An approach to municipality plan’s development of regulation in territorial arrangement and construction: A case study of Valjevo

Spatial plan for the territory of municipality is an important strategic document. One of the basic topics while preparation of such a plan relates to dispersal of settlements, present activities and construction within the municipality territorial scope. Through planning conceptions, solutions and proposals with rules for their accomplishment, the municipality spatial plan must address certain issues of development control and territorial arrangement. The analysis is made regarding major issues of preparing the rules for development and territorial arrangement within implementation part of the municipality spatial plan. It has been pointed out to basic rules content and possibilities of their differentiation in terms of their level of obligation, detailing and flexibility. This paper analyzes the key aspects of development and arrangement of Valjevo municipality territory. The attention was drawn to potential criteria and application of typology for built-up territories within a settlement’s scope in terms of arrangement and construction, as well as it was pointed to the basic planning standpoints which are of concern for setting up the rules. It was delineated how the key problems in construction and territorial arrangement could be dealt with when certain rules are developed for different zones and protective belts, then for reserving of space and for construction, as well as for their differentiation according to already substantiated typology of settlements.