Content of Zonal Development Plan

(1) The zonal development plan shall define in detail the particulars regarding land use as indicated in the development plan and it shall include: (a) The land which shall be designated for public purposes for the use of the Union Government, State Government, Town and Country Development Authority, Special Area Development Authority, local authority, public utility service or any other authority established under any law for the time being in force: Provided that no land shall be so designated unless the acquisition proceedings are likely to be completed within ten years from the date of preparation of the plan. (b) The areas reserved for agriculture, public or semi-public open spaces, parks, playgrounds, gardens, recreational areas, green belts and nature reserves shall be defined in detail and provision shall be made for them. (c) Detailed allocation of areas or zones for residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural and other purposes shall be made. (d) Complete pattern of roads and streets for the present and future shall be defined and provision shall be made for them and traffic circulation shall be indicated. (e) Projected road and street improvements shall be designated in detail. (f) Areas reserved for public buildings, institutions and civic development shall be indicated and provision shall be made for them. (g) Zonal development regulations for each zone shall be prescribed in detail with a view to facilitate single layout and to regulate the location, height, number of storeys and size of buildings and other structures, the size of their courts, courtyards and other open spaces and the use of buildings, structures and land. (h) Areas which have been poorly laid out or areas which have developed in such a way that slum areas have been created shall be defined and provision shall be made for their proper development and/or their relocation. (i) Areas shall be designated for future development and expansion. (j) The phasing of the development programme shall be indicated.