The distance between building and boundary of road area (khob kheet thaan)- Building must constructed as determined construction line
- In case of the construction line is not determined, the building should constructed outsideof boundary of road area (khob kheet thaan) with distance depending on the type of roadas bellow:
Type of road
Minimum distancePrimary arterial road
6m
Arterial road
5m
Connection road
4m
Distributing road3m
Common path2m
- At the edge of crossroad or forked road, buildings or structures must have angle like curve
angle of road so that they do not obstacle the sight of road.
8) The distance of building from land border17

- The building constructed must not more than 50 meters high (The building’s length shallnot exceed 50 meters) and the distance from building to each side of land border at least =½ of building height, but not less than 2 meters. In case of the building located directly
connect to public road the front side distance must follow to section 7.
- Can construct new building connectedly to existing building, if the side of existingbuilding have no window or air fan hole and after connected construction the total lengthof building shall not more than 50 meters
9) Construct many buildings in a land
- Buildings in a land should leave the distance between each building at least the equal
height of the highest building, but not less than 4 meters.
10) Land Use Ratio (E) Building Coverage Ratio- For urban area belongs to center is 75 % maximum- For urban area belongs to province is 70 % maximum- For urban area belongs to district is 60 % maximum11)Height of building (H)- For urban area belongs to center is 26 meters maximum- For urban area belongs to province is 23 meters maximum- For urban area belongs to district is 18 meters maximum12)Land use coefficient (COS) Floor Area Ratio- For urban area belongs to center is 2,5 maximum- For urban area belongs to province is 2,0 maximum- For urban area belongs to district is 1,8 maximum13) Shape- New building to be constructed must have national characteristic, consistency with local
culture and advance style.
- The new construction in the area of constructed building must consistent with existing
environment.
14) Fence or wall
- The height of front side of wall or fence must not more than 3 meters with comparison to
the land surface level.
- Wall or fence which connect to public road should enable to see through and can see insideof land area easily.
- In practice, whether build or place should or shouldn’t have fence or wall is depend on
urban planning of each district.
15) Vehicle parking place
Vehicle parking place should located outside of road area and constructor has right of usage,
for each type of building shall have number of parking space as defining below:-Apartment: 1 parking place per 2 families- Hotel: 1 parking place per 3 rooms- School, office, bank: 1 parking place per 20 m2 of using area
- Restaurant, Entertainment place: 1 parking place per 4 m2 of using area
- Market, shop: 1 parking place per 10 m2 of using place
Article 20: Land use in surrounding area of city
1) General
Using the land for living, commerce and service2) The land is basically permitted to use for:- Residential building- Building, place for administration and government- Building for service activity within village such as: retail shop, small drinking shop,
handicraft, repair service that’s not disturb, no pollution for community or environment- Building, place for religion, culture – social, education, public health, sport and relax.
3) In special case the land is permitted to use for:18

- Hotel- Gas station- Warehouse- 3rd type industry factory4) Entrance - Exit road
- Construction land must connect directly to public road
- In case the land is not connect directly to public road, it must has small path to connect
the land to public road, standard of small path must follow to standard of small path as
stipulated in article 17, section 5 of this ministerial order and compliance with article 49of the property law.
5) Technical Infrastructure Net- Construction land must be able to connect directly to the technical infrastructure net ofthe city.
- In case of such technical infrastructure net connection pass through other property in any
form such as underground, on the ground or air, it must be agreed by property owner inletter and compliance with article 49 and 50 of the property law.
6) Characteristic and size of land
- For the urban area belongs to center: Land which enable to construct should have thewidth at least 4 meters and total area of land at least 90 m2.
- For urban area belongs to province: Land which able to construct should have the width atleast 4 meters and total area of at least 100 m2.
- For urban area belongs to district: Land which able to construct should have the width atleast 4 meters and total area of at least 100 m2.
7) The distance between building and road area
- Building must constructed as construction line determined- In case of the construction line is not determined, the building should constructed outsideof road area with distance as each type of road as below:
Type of road
Minimum distancePrimary arterial road
6m
Arterial road
5m
Connecting road
4m
Distributing road3m
Common path2m
- Angle of crossroad, forked road, building or construction building must be set out side ofroad sight area, such sight area must have angle 135 with the length at least 4 meters or
make angle like angle of road.
8) The distance of building location from land border- The building constructed must not more than 50 meters high and the distance frombuilding to each side of land border at least = ½ of building highness, but not less than 2
meters. In case of the building located connectedly to public road the front side distancemust follow to section 7.
- Can construct new building connectedly to existing building, if the side of existingbuilding have no window or air fan hole and after connected construction the total lengthof building not more than 50 meters
9) Construct many buildings in a land
- Buildings in a land should leave the distance between each building at least equal thehighness of highest building, but not less than 4 meters.
10)Land Use ratio (E)- For urban area belong to center is 60 % maximum- For urban area belong to province is 50 % maximum- For urban area belong to district is 40 % maximum11)Highness of building (H)- For urban area belong to center is 20 meters maximum
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- For urban area belong to province is 15 meters maximum- For urban area belong to district is 12 meters maximum12)Land use coefficient (COS)- For urban area belong to center is 1,5 maximum- For urban area belong to province is 1,2 maximum- For urban area belong to district is 1,0 maximum13) Shape- New building to be constructed must have national characteristic, compliance with local
culture and advance style.
- The new construction in the area of constructed building must consistent with existing
environment.
14) Fence or wall
- The highness of front side of wall or fence must not more than 3 meters with comparison
to the land surface level- Wall or fence which connect to public road should enable to see through and can see insideof land area easily- In practice, whether build or place should or shouldn’t have fence or wall is depend on city
planning of each district
15)Vehicle parking place
Vehicle parking place should located outside of road area and constructor has right of usage,
each type of building shall have parking space as defining below:- Apartment: 1 parking place per 2 families- Hotel: 1 parking place per 3 rooms- School, office, bank: 1 parking place per 20 m2 of using area
- Restaurant, Entertainment place: 1 parking place per 4 m2 of using area
- Market, shop: 1 parking place per 10 m2 of using place
Article 21: Land use in Suburban Area
1) General
Using the land mostly for living
2) The land is basically permitted to use for:- Residential building- Building, place for administration and government- Building for service activity within village such as: retail shop, small drinking shop,
handicraft, repair service that’s not disturb, no pollution for community or environment- Building, place for religion, culture – social, education, public health, sport and relax.
3) In special case the land is permitted to use for:- Building, place for administration and government- Hotel- Gas station- Warehouse- 2nd and 3rd type of industrial factory- Garden
4) Entrance - Exit road
- Construction land must connect directly to public road
- In case the land is not connect directly to public road, it must has small path to connect
the land to public road, standard of small path must follow to standard of small path as
stipulated in article 17, section 5 of this decision and compliance with article 49 of theproperty law.
5) Technical Infrastructure Net- Construction land must be able to connect directly to the technical infrastructure net ofthe city.
- In case of such technical infrastructure net connection pass through the other property in20any form such as underground, on the ground or air, it must be agreed by property ownerin letter and compliance with article 49 and 50 of the property law.
6) Characteristic and size of land
- For the urban area belong to centre: Land which enable to construct should have thewidth at least 4 meters and total area of land at least 100 m2.
- For the urban area belong to province: Land which able to construct should have thewidth at least 4 meters and total area of at least 120 m2.
- For the urban area belong to district: Land which able to construct should have the width
at least 4 meters and total area of at least 120 m2.
7) The distance between building and road area
- Building must constructed as construction line determined- In case of the construction line is not determined, the building should constructed outsideof road area with distance as each type of road as below:
Type of road
Minimum distancePrimary arterial road
6m
Arterial road
5m
Connecting road
4m
Distributing road3m
Common path2m
- Angle of crossroad, forked road, building or construction building must be set out side ofroad sight area, such sight area must have angle 135 with the length at least 4 meters or
make angle like angle of road.
8) The distance of building location from land border- The building constructed must not more than 50 meters high and the distance frombuilding to each side of land border at least = ½ of building highness, but not less than 2
meters. In case of the building located directly connect to public road the front side
distance must follow to section 7.
- Can construct new building connectedly to existing building, if the side of existingbuilding have no window or air fan hole and after connected construction the total lengthof building shall not be more than 50 meters
9) Construct many buildings in a land
- Buildings in a land should leave the distance between each building at least equal thehighness of highest building, but not less than 4 meters.
10)Land use ratio (E)- For urban area belong to center is 50 % maximum- For urban area belong to province is 40 % maximum- For urban area belong to district is 30 % maximum11)Highness of building (H)- For urban area belong to center is 15 meters maximum- For urban area belong to province is 12 meters maximum- For urban area belong to district is 9 meters maxim
12)Land use coefficient (COS)- For urban area belong to center is 1,2 maximum- For urban area belong to province is 1,0 maximum- For urban area belong to district is 0,8 maximum13) Shape- New building to be constructed must have national characteristic, compliance with local
culture and advance style.
- The new construction in the area of constructed building must consistent with existing
environment.
14) Fence or wall
- The highness of front side of wall or fence must not more than 3 meters with comparison
to the land surface level21

- Wall or fence which connect to public road should enable to see through and can see insideof land area easily- In practice, which build or place should or shouldn’t have fence or wall is depend on urban
planning of each district
15) Vehicle parking place
Vehicle parking place should located outside of road area and constructor has right of usage,
number of parking place should have at least as bellow:-Apartment: 1 parking place per 2 families- Hotel: 1 parking place per 3 rooms- School, office, bank: 1 parking place per 20 m2 of using area
- Restaurant, Entertainment place: 1 parking place per 4 m2 of using area
- Market, shop: 1 parking place per 10 m2 of using place
Article 22: Using benefit of land in urban expansion area
1) GeneralIt’s an accepted area for urban expansion in the future, which enables to use the land forliving, commerce and service2) Basic permission of land using for:- Living building- Building for service activity within village such as: distributing shop, small drinking shop,
handicraft, repair service that’s not disturb, no pollution for community or environment- Building, place for region, culture-social, education, public health, sport and relax3) In special case, the land can permit to use for:- Building, place for administration and government- Hotel- Gas station- Warehouse- Factories- Garden
4) Entrance - Exit road
- Construction land must connect directly to public road
- In case the land is not connect directly to public road, it must has small path to connect
the land to public road, standard of small path must follow to standard of small path as
stipulated in article 17, section 5 of this decision and compliance with article 49 of theproperty law.
5) Technical Infrastructure Net- Construction land must be able to connect directly to the technical infrastructure net ofthe city.
- In case of such technical infrastructure net connection will pass the other property isunder ground, over ground or over air must be agreed by property owner in letter andcompliance with article 49 and 50 of the property law.
6) Characteristic and size of land
- For the urban area belong to centre: Land which enable to construct should have thewidth at least 4 meters and total area of land at least 120 m2.
- For the urban area belong to province: Land which able to construct should have thewidth at least 4 meters and total area of at least 150 m2.
- For the urban belong to district: Land which able to construct should have the width atleast 4 meters and total area of at least 150 m2.

227) The distance between building and right of way- Building must constructed as construction line determined- In case of the construction line is not determined, the building should constructed outsideof road area with distance as each type of road as below:
Type of road
Minimum distancePrimary arterial road
6m
Arterial road
5m
Connection road
4m
Distributing road3m
Common path2m
- Angle of crossroad, forked road, building or construction building must be set out side ofroad sight area, such sight area must have angle 135 with the length at least 4 meters or
make angle like angle of road.
8) The distance of building location from land border- The building constructed must not more than 50 meters high and the distance frombuilding to each side of land border at least = ½ of building highness, but not less than 2
meters. In case of the building located directly connect to public road the front side
distance must follow to section 7.
- Can construct new building connect to existing building, if the side of existing building
have no window or air fan hole and after connected construction the total length ofbuilding not more than 50 meters
9) Construct many buildings in a land
- Buildings in a land should leave the distance between each building at least equal thehighness of highest building, but not less than 4 meters.
10)Land use Ratio (E)- For urban area belong to center is 50 % maximum- For urban area belong to province is 40 % maximum- For urban area belong to district is 30 % maximum11)Highness of building (H)- For urban area belong to center is 23 meters maximum- For urban area belong to province is 18 meters maximum- For urban area belong to district is 15 meters maximum12)Land use coefficient(COS)- For urban area belong to center is 1,0 maximum- For urban area belong to province is 0,8 maximum- For urban area belong to district is 0,6 maximum13) Shape- New building will be constructed must be nationalism, compliance with local culture andadvance style.
- The new construction in the area of constructed building must combine with existing
environment.
14) Fence or wall
- The highness of front side of wall or fence must not more than 3 meters with comparison
to the land surface level- Wall or fence which connect to public road should enable to see through and can see insideof land area easily- In actual activity, which build or place should or shouldn’t have fence or wall is depend on
urban planning of each district
15)Vehicle parking place
Vehicle parking place should located outside of road area and constructor has right of usage,
number of parking place should have at least as bellow:- Apartment: 1 parking place per 2 families- Hotel: 1 parking place per 3 rooms23

- School, office, bank: 1 parking place per 20 m2 of using area
- Restaurant, Entertainment place: 1 parking place per 4 m2 of using area
- Market, shop: 1 parking place per 10 m2 of using place
Article 23: Determination of Land use in Industrial Zone
1) General
The area using the land for industry, all kind of warehouse2) Basically this area is permitted to use for:- Warehouse- All type of industry (Factory) that was not permitted in another areas
3) In special case the land is enable to permit using for:- Living place or building for staff or business owner- Gas station
4) Entrance – Exit Road
- Construction land must be connected directly to public road5) Technical Infrastructure Net- Construction land must be able to connect directly to the technical infrastructure net ofthe city
6) Characteristic and size of land
- For 1st type factory, warehouse or big warehouse of goods, the land can construct musthas at least 20 meters width and 1,000 m2 of area
- For 2nd type factory, warehouse or medium warehouse of goods, the land can construct
must has at least 15 meters width and 500 m2 of area
- For3rd type factory, warehouse or small warehouse of goods, the land can construct musthas at least 8 meters width and 200 m2 of area
7) The distance between building and road area
- Building must constructed as construction line determined- In case of the construction line is not determined, building should located outside of roadarea and follow to section 8
8) The distance of building location from land border:- For1st type factory, warehouse or big warehouse of goods, the building must located far
from all sides of land border at least 10 m.
- For 2nd type factory, warehouse or medium warehouse of goods, the building must located
far from all sides of land border at least 6 m.
- For 3rd type factory, warehouse or small warehouse of goods, the building must located far
from all sides of land border at least 4 m.
9) Construction many buildings in a land.
Two buildings in a land should far from each other at least equal to the highness of higher
building, but not less than 6 m.
10) Land use ratio (E)- For urban area belong to center is 70 % maximum- For urban area belong to province is 60 % maximum- For urban area belong to district is 50 % maximum11)Highness of building (H)- For urban area belong to center is 15 meters maximum- For urban area belong to province is 12 meters maximum- For urban area belong to district is 9 meters maximum12)Land use coefficient (COS)- For urban area belong to center is 2,0 maximum- For urban area belong to province is 1,8 maximum- For urban area belong to district is 1,5 maximum13)Vehicle parking place
Vehicle parking place must located outside of road area and constructor has right of using24

- One parking place per 25 meters of using area
Article 24: Determination of Land using in Agriculture Area
1) General
The area that using the land for agriculture planting and animal breeding
2) In special case this is enable to permit for:- Building related to agriculture production and animal breeding directly- Building, place for religion, socio-agriculture, sport and relax
Article 25: Determination of Land use in forest area, stream, lake, and river.
1) General
The area that use for preservation-improvement of forest, natural water resource,
drainage system, water lake and natural environment2) In special case the land is enable to permit using for:- Construct the building related to the conservation, forest management or environment
protection- Building, place for relaxation and natural tourism
Article 26: Determination of Land use in historic and cultural conservation area
1) General
The area that use for ancient, historic place conservation and valued inheritance culture
conservation, maintenance in condition as before
2) In special case, the land is permitted to use for:
Permit to use for another purpose, but under the condition of maintain existing condition
Article 27: Determination on land usage in suburban area of existing town, social economic
development area, new central economic area in countrywide.
Highness of building and total value of the land usage may changed as suitability on economic,
finance according to the study of engineer division, then submit to MPWT to consider andaccept in accordance to the national social-economic development plan

General Land Use
Evaluate rate of total Highness of highest Total land usage
land usage (E)building (H)(COS)
City belong toCity belong toCity belong toLand usage

Centercentre city area
Surrounding city area
Suburban area
City expansion area
Conservation area
Special economic area
New central economic
area

Province

DistrictCenter

Province

DistrictCenter

Province

District

75% 70%60%
26 m 23 m
18 m 2,5
2,0
1,8
60% 50%20 m 15 m
1,5
1,2
50% 40%15 m 12 m
1,0
0,8
70% 60%50%
23 m 18 m
15 m 2,0
1,8
1,5
Follow to the specific conservation rule
Changing as suitability and submit for acceptance from MPW

Section VI
Urban Planning Inspection and Management Authority
Article 28: Urban planning inspection and management authority
Urban planning inspection and management authority consists of:1) Central level: Housing and urban planning department, MPWT
2) Provincial level: DPWT of province and capital253) District level: PWT office of district and municipality
Article 29: Right and duty of housing and urban planning department, MPWT
Department of housing and urban planning has basic right and duty on management andinspection of urban planning for district as follow:
1) Draft the decision, notice, decree, regulation, technical specification, principle andmethodology on implementation of urban planning and submit, propose to the minister forconsideration and sign for unity using in countrywide2) Disseminate, stimulate and make people and authorities to understand and alert on
implementation as decision and declarations
3) Long term and medium term planning , coordinate with DPWT of province and capital forannual budget planning for urban planning that belong to center and province4) Act as secretariat of MPWT in:- Strategy planning, create an urban planning for national level, regional level, provincial
level and research urban planning and make the regulation for city, which belong tocenter and submit to government for consideration and adoption- Consideration and adoption of urban planning that belong to provincial and capital- Monitor, inspect of implementation on urban planning such as: Inspection on land usageof urban planning, building and construction compliance with the urban planning
regulation, aiming to ensure of peace, safety, neatness, convenience, clean, sanitation
and beautiful of the city
- To implement other right and duty as assignment of minister of MPWT.
Article 30: Right and duty of DPWT of province and capital
DPWT of province and capital has basic right and duty on management and inspection ofurban planning as below:
1) Disseminate, stimulate and make people and authority to understand, alert on
implementation as decision and declarations
2) Long-medium term planning and coordinate with PWT office of district and municipality,
annual budget planning for urban planning which belong to district3) Research urban planning that belong to province for submit, propose to provincial
governor and capital governor for consideration and agreement prior to submit to MPWT
for consider and adopt
4) Research, give technical comment for provincial governor and capital governor to consider,
accept on detail urban planning of city and municipality that belong to district5) Monitor, assess, summarize and report to the decision of housing and urban planning on
implementation of planning work and urban planning management with in its province
frequently and every year6) Carry out of the land use regulation for the city that’s no urban planning, coordinate withland division and local authority
7) Carry out of right and duty as assignment of housing and urban planning division, MPWT
Article 31: Right and duty of PWT office and municipality
PWT office and municipality has basic right and duty on management and inspection of urban
planning as follow:
1) Pay attention on implementation and spreading of decision and declarations of theminister on regulation, rule, principle, methodology for urban planning and municipality in
its responsible district
2) Propose to DPWT of province and capital for annual budget planning, to establish detailurban planning and municipality belong to its district3) Research, establish urban planning that belong to district and municipality, focus area onsocio-economic, development village group that belong to district administration authority
and municipality to consider and agree prior to propose to provincial administration and26

capital for consideration and acceptance4) Act as secretariat of provincial governor and capital governor on:- Implementation planning, manage and inspect of urban development work andmunicipality- Establish, improve, (and) maintain infrastructures, urban service and municipality- Manage and control the implementation of construction work
- Provide data and requirement technical document about urban planning- Create revenue in to construction work and urban planning development
5) Monitor, inspect, assess, summarize and report to DPWT of province, capital on
implementation of planning work and mange urban planning within its district frequently
and every year6) Coordinate with village authority, assembly, mass organizations to request for cooperate
and facilitate in planning and implementation of urban planning, cleaning work, neatness
through out of the construction management work in its village area
7) To carry out of other duties as assignment of DPWT of province and capital
Section VII
Final Provision
Article 32: Implementation- Department of housing and urban planning, DPWT of province and capital, PWT office ofdistrict and municipality has duty to implement as this decision strictly.
- To assign department of housing and urban planning to issue an additional advice
declaration on detail urban planning of city to concretize of the implementation successfully.
Article 33: Effective
This decision is effected after signature and replaced the decision of minister of MPWT
concerning to the general regulation on urban planning No. 209/PWT, dated 05 Feb. 1996

Minister27