Contents of Regional plan.

Subject to the provisions of this Act and any rules made thereunder for regulating the form of a Regional plan and the manner in which it may be published, any such Regional plan shall indicate the manner in which the Regional Board propose that land in the Region should be used, whether by carrying out thereon development or otherwise, the stages by which any such development is to be carried out, the net-work of communications and transport, the proposals for conservation and development of natural resources, and such other matters as are likely to have an important influence on the development of the Region; and any such plan in particular, may provide for all or any of the following matters, or for such matters thereof as the State Government may direct, that is to say-

1. (a) allocation of land for different uses, general distribution and general locations of land, and the extent to which the land may be used as residential, industrial, agricultural, or as forest, or for mineral exploitation ;
2. (b) reservation of areas for open spaces, gardens, recreation, zoological gardens, nature reserves, animal sanctuaries, dairies and health resorts ;
3. (c) transport and communications, such as roads, highways, railways, waterways, canals and airports, including their development ;
4. (d) water supply, drainage, sewerage, sewage disposal and other public utilities, amenities and services including electricity and gas ;
5. (e) reservation of sites for new towns, industrial estates and any other large scale development or project which is required to be undertaken for proper development of the Region or new town ;
6. (f) preservation, conservation and development of areas of natural scenery, forest, wild life, natural resources, and land-scaping ;
7. (g) preservation of objects, features, structures or places of historical, natural, architectural or scientific interest and educational value ;
8. (h) areas required for military and defence purposes ;
   • (i) prevention of erosion, provision for afforestation, or reforestation, improvement and redevelopment of water front areas, rivers and lakes ;
9. (j) proposals for irrigation, water supply and hydro-electric works, flood control and prevention of river pollution ;
10. (k) providing for the relocation of population or industry from over- populated and industrially congested areas, and indicating the density or population or the concentration of industry to be allowed in any areas; 1[(l) provisions for permission to be granted for controlling and regulating the use and development of land within the jurisdiction of a local authority or the Collector, as the case may be, including imposition of fees, charges and premium, at such rate as may be fixed by the State Government or the Planning Authority, from time to time, for grant of an additional Floor Space Index or for the special premissions or for the use of discretionary powers under the relevant Development Control Regulations, and also for imposition of conditions and restrictions in regard to the open space to be maintained about buildings, the percentage of building area for a plot, the location, number, size, height, number of storeys and character of buildings and density of population allowed in a specified area, the use and purposes to which buildings or specified areas of land may or may not be appropriated, the sub-division of plots, the discontinuance of objectionable users of land in any area in reasonable periods, parking space and loading and unloading space for any building and the sizes of projections and advertisement signs and hoardings and other matters may be considered necessary for carrying out the objects of this Act.]