LAND USE PLANNING
Land Use Planning
Refers to a document embodying a set of policies
accompanied by maps and similar illustrations , which
represent the community desired pattern of population
distribution and a proposal for the future allocation of land to
the various land-using activities.
Refers to the rational and judicious approach of
allocating available land resources to different land using
activities and for different functions consistent with the
overall development vision/goal of a particular city.
Land Use
Refers to the manner of utilization of land, including
its allocation, development and management.
RA 7160 Local Government Code of the Philippines-This Code establishes the system
and defines powers of provincial, city, municipal and barangay governments in
the Philippines.
This code mandates LGUs to prepare Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP)
Section 20
c. The local government units shall, in conformity with existing laws, continue to prepare their respective
comprehensive land use plans enacted through zoning ordinances which shall be the primary and dominant bases for
the future use of land resources: Provided, That the requirements for food production, human settlements, and
industrial expansion shall be taken into consideration in the preparation of such plans.
OBJECTIVES
• To promote efficient utilization, acquisition and disposition of land
ensure the highest and best use of land
• To direct, harmonize and influence discussions and activities of the private
and public sectors relative to the use and management of lands
• To reconcile land use conflicts and proposals
between and among individuals, private and government entities
relative to the present and future need for the land
• To promote desirable patterns of land uses to prevent wasteful
development and minimize the cost of public infrastructure and utilities
and other social services
• To preserve areas of ecological, aesthetic, historical and cultural
significance
Classifications of Urban Land Use
A. Residential yellow
B. Commercial red
C. Institutional blue
D. Industrial violet
E. Transportation
F. Open spaces/greens green
G. Utilities
H. Infrastructure grey
R1 zone-Low density residential- one single detached house on one lot
R2 zone-Medium density residential- duplexes, apartments, low-rise
residential
R3- high density residential- high rise apartments, condominium
Commercial Zones depends on goods and services
offered and area of influence served
C1- community wide commercial activities
C2- city wide influence
C3- city/regional influence
C. INSTITUTIONAL
• Land that covers the major public and semipublic uses like educational, cultural,
religious, health, protective and government services.
• It is occupied by schools, hospitals, government offices, and places of
worship.
D. INDUSTRIAL
Land that is used for industry businesses; Factories, warehouses, power plants, or
places of resource extraction (like mines).
• It includes manufacturing, refining, fabricating, assembly, storage, parking
and other incidental uses including food processing, cottage industry,
sawmills, rice mills, steel mills, chemical processing
I1 non-hazardous, non-pollutive
I2 non-hazardous, pollutive and vice versa
I3 highly pollutive, highly hazardous
E. TRANSPORTATION
• Land that is used for moving people and goods from
one place to another.
• Includes: sidewalks, roads, highways, subways, streetcars, railroad tracks, freight
yards, airports, marinas and any other land that is used for transportation.
F. OPEN SPACE
• Land that is now vacant, or left in a natural state (like a woodlot), or land that is for
recreational use (parks, playgrounds, community centers)
• Parks/Playgrounds and other Recreational Areas the space requirement may be
computed with the use of space standards based on population or area of the
municipality or city
• so called “non-functional open spaces” and includes lands reserved for greenbelts and buffer
zones; and other vacant lands reserved for specific or functional purposes.
G. UTILITIES AND FACILITIES
• Utilities like clean water distribution and wastewater collection
• Solid waste management
• Communications utilities
Land Classification
• involves the assessment of unclassified lands under the public domain which include surveying,
classifying, studying and mapping areas into agricultural, forest or timber, mineral and national parks;
- National government/DENR; congress delineates
limits of forestlands and national parks.
Land Reclassification is the
• subsequent classification, allocation and disposition of lands of the public domain, classified
as alienable and disposable into specific uses;
– National Government/DENR in coordination with
LGUs.
Land Sub-classification is the act of determining and
assigning the uses of classified public lands;
– National government/DENR
Zoning is the legislative act of delineating areas or districts
within the territorial jurisdictions of cities and municipalities that
may be put to specific uses and their regulation, subject to
the limitations imposed by law or competent authority;
Land Use Conversion is the act of putting a piece or parcel of land into a
type of use other than that for which it is currently being utilized
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE PROVISIONS
SECTION 20. Reclassification of Lands.
(a) A city or municipality may, through an ordinance passed by the Sanggunian after conducting public hearings for the purpose,
authorize the reclassification of agricultural lands and provide for the manner of their utilization or disposition in the following
cases: (1) when the land ceases to be economically feasible and sound for agricultural purposes as determined by the
Department of Agriculture or (2) where the land shall have substantially greater economic value for residential, commercial, or
industrial purposes, as determined by the Sanggunian concerned: Provided, That such reclassification shall be limited to the
following percentage of the total agricultural land area at the time of the passage of the ordinance:
(1) For highly urbanized and independent component cities, fifteen percent (15%);
(2) For component cities and first to third class municipalities, ten percent (10%); and
(3) For fourth to sixth class municipalities, five percent(5%): Provided, further, That agricultural lands distributed to
agrarian reform beneficiaries pursuant to Republic Act Numbered Sixty-six hundred fifty-seven (R.A. No. 6657), otherwise
known as "The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law", shall not be affected by the said reclassification and the conversion
of such lands into other purposes shall be governed by Section 65 of said Act.
(b) The President may, when public interest so requires and upon recommendation of the National Economic and Development
Authority, authorize a city or municipality to reclassify lands in excess of the limits set in the next preceding paragraph.
(c) The local government units shall, in conformity with existing laws, continue to prepare their respective comprehensive land
use plans enacted through zoning ordinances which shall be the primary and dominant bases for the future use of land
resources: Provided, That the requirements for food production, human settlements, and industrial expansion shall be taken
into consideration in the preparation of such plans.
How many years should a Comprehensive Land Use Plan in
the Philippines cover? At present, the typical CLUP in the
Philippines covers 8 to 10 years. Serote (2004) recommends
a 30-year planning period with revisions every six years.Feb
23, 2023
