Abstract
Hyogo Prefecture established “Special Designated Zoning” on the basis of the amendment of City Planning Law in 2000 which has enabled the flexible operation of the development permission system. This “Special Designated Zoning” of Hyogo Prefecture is making the cooperative use between the development permission system and municipal land-use planning.
This article reports the general description of the establishment and the applied cases of “Special Designated Zonig” in Hyogo Prefecture.