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Stakeholder Consultative Meeting On The Land Use and Spatial Planning Amendment Bill 2023.

Written by LuspaAugust 23, 2023

Stakeholder consultative meeting on the land use and spatial planning amendment bill 2023.

A stakeholder consultative meeting on Land Use and Spatial Planning Amendment Bill 2023, has been held by the Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralization and Rural Development.
The amendment of the Land Use and Spatial Planning Act, 2016 (Act 925) is to strengthen the Authority to properly carry out its mandate of providing for sustainable development of land and human settlements and also bring sanity into development control challenges that have affected proper settlement planning.
It is also in pursuant to the recent realignment of the Authority from the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation to the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralization and Rural Development.
The Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Authority, Mr. Kwadwo Yeboah urged participants to critically assess the draft amendment bill and make inputs that would provide practical answers to the issues for effective implementation of the bill when passed by parliament.
The stakeholders were from Local Government Services, the Regional Coordinating Councils (RCCs) and Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) across the country.
They also included relevant land sector agencies in the public sector and professional bodies whose activities complement effective land management.
They made critical inputs into about sixteen (16) sections as well as the interpretations of the act for amendment.

Invitation For Tenders For The Construction Of LUSPA Head Office Building At Accra.

Written by LuspaMay 18, 2023

Invitation for Tenders for the Construction of LUSPA Head Office Building at Accra.

MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, DECENTRALISATION AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

LAND USE AND SPATIAL PLANNING AUTHORITY

Invitation for Tenders

Contract Title: Construction of Head Office Building at Accra

IFT REF:GR/LUSPA/NCT/WKA/01/23

1. The Government of the Republic of Ghana, acting through the Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority (the “Employer”), intends to apply a portion of its Funding to cover eligible payments under a contract for which this Invitation for Tenders (“IFT”) is issued. Any payments made under the proposed contract will be subject, in all respects, to the terms and conditions of the funding and conditions to the disbursement of funding. No party other than the Government and the Employer shall derive any rights from the funding or have any claim to the proceeds of the funding.

2. The Works and the Contract expected to be awarded under this IFT is: Construction of Head Office Building at Accra and to be completed in 15 calendar months.

3. The Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority now invites sealed Tenders (“Tenders”) from eligible and qualified entities or persons (“Tenderers”) to provide the works referenced above.

4. More details on the requirements are provided in the Bills of Quantities, Specifications, Performance Requirements and Drawings included in the Tender Documents accompanying this IFT.

5. This IFT is open to all eligible and qualified Tenderers who wish to respond to the relevant “Tender Documents”. Qualification requirements are as described in Section III. Evaluation and Qualification Criteria.

6. A contractor will be selected under a competitive Tendering method through the evaluation procedure which is described in the Tender Documents, in accordance with the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 663) as amended which are provided on the PPA website at www.ppa.gov.gh.

7. It is mandatory that Tenderers include in their tender the under listed statutory requirements.
• Valid GRA Tax Clearance Certificate.
• Valid SSNIT Clearance Certificate.
• Valid VAT Registration Certificate
• Valid Business Registration Certificate
• Valid Certificate of Incorporation
• Valid Certificate of Commencement.
• Valid Works and Housing Certificate of Financial Class (D1K1)
• Valid Labor Certificate
• Valid Registration Certificate from PPA
• A Tender Security in the sum of GH¢500,000.00

8. Eligible Tenderers interested in obtaining the Tender Documents may obtain further information and inspect the Tender Documents at the address as indicated below from 10.00 to 4pm local time.

9. A complete set of Tender Documents in English may be purchased from the Head Office of the Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority, Ministries, Accra at the address as indicated below from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm local time, by interested Tenderers on the submission of a written application to the address as indicated below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of GHC2,000.00 for each set of Tender Documents. The method of payment will be by Banker’s Draft or cash payable to the Head office of the Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority in Accra.

10. The deadline for submission of Tenders is Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 10.00GMT. Tenders must be delivered to the address as indicated below on or before the time specified above.

Location: Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority, Head Office
Street No.: Block D Service Drive, Ministries, Accra
Floor Number: 2nd Floor, Room 6, Main Block
Tel: 020 647 8112 / 024 187 5846 / 020 452 1804
E-mail: info@luspa.gov.gh

11. All Tenders must be accompanied by a Tender Security in the form and amount specified in the Tender Documents.

12. Tenders will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission in the presence of Tenderers’ representatives who choose to attend at the venue and location indicated below:

Location Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority, Head Office
Street No. Block D Service Drive, Ministries, Accra
Floor Number: 2nd Floor, Conference Room, Main Block

Stakeholder Engagement On The Final Draft For A Structure Plan Report On The Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) Project.

Written by LuspaMarch 15, 2023

The Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority and the Department of Urban Roads has organised a stakeholder engagement to discuss the final draft report by COWI on the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) Structure Plan.
The engagement was the third after the inception and interim reports were presented to stakeholders for their inputs last year.
The project is been executed on behalf of the Ministry of Roads and Highways by the Department of Urban Roads with the Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority (LUSPA) as the principal technical organization overseeing its implementation.
The comprehensive Structure Plan for GAMA is “a dimensionally accurate spatial plan used to guide the development or redevelopment of an urban area, town or city and its peripheries or contiguous locations connected to its future development”.
It would be implemented in 32 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies in the Greater Accra, Central and Eastern Regions.
The over concentration of population in GAMA has brought in its wake several urban development challenges such as disorderly land use and uncontrolled urban sprawl leading to increased environmental degradation.
There has also been massive stress on the limited infrastructures and services, with the most visible being slums, rapid sprawl, traffic congestion, poor access to water and sanitation, with the physical expansion of GAMA reflecting weak urban governance and institutional coordination.
Currently, urban development has spread well beyond the boundary of the 1991 Strategic Plan coupled with uncoordinated spatial development.
In 2017, the Greater Accra Spatial Development Framework (GARSDF) was developed and provided a clear development vision for the region and guidance on land use decisions and investments.

Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority Joins Other Land Sector Agencies To Develop Modalities For Flood Prevention In Accra.

Written by LuspaMarch 15, 2023

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CEO Of Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority Pays A Working Visit To Ashanti Regional Office

Written by LuspaFebruary 6, 2023

The acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority (LUSPA), Mr Kwadwo Yeboah has paid a working visit to the Ashanti Regional Office of the Authority.
This was when he and the heads of other agencies of the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralization and Rural Development accompanied the sector minister on a working visit to the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council.

The CEO interacted with the staff of the regional office of the Authority and the Physical Planners from the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in the region whom he sought for first-hand information on the state of spatial planning in the Ashanti Region.
The meeting was also to deepen the relationship between the Authority and the Physical Planning Departments of the MMDAs.

He informed the regional staff that the Authority had been moved from the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI) and re-aligned with the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralization and Rural Development (MLGDRD) to enhance functional efficiency.
He emphasized that the Land Use and Spatial Planning Act, Act 925 and the Land Use and Spatial Planning Regulations, L.I. 2384 were the primary legal frameworks that guided spatial and land use planning in the country.

He therefore tasked the heads of Physical Planning Departments of the MMDAs to make presentations on the state of spatial planning activities regarding plan preparation, permitting, Technical and Spatial Planning Committee meetings and public participation among others at their meetings for public understanding.

Stakeholder Engagement On The Interim Report For A Structure Plan On The Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) Project

Written by LuspaNovember 11, 2022

Stakeholder engagement on the interim report for a structure plan on the greater accra metropolitan area (gama) project.

The Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority and the Department of Urban Roads has organised a stakeholder engagement workshop to deliberate on the situational analysis report and proposed development scenarios for the structure plan of the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) Project.
The project is been executed on behalf of the Ministry of Roads and Highways by the Department of Urban Roads with the Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority (LUSPA) as the principal technical organization overseeing its implementation.

The comprehensive Structure Plan for GAMA is “a dimensionally accurate spatial plan used to guide the development or redevelopment of an urban area, town or city and its peripheries or contiguous locations connected to its future development”.
It would cover 32 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies in the Greater Accra, Central and Eastern Regions.
The over concentration of population in GAMA has brought in its wake several urban development challenges such as disorderly land use and uncontrolled urban sprawl leading to increased environmental degradation.
There has also been massive stress on the limited infrastructures and services, with the most visible being slums, rapid sprawl, traffic congestion, poor access to water and sanitation, with the physical expansion of GAMA reflecting weak urban governance and institutional coordination.
Currently, urban development has spread well beyond the boundary of the 1991 Strategic Plan coupled with uncoordinated spatial development.

In 2017, the Greater Accra Spatial Development Framework (GARSDF) was developed and provided a clear development vision for the region and guidance on land use decisions and investments.
It also provided a clear path and strategic proposals for producing a blueprint for the sustainable development of GAMA within the region.
The unbalanced development afflicting GAMA points to the urgent need for a spatial development plan that encourages corrective actions in the existing built-up areas and guide good practice for future land use decisions and investments in the metropolitan area.

It is expected that the Structure Plan, when finalized and approved by the relevant authority, would address the numerous challenges facing the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area in the areas of infrastructure, environment, urban development, economy, climate change, and land use among others.

Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority, The Anchor Of Ghana’s Infrastructure Development Planning.

Written by LuspaNovember 11, 2022

Nations are classified as first world, second or third world nations based on the level of infrastructural and economic progress that transforms the lives of the citizenry.
When Ghana gained Independence in 1957, the founding Fathers realized that nations that were developing faster were those that their leaders placed premium on critical infrastructure for socio-economic transformation. The then Town and Country Planning Department (TCPD) now land Use and Spatial Planning Authority (LUSPA) was tasked in 1958 to prepared the post-independent comprehensive spatial plan for Accra dubbed “Accra: A Plan for the Town” to guide physical development to befit the status of a new capital city of an independent African State.

Similarly, the coming into being of the Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority (LUSPA) by Act 925 in 2016 and its implementation coincided with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s Coordinated Programme of Economic and Social Development Policies (CPESDP) 2017–2024 which identifies economic as well as social infrastructure as one of Ghana’s key strategic anchors.
In view of this, the Authority in collaboration with the Ministry of Energy developed spatial plans thus a Structure and Local plans for the development of a Petroleum Hub in the Western Nzema Traditional Area of the Jomoro Municipality.

The Authority has also collaborated with the Lands Commission to prepare a Structure Plan (SP) and Local Plans (LP) for the development of an Industrial Enclave and Urban Renewal Project at Afienya –Dawhenya-Prampram corridor in the Greater Accra Region.
The development of the Petroleum Hub Spatial Plans was guided by the Sustainable Development Goals, National Spatial Development Framework, Western Regional Spatial Development Framework, Energy Policy, the Petroleum Hub Infrastructure Master Plan, Manuals for the Preparation of Spatial Plans, Planning Standards and Zoning Regulations and the Riparian Buffer Policy.
The Structure Plan would guide and co-ordinate the allocation of land for various uses including key infrastructure such as Jetties, Storage Tanks, Refineries, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Facility, Power Plant; Ancillary Infrastructure such as Water Treatment Facilities, Waste Management Centre, Commercial Services; and other social amenities within the proposed Petroleum Hub enclave.
The SP will also provide guidance and certainty to prospective developers, government and the general public regarding permissible and prohibited land uses in the project area.
The Local Plans for the petroleum hub on the other hand provide details of land use patterns showing individual plots of land for specific uses, open spaces, circulation, energy, water, and drainage systems among others.

The total estimated land size for the entire structure plan area is 51, 252 acres while the Petroleum Hub referred to as intervention area covers 20,000 acres of land and accommodates major facilities such as refineries, petrochemical industries and oil and gas tank farms, waste treatment plants.
The discovery and subsequent exploration of oil and gas in the Western Region of Ghana has contributed immensely to Ghana’s economic growth and development through job creation opportunities, oil and gas investment, and strategic planning of existing and future land use is necessary.

The Petroleum Hub Structure Plan Area encompasses twenty-three (23) settlements that are expected to experience major settlement growth and developments in the next fifteen (15) years.
The implementation of the Intervention Area has been scheduled in three phases within the ten (10) year implementation period whereas the settlements surrounding the Petroleum Hub will be implemented within fifteen (15) years’ timeframe of the Structure Plan.
In order to guide the implementation of the proposals in the Structure Plan Area (SPA), the Petroleum Hub Development Corporation Act, 2020 (Act 1053) mandates the Corporation to promote and develop the Petroleum Hub.

The Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority also collaborated with the Lands Commission to prepare a Structure Plan (SP) and Local Plans (LP) for the development of an Industrial Enclave and Urban Renewal Project at Afienya in support of the industrialization plan of government.
The Commission through an Executive Instrument E.I. 231 acquired 13,230.703 acres of land to be used for the Industrial Enclave and Urban Renewal Project. To achieve the objectives of such significant and economically essential initiative, it was of essence to prepare spatial and land use plans to order and regulate the use of land in an efficient and ethical way to ensure orderly development and thus preventing land use conflict.
The Structure Plan which would be used to guide the development and redevelopment of the enclave, has also been designed in harmony with the National Spatial Development Framework, the Greater Accra Regional Spatial Development Framework, and the Dangme West Spatial Development Framework to co-ordinate land uses and principally makes spatial proposals for industrial, residential, infrastructure and utility developments within the plan areas.
The Local Plans for the industrial enclave and urban renewal project on the other hand proposes specific forms of development and regulations for the use of land through to the planning at individual plot level within the Structure Plan area. The plan provides the basis for making decisions about individual applications for development permits at the respective District Assemblies and for street addressing.
In this particular plan, the land use provisions made include mixed uses (residential, office spaces and other commercial uses), open spaces, road reservations (carriage ways, pedestrian walkways, bicycle lanes, energy and communication networks) and ultimately industrial activities to attract investors.
With the completion of the plan preparation process and consequent approval by the relevant authorities, it is expected that development will proceed according to the proposals made in the Spatial Plans.
These plans are important documents that will shape not only the development of the Petroleum Hub and the industrial enclave and urban renewal projects areas but also communities that are within the immediate neighborhoods.
With the constant increase in Ghana’s populations and land as a fixed asset coupled with dwindling natural resources, development planning and control would help to secure a brighter future for current and the next generations.

All Ghanaians must be responsible citizens and support LUSPA and the decentralized planning systems at the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assembly level by adhering to the development control laws and measures put in place to secure sustainable national development and safe environment.

Inception Workshop Held For GAMA Stakeholders

Written by LuspaApril 12, 2022

The implementing institutions of the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) project, the Department of Urban Roads, Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority and COWI have organised an inception work shop for stakeholders to make inputs into the preparation of a comprehensive structure plan for GAMA.

The project covers 32 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in Greater Accra and part of Central and Eastern Regions. The acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority (LUSPA) Mr.Kwadwo Yeboah in his address said the inception workshop was organised to solicit inputs from stakeholders on the preparation of the structure plan and to create public awareness on the importance of spatial planning to sustainable human settlement development. He noted that rapid urbanisation was fast becoming a development challenge in the management of urban settlements in Ghana, especially in Accra and called for urgent measures to be put in place for effective land use and spatial plans to guide physical development. He added that both the core and the peripheral areas of the city were being developed without recourse to planning regulations which is evidence of uncontrolled urban expansion, slums and squatter settlements, as well as indiscriminate sitting of temporal structures and other menace.

The CEO underscored the express need to have a comprehensive structure plan with proper implementation strategies to solve the outlined challenges in the city and said the continuous sprawling of Accra without adequate infrastructure was disturbing, expensive and unsustainable in the long term and the time to change the face of Accra was now.

He also explained that the previous GAMA Strategic Plan and Structure Plan developed by the then Town and Country Planning Department (TCPD) contained the most comprehensive proposals for the management and development of Accra. The various components in that plan reflected in the areas of sanitation, housing, drainages and flood control, as well as a management structure to address urban development challenges. He noted that those proposals in the previous strategic plan had outlived its usefulness as a result of changing dynamics in urban development in the metropolis over the years and needed a review to meet current trends in development.

He stated that effort had been made to prepare the Greater Accra Regional Spatial Development Framework in 2017 as part of the legal requirement of the land use and spatial planning Act, 2016, act 925 to solve the multiplicity of urban management issues. He expressed the Authority’s displeasure on the observations made during the monitoring of MMDAs last year where it revealed that most of them had not adhered to their spatial planning functions, and the regulatory framework. He said spatial planning was the pivot of development interventions and the spatial sustainability in GAMA would support economic transformation of the nation to provide job opportunities for all Ghanaians.

The Board chairman of LUSPA, Prof. Kwesi Kwafo Adarkwa encouraged the consultant to spend some more time on the project’s contextual situation within the sub-regional, regional and national levels, given that there were several issues at each of the levels which could impact the growth and development of GAMA. He emphasized on the need for broader stakeholder consultations among diverse groups within the project catchment area to make them fully aware of the existing situation and proposed solutions in the structure plan to address those challenges.

The Chief Director for the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council, Mrs Felicia Dapaah expressed the collective expectation of the Council that the structure plan, when finalized and approved would address urban development challenges in the region. The African Development Bank (AfDB) representative, Sheila Akyea was optimistic that the outcomes of the stakeholder engagement, in addition to the implementation of the plan would spearhead the revolution for achieving success in the cities of GAMA and also used as benchmarks for the development of other cities in Ghana.
She reiterated the Bank’s financial commitment to ensure that the project was diligently executed within the planed period.

The project is executed by the Department of Urban Roads with Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority as the technical institution overseeing its implementation and COWI as the Consultant.

LUSPA Holds Stakeholder Meeting With Relevant Land Sector Agencies

Written by LuspaApril 7, 2022

The land Use and Spatial Planning Authority (LUSPA) has held a stakeholder meeting with relevant land sector agencies to discuss crucial issues bordering the production of accurate and current base maps to aid effective spatial planning in the country. This forms part of effort by the collaborating agencies to bring their diverse expertise together to tackle land use and development challenges in the country.

The Director for spatial planning at LUSPA, Mr Chapman Owusu Sekyere in his opening remarks explained that base maps were required for effective spatial planning since it gives important physical details of the area and provide location references for land features among others. He added that the lack of current base maps had made spatial planning difficult and expressed the expectation that the collaboration would provide the solution to the existing situation.

Mrs Florence Lamptey in her presentation on behalf of licensed Surveyors Association of Ghana (LiSAG), noted that there was urgent need to address the challenges in land use planning at the local level and that required strong collaboration among land sector agencies. She assured Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority of the association’s readiness to collaborate with all relevant institutions to provide the requisite base maps for effective land use planning and sustainable land administration in the country.She added that the cost for preparing base maps was high and institutional partnership would help to develop appropriate modalities for funding to prepare them.

Participants were from Survey and Mapping and Public Vested Land Management Divisions of Lands Commission, Office of Administrator of Stool Lands, licensed Surveyors Association of Ghana and LUSPA.

LUSPA Visits Appiate

Written by LuspaFebruary 14, 2022

Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority Team visits Apiate.

A Team of Spatial Planners from the Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority (LUSPA) who left on Friday, January 28, 2022 for Apiate in the Western Region to assess the area for the preparation of Spatial plans toward the government’s planned reconstruction of the community have returned to Accra.

The team met with traditional authorities and opinion leaders of the community to collect relevant information on the various land marks and land uses.

They also flew drones to capture aerial photos of the area to aid the preparation of the plans to guide the reconstruction of the settlement.

LAND USE AND SPATIAL PLANNING AUTHORITY

Stakeholder consultative meeting on the land use and spatial planning amendment bill 2023.

Invitation for Tenders for the Construction of LUSPA Head Office Building at Accra.

Stakeholder engagement on the interim report for a structure plan on the greater accra metropolitan area (gama) project.

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