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.