Introduction

National Physical Plan (NPP) is a written statement of strategic policies on the physical development and conservation throughout the peninsular of Malaysia. The plan was approved by the National Physical Plan Council on April 26, 2006.

The approval means, the plan needs to be a guideline for the physical planning and should be implemented at federal and states level throughout Peninsular Malaysia. Additional to that:

• Policies of the National Physical Plan have to be consistent with the related sectors.
• Recommendation of the National Physical Plan have to be precised at the State Structural Plan and Local Plan level in order be the basis for the development of all states, and
• Proposals in the National Physical Plan also have to be guidelines by federal and state agencies in constructing projects and programs for the 5 Year Malaysian Plan.
  

The purpose of National Physical Plan

• Enhancing the National Planning through spatial dimension in the country’s economic policy.
• Coordination of sectoral agencies by introduction of the spatial policies
• Forming works for planning at the state and local level; and
• Formulation of the physical planning policies

Eight themes of the National Physical Plan

• Shaping national spatial framework
• Improvement of national economic competetiveness
• Modernization of agricultural sector
• Strengthen of tourism development
• Management of human settlement
• Conservation of wildlife and natural resources
• Integration of all national transportation network
• Installation of appropriate infrastructure