Local Area Plan

Local Area Plan.-

1. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act or any other law for the time being in force and having regard to the proposals of the interventions made thereunder for the development of the area, the Appropriate Authority, may make one or more Local Area Plans in respect of any area within its functional area, where interventions are required in respect of economic, physical, environmental & social matters and in particular in respect of any land which,-
   • (i) Is already built upon or is in the course of development;
   • (ii) Has old, dilapidated, and unauthorized structures and requires redevelopment;
   • (iii) Attracts retrofitting in respect of,-
   • (a) Disaster preparedness
   • (b) Management of built areas surrounding heritage structures and places; Provided that the State Government may in this behalf direct any Appropriate Authority by specific or general order to make Local Area Plan for any area in the State. Provided further that in the case of Aizawl, the plan for each zone as defined in the Master Plan of Aizawl, 2030 shall be treated at par with a local area plan.
2. (2) Subject to the provisions of this Act or any other law for the time being in force, the Appropriate Authority, may make one or more Local Area Plans for the area under its jurisdiction or any other area as may be notified by the State Government;
3. (3) For any Local Area Plan construed under sub-section
4. (1) or sub-section (2), the Appropriate Authority, shall determine and delineate the limits.