landuselaw
nounUK /ˈlænd.juːz lɔː/
US /ˈlænd.juːz lɑː/
Land use law is the set of rules that say what people can and cannot do with land.
The city used land use law to decide where new houses could be built.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The rules about how land can be used in a certain area.
The land use law for the town says no factories near the school.
3. The study of laws that control how land is used.
She studied land use law to help protect parks.
4. A law that decides what can be built on a piece of land.
Under land use law, that field can only be used for farming.