Planning Act.

This Act regulates relations between the state, local governments and other persons in the preparation of plans related to land use. A plan prepared in the process of planning is a document which consists of a text and maps. The types of plan are as follows: (a) national spatial plan, which is prepared with the aim of defining the prospective development of the territory of the state and the settlement systems located therein in a generalised and strategic manner; (b) county plan, which is prepared with the aim of defining the prospective development of the territory of a county in a generalised manner and determining the conditions for the development of settlement systems and the location of the principal infrastructure facilities; (c) comprehensive plan, which is prepared with the aim of determining the general directions in and conditions for the development of the territory of a rural municipality or city, and of setting out the bases for the preparation of detailed plans for areas and in the cases where detailed planning is mandatory and for the establishment of land use provisions and building provisions for areas where detailed planning is not mandatory; and (d) detailed plan, which is prepared with the aim of establishing land use provisions and building provisions for cities and towns and for other areas and in other cases where detailed planning is mandatory.