Abstract: This study aims to analyze the reason behind the shift in the implementation of spatial planning policies in local government from the formulation of spatial planning in national legislation. Further, this study analyzes the impacts of the spatial policy shift in regarding the social values of spatial use. This is a case study of legal perspective in Semarang City, Central Java Indonesia. The results of this study, showed that the process of spatial policy-making is supposed to develop participatory-responsive principle especially the participation of society in legislative process. Participatory aspect refers to a process of society involvement in the development process realizing the importance of the involvement. Responsive feature refers to a principle allowing a law to survive and capable to collect the demands and wishes of the society. This principle emphasizes the combination openness and integrity to improve the spatial policy-making.