Territorial planning – planning of territories development , including for the establishment of functional zones, zones of planning location of capital construction objects  for State or municipal needs, use-restricted zones.

Territorial planning is  focused on the determination in  territorial planning documents  of territories assignment  based on the combination of social, economic, environmental and other factors  with a view to ensuring of sustainable growth of territories, development of engineering,  transport and social infrastructure, ensuring of citizens interests  and  their associations, of the Russian Federation, of constituents of the Russian Federation, municipalities.

Territorial planning is based on state, regional and municipal land use plans and their protection in view of territory zoning.