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LANDS, SURVEY AND PHYSICAL PLANNING OFFICERS - CHITIPA DISTRICT COUNCIL
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ILLEGAL DEVELOPMENT UNDER CONTROL
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LAYING OUT BEACON
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OFFICERS FACILITATING LAND REGISTRATION PROCESSES - PRIDE PROJECT
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VISION OF PHYSICAL PLANNING, LANDS AND LAND SURVEYING

The vision is to attain orderly, progressive, sustainable urban and rural development as a framework for industrialization, provision of social and physical infrastructure, agriculture modernization and therefore poverty eradication.

MISSION OF PHYSICAL PLANNING, LANDS AND LAND SURVEYING

The Mission is to ensure adequately planned land utilisation, by developing policy framework, provide technical support, monitor and supervise plan formulation and implementation.

The mission for Lands department is to provide direction through the development of long and medium-term strategic plans for the land sector formulating policies for the efficient and effective administration and management of alienable and disposable public, private and customary lands and ensure compliance.

The mission of land surveying is to advance the surveying profession in the district so as to enhance competence of surveyors in the management of the natural and built environment with a view of positively influencing the society to ensure sustainable land management and development.

MANDATE OF PHYSICAL PLANNING, LANDS AND LAND SURVEYING

The coming in of decentralisation has made many departments that were operating under central government to start working under local government. Some government departments are now working at local government level. For example, Lands Physical Planning and land surveying have been given the mandate to work in each district on land matters. This means that offices are provided in the district councils to accommodate the officers working under the ministry of lands even though the operation of the offices are not fully decentralized currently.   Read more from here>>>>>

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