Guide to Development Permits under the City Planning Act

April 1, 2024

You can see contents of "guide of development permission by the City Planning Act" from this page.

Depending on the purpose of use, it can be used as follows.

• If you would like to know the necessity of a development permit or an overview of the system, please contact us."Systems" Please take a look at it.
• Those who apply for a development permit in an urbanized area."Procedures"And"Technical Standards" Please take a look at it.
• Those who apply for a development permit in the urbanization control area."Procedures"、"Technical Standards"And"Location Standards"Please take a look at it.
• Those who apply for a building permit in the urbanization adjustment area."Procedures"And"Location Standards"Please take a look at it.

For newly formulated or revised standards and handling, please refer to <Standards / Handling Revision History>.

●About standard of Town Planning and Zoning Act Article 33 Clause 5 established on September 30, 2009, please confirm in <about restriction of development activity in slope green space>.

●We do not currently sell booklets in the “Guide to Development Permits under the City Planning Act”. ＜Information (PDF: 144KB)＞

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※R6.4.1: The guide has been partially revised. Click here for details of the revision (PDF: 145KB) / Comparison of old and new (PDF: 800KB)

■　 Full volume (PDF: 7,557KB)

■　Cover, Beginning (PDF: 371KB)
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■　Table of Contents (PDF: 303KB)

■　"Systems" （PDF：1,611KB）
…We publish summary of development permission system or interpretation of Motoichi about definition such as "development act" to establish in laws and ordinances.
※R6.4.1: The guide has been partially revised.

• Chapter 1 Purpose of the Development Permit System
• Chapter 2 Outline of the Development Permit System
• Chapter 3 Definition
  • Section 1 Interpretation Standards for Definition of Development Activities
  • Section 2 Interpretation Standards for Definition of Development Areas
  • Section 3 Interpretation Standards for Definition of Buildings
  • Section 4 Interpretation Standards for Definition of Specific Workpieces
• Chapter 4 Development Directory
• Chapter 5 Development Review Board
• Chapter 6 Related Laws, etc.
• Chapter 7 Other Handling, etc.

■　"Procedures" （PDF：1,311KB）
…Information on prior procedures required for permission, required items such as application documents, and procedures after permission.
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• Chapter 1 Procedure Flow for Development Permit
• Chapter 2 Preparation Procedures
  • Section 1 Consent of the mayor
  • Section 2 Consent of Public Facilities Managers
• Chapter 3 Procedure from Application for Development Permit to Announcement of Completion
  • Section 1 Procedure from Application for Development Permit
  • Section 2 Procedures from the start of construction to public notice of completion
• Chapter 4 Other Procedures for Development Permits
• Chapter 5 Procedures for Building Permits in Urbanization Control Areas
• Chapter 6 Others
• Chapter 7 Standards for Procedures

■　“Technical Standards” (PDF: 4,522KB)
…We publish permission criteria necessary for making development permission application book.
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• Chapter 1 General Rules
• Chapter 2 Preliminary Survey on Development Plans
• Chapter 3 Standards for Use of Planned Buildings
• Chapter 4 Standards for Open Spaces for Public Use
  • Section 1 Road
  • Section 2 Parks, green spaces and open spaces
  • Section 3 Fire-fighting water usage
• Chapter 5 Standards for Drainage Facilities
• Chapter 6 Standards for Water Supply Facilities
• Chapter 7 Standards for Public Interest Facilities
• Chapter 8 Standards for Safety Measures
• Chapter 9 Standards for areas prescribed in Article 33, Paragraph 1, Item 8 of the Act
• Chapter 10 Standards for Measures such as Conservation of Trees
• Chapter 11 Standards for Qualitative Credit of Applicant
• Chapter 12 Standards on Capacity of Construction Enforcers
• Chapter 13 Criteria for Consent of Right Holders to Prevent Development Activities
• Chapter 14 Standards for Sites and Blocks
  • Section 1 Size and shape of the site
  • Section 2 Composition of Residential Areas and Blocks
• Chapter 15 Standards for Restrictions stipulated in the Landscape Plan

■　“Location Standards” (PDF: 1,203KB)
…We publish standard of development, building act that we can permit in urbanization adjustment area.
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• Chapter 1 General Rules
• Chapter 2 Common Criteria
  • Section 1 Common standards for heights of buildings
  • Section 2 Standards for continuous building of buildings
• Chapter 3 Standards for Permiting Locations Related to Article 34 of the Act
  • Section 1 Operational Standards for Each Item of Article 34 of the Act
  • Section 2 Yokohama City Development Examination Committee Proposal Standard
  • Section 3 Other Standards for Article 34, Item 14 of the Act
• Chapter 4 Examination Criteria for Class 2 Specific Work
• Chapter 5 Handling of proviso of Article 29 of the Act

■　"Documents" （PDF：968KB）
…We publish detailed necessary contents (city enforcement detailed regulations) necessary for the enforcement of development permission system in Motoichi and style necessary for application.

• Yokohama City Planning Act Enforcement Detailed Regulations
• Application and notification style

※　Download the application / notification form for submission, go to the form and description example of the development permission.

■　Back cover (PDF: 110KB)
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