PowerPointUrban Development Planning in Thailand
Department of Public Works and Town & Country Planning, Ministry of Interior
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Department of Housing and Urban Planning of the Lao PDR Present to Presented by National and Regional Planning Bureau
National Spatial Plan Regional Plan

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• To design the development plan, measures, and requirements in provincial level, urban and community scales
• To develop land use plan, open space area, urban area, transportation linkage, and utility access and public works
• Physical plan and operation projects designing on community area to develop and maintain the specific areas or related affairs in town or related areas


• Explicit frameworks for leading the country’s land use policy.
• To engender balanced development and to promote sustainable development and spatial conservation .
• To encourage development in regional cities in order to decentralize both of activities and economic prosperity
• To design the development plan, policies, measures, and spatial development projects according to its potential and positioning in regional scale
• To be the development guidelines in provincial clusters and provinces for urban-rural development, land use, infrastructure
Structure of Spatial Planning System
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1.1. Land Use Policy Planning consist of 3 categories
Frameworks for Spatial Planning Land Use Planning, Urban and Rural Development,
Nationally Significant Infrastructure, Special Economic Zone (SEZ) etc.
Regional Development Plan The direction of development and
conservation in the regional area and provincial clusters, Integrated project plans.
Strategic Plan and Provincial Development Plan To be the development guidelines of Land Use and
Urban Development, Transportation and Logistic, Facilities and Infrastructure,
and Preserving Natural Resources and Environment.
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1. Type of Thailand planning divided into 2 Levels and 5 Categories
National Planning
Provincial Planning
Regional Planning
Comprehensive Plan Plans, Measures, Laws and Regulations
Provincial Plan and Comprehensive Plan/Community
Land Use Planning, Open space, Transportation, Infrastructure, Facilities, and Public Services
Specific Plan Plans and Operation Projects
To Develop and Maintain the specific areas/activities concerning with
urban and rural areas.
1.2 Land Use Planning divided into 2 Categories
Improvement of Urban Planning Act B.C. …
• To be the national spatial guideline to develop all areas with vision, strategies, and goals for the land use in future
• To engender balanced development in all aspects: Urban-rural arrangement, Land use, transportation system, and infrastructure in accordance with area potentials, economy, society, cultures, and people’s way of living
Department of Public Works and Town & Country Planning established the National Spatial Plan
In the fiscal year 2004-2006, approved by the Cabinet on July 9, 2002 and Completed in 2007
The Cabinet has approved the 1st National Planning Policy Committee in 2005 The current Cabinet has approved the National Planning Policy Committee On November 18th , 2014.
The Importance of National Spatial Plan
National Plan
Concepts on National Spatial Plan Structures tendencies of major Development Policies
National Spatial Plan (Policies and Strategies)
Monitoring / Review
Study/Analyze Outside-In
The process of National Spatial Plan
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Vision “Thailand will be a world leader in agriculture, agro-industry, food technology, health services and tourism. Thai people will have a good quality of life in the pleasant environment. The country will be solidly established with sustainable growth”
• Decentralization Strategy
• Cities Cluster Strategy
• Innovation Cities Strategy
• Urban-Rural Sufficiency Strategy

Thailand National Spatial Plan 2600 Directions and Policies are formulated for 50-year period
Spatial Development Strategies
National Spatial Plan

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North-South Corridor and East-West Economic Corridor - Development of ASEAN economic hub to connect East and South Asia - Development of border gate economic zones to be the commercial centers - Development of coastal areas in eastern and southern regions for tourism and industry development
Regional Central Cities Prioritization - designating principal cities in each region as centers to spread out developments and services to urban areas around. - Development of cities with particular potential linking to sub-region : e.g. tourist city, educational city, ICT city, R&D city, ICD city, medical and public health city, etc.
Connecting economic areas with the transportation systems and Logistic system
- Distribution of balanced and equitable communication networks to regional areas

Preservation areas: revival of natural resources and environmental abundance to set forest areas in all regions, watershed areas, and coastal areas
Agricultural areas: will be highlighted as to enhance productivity, food stability, and world kitchen development
Urban Areas: to effectively set the land use in urban areas to be the compact city
- To determine the settlement areas to control urban sprawl - To accommodate the industrial growth in the large scale by preparing appropriate areas
Economic and Industrial areas: industrial Clusters spread out in all regions consistent with capacities of each area


Accommodating activities needs to regard appropriateness and the most efficiency
for permanence and long-term preservation.
Land Use Development Policy Plans
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Distributing urban growth from Bangkok and its environs to other regions: distributing urban growth to all regional cities in equitable manner
Developing Bangkok Metropolis into Regional Hubs and the World-class City: solid economic base, commercial gateway for Asian countries, and several regional hubs
Promoting systematic urban development according to centrality order and urban roles: regional cities, border cities
Developing urban areas and their linkage based on urban clusters system
Linking inter-cities and urban clusters with transportation system all-over growth distribution: road system, motorways, regional train, port, airport





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Promoting Thailand to become the center of transportation of ASEAN, Southern China
and other Asian countries
Roads System and Rails System: for easy connection with neighboring countries. Developing all systems to support the economic growth of North-South Corridor and East-West Economic Corridor
Water Transportation: Improving efficiency in domestic water transportation and increasing water transportation ratios
Air Transportation: to promote the country as Regional Aviation Hub. Developing all international and domestic airports for accommodating transport of inter-region passengers and commodities in the most efficient way

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Industrial Policy Plans Tourism Policy Plans Distributing industrial areas in all regions
according to the potential of areas and supporting the development of the industrial clusters.
Developing principal industrial zones: Eastern seaboard industrial zones and Southern seaboard industrial zones
Supporting the agricultural industry and the concept of eco-industrial development
Designing local tourism clusters: provincial level and regional level
Developing urban tourism role in each cluster and improving infrastructures and necessary facilities
Designing domestic and international tourism networks
Spatial Development Policy Plans for Economic Areas
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Northeastern Region
Eastern Region
• Central Region prioritizing farmland development so as to enhance potentials of the areas. Promoting cultivation and agro-industry processing development, eco-tourism and developing water management system to solve flood problem
• Southern Region will develop corridors connecting between the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand. Strictly maintaining, preserving, and developing natural resources and environment to promote the international coastal and marine tourism
• Eastern Region is the development bases of major large and medium scales of national export-import industries. This region still needs areas management for environmental preservation to progressively maintain its role on natural aspects.
• Bangkok and Vicinities will become the world-class city and the center of the air transportation. This region will be the pleasant cities and compact cities with convenient regional-level transportation systems
Regional Framework
Government agencies operate according to the National Spatial Plan
The National Planning Policy Committee approves
Department of Public Works and Town Planning, Ministry of Interior is now revising the National Spatial Plan conforming to the national economic and social development plan
• To formulate the policies and directions in the national level in order to achieve national strategic goals “Stability, Prosperity, and Sustainability”
• To transform the National Economic and Social Development Plan into spatial development magnitude
• To collaborate with relevant authorities to integrate works together and to harmoniously achieve development goals
Improvement of National Plan
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• To be the framework and guidelines for Bangkok and Vicinity Regional plan
• To be the livable and sustainable city with potential and effective land use: developing border lines of vicinities
• Promoting cities with mass transportation linkage: road system, BTS and MRT
Bangkok and Vicinity Regional Plan
Central Regional Plan and Eastern Regional Plan
Northern Regional Plan, Northeastern Regional Plan , and Southern Regional Plan
Central Region Eastern Region Northeastern Region Northern Region Southern Region
Regional Plans
Saraburi Provincial Comprehensive Plan
To be the guideline for spatial development at provincial, district, town, and community scales
To develop land use, urban area, transportation linkage, and infrastructure integratedly
73 provinces: except Bangkok, Nonthaburi, Samutprakran, Phuket
National and Regional Planning Bureau
Provincial Comprehensive Plan
Specific Plan
- Specific Plan: Physical plan and operation projects designing on community area to develop and maintain the specific areas or related affairs in town or related areas
- Town Comprehensive Plan: Spatial plan in the town areas or economic zones
Town Comprehensive Plan & Specific Plan
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