Local Zoning Plan

A local zoning plan (Turkish: *mevzi imar planı*) is a locally-scoped zoning plan prepared under art. 8/c of Zoning Law 3194 for areas where the existing plan is insufficient, or where new settlement areas must be opened urgently. Its "local" character: not a substitute for the upper tier master/implementation plan hierarchy, but a point-based plan filling gaps in that hierarchy.

When needed: Settlements below 10,000 population, agricultural or village areas without any zoning plan, and investors building a specific project (tourism facility, industrial zone, mass housing) on an unplanned parcel typically need to prepare a local zoning plan parcel-by-parcel or area-by-area.

Preparation and approval: Prepared by the municipality, provincial administrative council, or a qualified planner retained by the investor. After approval by the municipal council or provincial administrative council, it enters force following a 1-month public posting. It cannot conflict with upper-tier plans; must conform to environmental master plan + master zoning plan decisions.

Limits: Even a locally-scoped plan must respect upper-tier plan decisions. E.g., an area designated residential in the master plan cannot host tourism development through a local plan alone — a master plan amendment must come first.