Bureau of Experts at the Council

Activities of a Specific Nature: Activities the nature or services of which require that they be located in specific remote areas away from urban centers, as specified in the Implementing Regulations. 1.13 Developed Plans: Land zoning plans for which it is necessary, in addition to the construction of all public utility networks, to construct the minimum number of the plan’s buildings in accordance with the controls of the relevant urban development stage. 2. Controls of Urban Development Stages: The controls of urban development shall be divided according to the classification of the Kingdom’s cities and villages in the National Urban Strategy approved by Council of Ministers Resolution No. 127, dated 28/5/1421H, as follows: a) National Development Centers. b) Regional Development Centers. c) Local Development Centers. 2.1 Urban Development Stage until the Year 1435H: Lands located in this stage may be planned in accordance with the following controls: a) National Development Centers: - Street asphalting, paving, and lighting. - Constructing electricity, water, telephone, and sewerage networks. The cities of AlMajmaah, Hotat Bani Tamim, Wadi Al-Dawasir, and Dawadmi shall be excluded from this provision with regards to sewerage networks. - Stormwater drainage. b) Regional Development Centers: - Street asphalting, paving, and lighting. - Constructing electricity networks. - Constructing water networks if network lines or water sources are available. - Constructing sewerage networks in the cities of Yanbu and AlKharj. c) Local Development Centers: - Street asphalting. - Constructing electricity networks. d) Other cities and villages: - Street asphalting. 2.2 Urban Development Stage between the Years 1435H and 1450H: Lands located in this stage may not be planned prior to the time designated therefor, except in accordance with the following controls: a) National Development Centers: Rules for Defining Urban Boundaries until the Year 1450H - Developed plans may be approved if the construction rate in such plans is not less than 75 percent for each plan in the cities of Riyadh, Makkah, Madinah, and Jeddah as well as the Dammam Metropolitan Area, and not less than 50 percent for each plan in other centers. b) Regional Development Centers: - Developed plans may be approved if the construction rate in such plans is not less than 25 percent for each plan. c) Local Development Centers: - Street asphalting, paving, and lighting. - Constructing electricity networks. - Constructing water networks if network lines or water sources are available. d) Other cities and villages: - Street asphalting. - Constructing electricity networks. - Constructing water networks if network lines or water sources are available. 3. General Controls: 3.1 The routes of the main road network and railway lines located in white lands inside or outside the urban boundary shall be determined according to the approved plan of the city or village; in such case, a request for planning such lands from the owners thereof shall not be required. Such routes shall be included in the statutory percentage for planning subject to the Law of Eminent Domain, and shall be adhered to when constructing public utility networks. 3.2 Agencies concerned with public utilities and services shall not construct any utilities or provide any services outside the boundaries of any urban development stage before constructing such utilities or providing such services inside the boundary of the stage. This shall not apply to the main routes of road networks and public utility networks. 3.3 Agencies concerned with public utilities and services shall coordinate with the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs to set the executive programs necessary for development within the framework of the urban development stages, and shall implement such programs in accordance with the approved urban development priorities.