Step 7. Choose the best option. Hold public and executive discussions of
the viable options and their consequences. Based on these discussions and
the above appraisal, decide which changes in land use should be made or
worked towards.
Step 8. Prepare the land-use plan. Make allocations or recommendations
of the selected land uses for the chosen areas of land; make plans for
appropriate land management; plan how the selected improvements are to be
brought about and how the plan is to be put into practice; draw up policy
guidelines, prepare a budget and draft any necessary legislation; involve
decision-makers, sectoral agencies and land users.
Step 9. Implement the plan. Either directly within the planning process or,
more likely, as a separate development project, put the plan into action; the
planning team should work in conjunction with the implementing agencies.
Step 10. Monitor and revise the plan. Monitor the progress of the plan
towards its goals; modify or revise the plan in the light of experience.
In a still broader view, the steps can be grouped into the following logical
sequence:
• Identify the problems. Steps 1-3.
• Determine what alternative solutions exist. Steps 4-6.
• Decide which is the best alternative and prepare the plan. Steps 7-8.
• Put the plan into action, see how it works and learn from this experience.
Steps 9-10.