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5.2 Other Material Information no longer be appropriate for developing/maintaining

5.2.1 Other Information the town, and that the revision is needed for urban
development’s economic, social, and environmental
That May Materially Affect
benefits. The overall town plan applies to each of its zone,
Investors’ Decisions requiring land utilization to match the zone assigned.
Each zone has different restrictions on land usage.
The Group’s retail businesses are under several laws of For example, the Bangkok Town Plan has the following rules:
Thailand, Italy and Vietnam. Applicable and important
laws that affect these businesses are summarized (1) Yellow Zone Type Yor 1 is a sparsely populated residential
as follows zone. It is designated as such for the purpose of promoting
suburban environment for residences in the zone.
A. Thailand Land plots in the zone cannot be used for many activities.

For example, a commercial operation in the zone
1. Laws on Town Planning, Building Control, must not cover more than 100 square meters of area
and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) each. The zone also prohibits shop houses, row houses,
warehouses, freight stations, and logistics businesses.
1.1 Town Planning Act
(2) Red Zone Type Por 1 is a commercial zone. It is designated
The Town Planning Act B.E. 2562 (including amendments) as such to facilitate communities’ commercial center,
(“Town Planning Act”) is the law on the formulation, and distribute commercial activities/services for the
preparation and implementation of town plans, convenience of people living in suburban areas.
both unitary town plans and specific townplans, This zone imposes certain restrictions of land utilization.
for urban and rural zones for the purposes of preparing For example, while a commercial business is allowed,
urban development in an orderly manner and also of its total space must not be over 5,000 square
promoting social, economic and environmental meters each. Exceptions are granted only when
development. Works done under this law take into the commercial business of over 5,000 square meters
account asset utilization, public safety, social welfare, of space is located on a public road with at least
as well as the conservation of fine arts, architectures, 16-meter-wide traffic surface and is within 500 meters
natural resources, landscapes, etc. A town planning from an electric-train station.
committee shall be a regulator and enforcer of the Town
Planning Act. For example, town planning in Bangkok is (3) Purple Zone Type Or 1 is an industrial zone.
subject to the Ministerial Regulation on Bangkok Town It is designated as such to manage environmental
Plan of B.E. 2556 (“Bangkok Town Plan”), which is issued impacts from industrial operations with low pollution.
under the Town Planning Act. This regulation governs In this zone, a commercial business of over 300
land utilization in the Bangkok Town Plan according to square meters of space is prohibited unless it occupies
zoning. There are residential zones, commercial zones, no more than 500 meters of space and is located
industrial zones, warehouse zones, and conservation on a public road with at least 16-meter-wide traffic
zones, etc. The town planning regulation governs land surface. In an event that a commercial business
utilization to the point of looking into commercial spans over 500 square meters but not more than
operations, office-building constructions, warehouses, 1,000 square meters of space, it is allowed in the
and billboard installations in each zone too. zone if it is located on a public road with at least
30-meter-wide traffic surface.
The Department of Public Works and Town & Country
Planning and relevant local officials must review (4) Reddish Purple Zone Type Or 3 is a zone for warehouses.
the ministerial regulation at least once every five It is designated as such to host warehouses that back
years. This regulation can be revised to improve the Southeast Asia’s transportation hub. This zone has
overall town plan in events that the review shows the land-utilization restrictions. For example, a commercial
situation and environment have already changed business of over 300 square meters of space is
significantly and without an update, the town plan will not allowed.

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