PD 1308

THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PLANNING PROFESSION
IN THE PHILIPPINES
Plan201 (Theory and Practice of Planning)
Dina C. Magnaye
March 17, 2012
Legal Basis of Environmental

Planning Profession
PD No. 1308
Law Regulating the Environmental Planning Profession in

the Philippines
Signed into law last March 2, 1978
Legal Basis of Environmental

Planning Profession
Environmental planning - refers to activities concerned
with the management and development of land, as well as

the preservation, conservation, and rehabilitation of the
human environment
Environmental Planner - refers to a person engaged in the
practice of environmental planning and duly registered with

the Board of Environmental Planning
Scope of Environmental
Planning Practice
Professional services in the form of technical consultation, plan
preparation, and/or implementation involving the following:

Development of a community, town, city, or region;
Development of a site for a particular need such as housing, centers
for activities concerned with research, education, culture,

recreation, or government, industrial estates, agriculture, and water
resources, including creating a spatial arrangements of buildings,
utilities and communication routes;
Land use and zoning plans for the management and development
preservation, conservation, rehabilitation, and control of the

environment; and
Pre-investment, pre-feasibility, and feasibility studies.
Board of Environmental
Planning
Section 4.
Creation of a Board of Environmental Planning. Within

thirty (30) days after the approval of this Decree, there
shall be created a Board of Environmental Planning,
hereinafter referred to as the Board, which shall be
composed of a chairman and (2) members. They shall be
appointed by the President of the Philippines from among
those recommended by the Philippine Institute of
Environmental Planners (PIEP).
Planning
Section 5.
Tenure of the Board Members. The members of the Board

shall hold office for a term of three (3) years after their
appointment until their successors shall have been
appointed and shall have duly qualified: Provided,
however, That the members of the Board first appointed
under this Decree shall hold office for the following
terms: one member for one (1) year; one member for two
(2) years; and one member for three (3) years. Each
member of the Board shall qualify by taking the proper
oath of office before assumption of his duties.
Planning
Section 6. Qualification of Board Members. Each member of the
Board shall, at the time of his appointment, possess the following
qualifications:
(a) A citizen and resident of the Philippines;

(b) At least thirty (30) years of age and of good moral character;
(c) A holder of an environmental planning degree or its equivalent form a
recognized and legally constituted institution of higher learning and with at

least three (3) years of practical experience in environmental planning, prior to
his appointment; or a degree holder in architecture, civil engineering,
economics, public administration, or sociology, and with at least five (5) years
of practical experience in environmental planning, prior to his appointment;
and
(d) A registered environmental planner duly qualified to practice environmental
planning in the Philippines. The members of the first Board shall be deemed
automatically registered as environmental planners upon assumption of their
duties as members of the Board.
Coverage of Environmental
Planning Examination
Physical planning
zoning, land use and water resources studies;
analysis of micro-climate, vegetation, topography, soil conditions,
ecological and geological conditions;
site planning;
design and planning of infrastructure and transportation systems,
communications and utilities systems, housing and community

facilities analysis of space standards and interrelationships of
building layouts and building envelopes;
detailed planning design, etc.;

Social planning
sociological, anthropological and demographic aspects and
requirements of planning;
Subjects of Environmental
Planning Board Examination
Economic planning
economic resource analysis, assessment of economic
facilities, industrial sitting, determination of labor and

transport requirements of industries, analysis of
statistical information and economic linkages among
different economic activities, etc.;
Planning law and administration
organization and administration of a planning agency,
preparation of cases in planning and zoning litigations,

public policy instruments, professional practice, laws
and ethics, and standard rules and regulations, etc.;
Special planning studies, project planning, pre-investment and
feasibility studies, etc.
Qualifications for Examination
A citizen of the Philippines
At least twenty-one (21) years of age

A holder of any of the following:
Masteral degree in environmental planning, city and regional planning, or
town and country planning, or its equivalent acceptable to the Board;

Bachelor's degree in environmental planning, city and regional planning,
or town and country planning, or its equivalent, and with two (2) years of
environmental planning experience certified by a registered environmental
planner;
Masteral degree in either architecture, civil engineering, economics, public
administration or sociology, and with one (1) year of environmental
planning experience certified by a registered environmental planner; or
Bachelor's degree in either architecture, civil engineering, economics,
public administration, or sociology, and with two (2) years of
environmental planning experience certified by a registered environmental
planner
Senate Bill No. 1401

(Introduced by Senator Loren
Legarda)
Proposing for the Environmental Planning Act of 2011

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THE ENVIRONMENTAL

Legal Basis of Environmental

Law Regulating the Environmental Planning Profession in

Legal Basis of Environmental

with the management and development of land, as well as

Environmental Planner - refers to a person engaged in the

practice of environmental planning and duly registered with

preparation, and/or implementation involving the following:

Development of a site for a particular need such as housing, centers

for activities concerned with research, education, culture,

preservation, conservation, rehabilitation, and control of the

Pre-investment, pre-feasibility, and feasibility studies.

Creation of a Board of Environmental Planning. Within

Tenure of the Board Members. The members of the Board

(a) A citizen and resident of the Philippines;

recognized and legally constituted institution of higher learning and with at

ecological and geological conditions;

communications and utilities systems, housing and community

detailed planning design, etc.;

facilities, industrial sitting, determination of labor and

preparation of cases in planning and zoning litigations,

feasibility studies, etc.

Qualifications for Examination

A citizen of the Philippines

At least twenty-one (21) years of age

town and country planning, or its equivalent acceptable to the Board;

Senate Bill No. 1401

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