The next paper is a result of research conducted in 2018 and aims to identify the importance of the main ecological structure in land use planning. In this regard, different authors were consulted that correspond to the application of the topic in a Colombian legal and social reality, as is the case of territorial planning plans as an administrative procedure foreseen in the law, which in turn conceives, the preservation of natural resources and how is the relationship that the Administrative Units (Departments, Municipalities or Districts) have with the environment.