Public land rezoning requires Parliamentary approval — LoGSAPP
Undermine planning It explained that although district spatial planning committees might consider applications for changes in land use generally, Section 93(4) of Act 925 expressly required parliamentary approval where the application concerned the rezoning or change of use of a public space.
The Local Government Service Association of Physical Planners (LoGSAPP) says the continued conversion of parks, wetlands, school lands, road reservations and other public spaces into private developments is undermining orderly spatial planning, environmental sustainability and public confidence in Ghana's planning system.
It said Parliament alone had the authority to approve the rezoning of public spaces under the Land Use and Spatial Planning Act, 2016 (Act 925).
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