With fast expanding of urbanization and migration of residents, and hence the development of construction and infrastructure, spatial planning with its legal aspects is becoming increasingly important. Spatial planning is a complicated process directed at spatial development, ensuring quality environment with quality infrastructure, rational use of material and human resources, which in turn improves state economy. In Latvia on 1 December 2011 the new Spatial Development Planning Law came into force, which introduced a new local government spatial planning tool – the local plan