El presente Decreto aprueba normativa sobre Macroproyectos de Interés Social Nacional, que son el conjunto de decisiones administrativas y de actuaciones urbanísticas, definidas de común acuerdo entre el Gobierno Nacional y las administraciones municipales y distritales en el ámbito de sus respectivas competencias, para la ejecución de operaciones urbanas integrales de impacto municipal, metropolitano o regional que garanticen la habilitación de suelo para la construcción de vivienda y otros usos asociados a la vivienda y la correspondiente infraestructura de soporte para el sistema vial, t

News, views and experiences on securing rights to rangelands from East Africa and beyond.

The Order applies to rural development. The "Common Schedule" is a form used to apply for certain types of agriculture to be carried out in specific land areas. These applications are submitted to the Danish AgriFish Agency in order to obtain partial or full subsidy for these farming activities. The Danish AgriFish Agency shall ensure that registration of these applications are done electronically. There may only be submitted one application for each farm. Areas in which a farmer has given grazing rights to others, shall be included in the farmers’ application.

This Order amends, in relation to England only, the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 in Part 3 of Schedule 2. Part 3 sets out permitted development rights in relation to certain changes of use, the effect of which is that those changes of use are granted planning permission without the need for a planning application.

Amends: Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order (S.I. 418 of 1995). (1995-02-22)

These Regulations, which apply to Great Britain, make provision relating to the requirement to disclose information about a green deal plan where a green deal property is being sold or let out. Section 12(2) of the Energy Act 2011 requires a seller, prospective landlord or licensor to disclose information about a green deal plan by providing the document produced or updated under section 8(4) to a prospective buyer, tenant or licensee of a green deal property at a specified time.

Implements: Energy Act 2011 (2011 Cap. 16). (2011-08-11)

The purpose of this Regulation is to clarify the national land policy in the 100-meter coastal belt. The aim is to safeguard public interests and prevent unfortunate construction along lakes, in accordance to the Planning and Building Act. The Regulation ensures that a stronger geographic differentiation is suggested for the key areas where pressure on land is high.

This Order amends the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 in respect of Wales in Schedule 2 by adding Part 40 which confers permitted development rights for the installation of specified types of renewable energy generation equipment.

Amends: Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order (S.I. 418 of 1995). (1995-02-22)

This Order makes transitional, transitory and savings provision in relation with the coming into force of selected provisions of the Localism Act 2011, brought into force by this Order. The provisions concern, among other things, (the London Environment Strategy.

Implements: Localism Act 2011 (2011 Cap. 20). (2011-11-15)

These Regulations carry into effect in Ireland Directive 2001/81/EC by specifying national emission ceilings for sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds and ammonia to be achieved by 2010. The Regulations provide for the preparation of a national strategy by the Environmental Protection Agency with the aim of complying with the ceilings and the preparation and reporting of annual national emission inventories and projections.

[adapted from UNDP] May, 2008- This UNDP discussion paper ‘Pro-Poor Land Tenure Reform and Democratic Governance’ provides a review of how different types of land tenure reform relate to decentralization and local governance, in theory and in practice.  The discussion suggests that in order to create more democratic and transparent local management of land resources, special mechanisms to protect women against direct and indirect discrimination, as well as the establishment of local land committees and land tribunals for conflict resolution are needed.

[via UN-HABITAT] How can we judge if a land tool is responsive to both women and men’s needs?

Despite progress on women’s rights, rights to land and security of tenure are not enjoyed equally by women and men in many parts of the world. This goes against international human rights, and also impacts negatively on households and the economy.

[via UN-HABITAT] GLTN considers gender as a critical cross-cutting theme in the work on promoting pro-poor, large-scale land tools (for more information on GLTN see www.gltn.net). This short report summarises an analysis undertaken by the GLTN Secretariat to assess how women’s rights, and specific needs, are being addressed by selected projects in the GLTN land tool inventory—a database consisting of numerous international development projects in the land sector is available on the website.