County spatial planning guidelines. Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning and Council of Governors. 2018

County governments are responsible for county planning and development under Part 11 Article 8 of the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution. In undertaking this mandate the counties are expected to formulate county specific policies, prepare and implement development plans including county spatial plans and urban spatial plans. The county spatial planning guidelines provide general principles and approaches to guide the execution of spatial planning function. They offer guidance on organisational structures for planning, the process of preparing, costing and implementing county spatial plans including development control procedures and processes and dispute resolution mechanism. The guidelines seek to standardise and harmonise the process of preparing spatial plans by the counties.