Regional spacial plans deadline extendedBy Sean Lin / Staff reporterLawmakers yesterday passed an amendment to the Spatial Planning Act (國土計畫法), extending the deadline for local governments to finalize their regional spatial plans and functional zoning plans by a year and two years respectively. A controversial proposal that would have given the Executive Yuan the authority to revise national or regional spatial plans for “major construction projects” was scrapped. Legislative Speaker You Si-kun bangs his gavel to mark the passage of amendments to the Spatial Planning Act at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday. The amendment was passed ahead of an April 30 deadline for local governments to submit their regional spatial plans, to “get local governments off the hook,” the Democratic Progressive Party caucus said on March 13. At that time, eight of 18 local governments had not submitted their regional spatial plans, despite being required to do so, the party’s caucus said.

Source: Taipei Times April 17, 2020 15:56 UTC