21. Land use planning is linked to financial planning. This is crucial for
implementation. Land use planning needs to be aware of the designated
uses of sector budgets as well as of the financial planning cycles
of the relevant sector ministries (including their deadlines). At the
same time, land use planning should influence the composition and
intended purposes of budgets and funds;
22. Land use planning relates to spaces and places (“spatial orientation”).
In most countries many forms of planning and quite a number of
plans exist. What most of them are lacking is the relation to space.
Many development plans, for instance, state what has to be developed
(mainly in terms of infrastructure) but don’t indicate where. Land
use planning puts the focus on spatial relations and differences. The
spatial orientation of planning ensures the optimum distribution of
investments and the most adequate use of any place and avoids (land
use) conflicts.