Development Plan

A development plan shall- (a) indicate broadly the land use proposed in the planning areas; (b) allocate broadly areas or sector of land for,- (i) residential, industrial, commercial or agricultural purposes (ii) open spaces, parks and gardens, green belts, zoological gardens and play grounds, (iii) public institutions and offices, (iv) such special purposes as the Director may deem fit; (c) lay down the pattern of National and State highways connecting the planning area with the rest of the region ring roads, arterial roads, and the major roads within the planning area; (d) provide for the location of airports, railway stations, bus terminal and indicate the proposed extension and development of railways; (e) make proposals for general landscaping and preservation of natural areas; (f) project the requirement of the planning area of such amenities and utilities as water, drainage, electricity and suggest their fulfillment; (g) propose broad based regulations for sectoral development, by way of guideline, within each sector of the location, height, size of buildings and structures, open spaces, court-yards and the use to which such buildings and structures and land may be put including regulations for facade control and sloping roof conforming to the hill architecture and environs; (h) lay down the broad based traffic circulation patterns in a city; (i) suggest architectural control features, elevation and frontage of buildings and structures; (j) indicate measures for flood control, and protection against land slide, prevention of air and water pollution, disposal of garbage and general environmental control. (4) The State Government shall publish the development plan as approved, under the foregoing provisions in the Official Gazette and shall along with the plan publish a public notice, in such manner as may be prescribed, of the approval of the development plan and the place or places where the copies of the approved development plan may be inspected. (5) The development plan shall come into operation from the date of publication thereof in the Official Gazette and as from such date shall be binding on all Development Authorities constituted under this Act and all local authorities functioning within the planning area. (6) After the coming into operation of the development plan the interim development plan shall stand modified or altered to the extent the proposals in the development plan are at variance with development plan.