Spatial Planning assumes vital importance in the organization and development of human settlements anywhere in the world. Physical planning makes it possible to define reserves for the different functions (agricultural, livestock, forestry, industrial and leisure) and ensure rational management of the land occupation process and reduce, if not eliminate, existing conflicts in the use and exploitation of land.

The Spatial Planning Instruments are divided into four levels:

• National level, where we have the National Plan for Territorial Development and the Special Plans for Spatial Planning;
• Provincial level, with the Provincial Territorial Development Plans;
• District Level with District Land Use Plans and;
• Municipal level, with Urban Structure Plans, General and/or Partial Urbanization Plans and Detailed Plans.

The preparation and approval of the National Plan for Territorial Development (PNDT), the Special Plans for the Zambezi and Matutuíne Valley, the Provincial Plans for Territorial Development for Nampula, Zambézia, Manica and Gaza and other lower-level instruments are intended to take a step forward. framework and regulation of all territorial planning activities and truly fulfill the structuring role of the national space.