Abstract: Village planning serves as a pivotal vehicle for implementing the rural revitalisation strategy and optimising the spatial layout of national territory. Addressing the structural disconnect between comprehensive plans and generic guidelines within the current planning system, this paper proposes establishing a governance-oriented, concise village planning paradigm tailored for intermediate-type villages. Guided by the governance logic of 'practicality, usability, and effectiveness', the research constructs a technical framework integrating baseline controls, flexible guidance, and project-based actions. This yields a lightweight deliverables system centred on 'six maps, one database, and one set of rules'. Drawing from multi-village practices in Qichun County, Huanggang City, Hubei Province, the study summarised differentiated governance pathways for three village types: ecologically protective, characteristic-driven, and peri-urban. This advances the paradigm shift of planning from technical documentation to governance tools. Findings indicate this paradigm enhances the precision and adaptability of rural spatial governance, offering theoretically grounded and operationally viable solutions for implementing territorial spatial planning in rural contexts.