Spatial Planning Act Article 24

The land use complying with the principles set forth in Article 21 concerning functional zones and sub-zones, that are special and of scale up to a certain threshold, should apply the permits. The application for permits , shall include the documents and plans that are specified in Article 26. The central competent authority shall establish the criteria for determining the aforementioned area and properties of land use.Applicants who have received land use permits, referred to in the preceding paragraph, may not change the functional zone and sub-zone; land reclamation shall be permissible only in urban-rural development zones and must meet the requirements for coastal and marine spatial planning.Applications for use permits, referred to in Paragraph 1, shall be filed with the competent authority of the relevant municipality or county (city). Land use permit applications that involve environmental conservation zone or marine resource zone shall be forwarded to the central competent authority for review and other types of applications shall be reviewed by the competent authorities of municipalities or counties (cities). However, applications that involve areas that span more than two municipalities or counties (cities); applications for approval to use land for national defense, important public facilities or public utility projects that involve two or more functional zones and therefore concern different competent authorities, and applications that involve land reclamation, shall all be reviewed by the central competent authority.Applications for change of use in a plan that has already been approved by the competent authority shall be processed as specified in Paragraphs 1 and 3. However, these procedures may be simplified if the change applied for is not complicated.All competent authorities shall review land use permit applications according to Article 7 and charge review fees. The central competent authority shall establish the regulations regarding such fee charging.After obtaining permits from the competent authority, except for projects that involve reclamation for which applications are processed according to Article 30, applicants shall start using the land in the specified period. Once the specified period expires, the permit shall become invalid. Land use permits for applicants who do not use the land according to approved plans, violate relevant regulations, fail to make improvements within the specified period or have their plans annulled by the relevant authority of specific purpose, soil and water conservation or environmental protection shall be revoked.The central competent authority shall establish regulations regarding use permit application procedures, application requirements, review procedures and timelines, conditions for changes to be made to approved land use permits and application procedures, invalidation and revocation of the permits and related matters as referred to in Paragraphs 1 and 3 to 6.