Liu Shyh-fang, the Taiwan’s Minister of the Interior
In order to promote land conservation, protect marine resources, and promote agricultural promotion and urban-rural development, and distinguish the degree of use control according to the nature of the land, the land planning law will replace the traditional land regional planning law after the competent authorities of all county and city governments in Taiwan announce the land functional zoning map, and incorporate it into the urban planning area and national park as the highest guiding principle of the land.
In an interview before attending the Legislative Yuan Policy Address on the 20th, Taiwan’s Minister of the Interior Liu Shyh-fang mentioned that the Land Planning Law plans to be on the road on time in April 2025, and Liu Shyh-fang directly named the four counties and cities of the KMT’s municipal government, New Taipei City, Taoyuan City, Taichung City and Yunlin County, which have not yet submitted the map.
Since the promulgation of the National Land Planning Law on May 1, 2016, the law has been implemented in three stages, the first phase of the “National Land Plan” was announced and implemented in 2018, and three years later, in 2021, the “Land Plan for Counties and Cities Directly under the Central Government” will be announced and implemented by each local county and city. In the final stage, after four years of preparation, the county and municipal governments have completed the drawing of the land functional zoning map, and planned to complete the bill on the road by April 30, 2025, and will announce the land functional zoning map of each county and city.
However, it is rumored that the county and city governments have not submitted the land functional zoning map for a long time, and the land planning law may not be able to be put on the road as scheduled, and Chang Li-shan, the magistrate of Yunlin County, has repeatedly criticized that the planning of the land planning law is not perfect enough, and there are quite different opinions in the local area to promote the promotion of agriculture and the identification of agricultural land.
Interior Minister Liu Shyh-fang said in an interview with the Legislative Yuan on the 20th that the bill is still planned to be on the road as scheduled, she stressed that the land planning law has been passed since President Ma Ying-jeou took office, and the bill has been promoted in stages.
Regarding Chang Li-shan’s belief that the bill will impact the farmer’s industry, Liu Shyh-fang also responded that the Land Planning Law and the “Agricultural Development Regulations” were originally decoupled.
Liu Shyh-fang said: “In the future, the Land Planning Law will only be divided into land planning and conservation areas, marine resources areas, agricultural development areas, and urban and rural development areas, all of which will be for land security and land protection to avoid fragmentation, so the future Land Planning Law is to replace regional planning.”
Liu Shyh-fang stressed that if the land planning law is not implemented as scheduled, the local county and city governments will continue to use the regional plan to identify land, which will make it more difficult to jointly manage the land nationwide in the future, and the land restoration will be far away.
為了推動國土保育、保護海洋資源，以及促進農業發展和城鄉進步，政府將根據國土的特性來區分使用管制的程度。全台各縣市政府主管機關在公告國土功能分區圖後，國土計畫法將取代傳統的土地區域計畫法，並納入都市計畫區和國家公園，成為國土的最高指導原則。內政部長劉世芳在20日出席立法院會議前接受媒體訪問時表示，國土計畫法計劃於2025年4月準時實施，並特別提到藍營執政的四個縣市——新北市、桃園市、台中市和雲林縣，至今尚未提交相關圖件。
自2016年5月1日公告以來，國土計畫法的實施分為三個階段。第一階段的「全國國土計畫」於2018年公告實施，三年後的2021年，各地方縣市開始公告施行「直轄縣市國土計畫」。在最後階段，各縣市政府經過四年的準備，完成「國土功能分區圖」的繪製，計劃在2025年4月30日前使法案正式上路並公告各縣市的國土功能分區圖。
然而，據報導，各縣市政府尚未提交「國土功能分區圖」，這可能導致國土計畫法無法如期實施。過去雲林縣長張麗善曾多次批評該法規劃不夠完善，對於促進農業發展及農地認定的地方意見存在分歧，特別是對於以農業為主的雲林縣，可能會受到較大影響，因此呼籲內政部延緩法案的進程，以凝聚地方共識。
劉世芳在立法院受訪時表示，法案仍計劃如期推動。她強調，國土計畫法自馬英九總統任內就已通過，並經過多年給予地方和中央準備的時間。她再次提到新北市、桃園市、台中市和雲林縣政府至今尚未提交國土分區圖。
對於張麗善擔心法案實施會影響農民產業的看法，劉世芳回應說，國土計畫法與「農業發展條例」本來就是分開處理的。她指出，未來的國土計畫法將分為國土計畫保育區域、海洋資源區域、農業發展區域及城鄉發展區域，這些都是為了保障國土安全和保護，避免資源的破碎化處理。因此，國土計畫法的目的是取代區域計畫。
劉世芳強調，如果國土計畫法未能如期推動，各地方縣市政府將不得不繼續依賴區域計畫來認定土地，這將使全國性的共同管理變得更加困難，並使國土復育的目標遙遙無期。
