Chapter X Chapter X

(1) As soon as may be after the declaration of a planning area and after the designation of a Planning Agency for that area, the Designated Planning Agency shall, not later than one year after such declaration or within such time as the State Government may, from time to time, extend, prepare and submit to the State Government for its approval a plan (hereinafter called the "Master Plan") for the planning area or any of its part and the Master Plan so prepared shall - (a) indicate broadly the manner in which the land in the area should be used; (b) allocate areas or zones of land for use for different purposes; (c) indicate, define and provide the existing and proposed highways, roads, major streets and other lines of communication; (cc) indicate areas covered under heritage site and the manner in which protection, preservation and conservation of such site including its regulation and control of development, which is either affecting the heritage site or its vicinity, shall be carried out. (d) include regulations (hereinafter called "Zoning Regulations") to regulate within each zone the location, height, number of storeys and size of buildings and other structures, open spaces and the use of buildings, structures and land. (2) Subject to the provisions of the rules made under this Act for regulating the form and contents of the Master Plan, any such plan shall include such maps and such descriptive matters as may be necessary to explain and illustrate the proposals in the Master Plan. (3) As soon as after the Master Plan has been prepared under sub – section (1) ,by the Designated Planning Agency, the State Government, not later than such time, as may be prescribed, shall direct the Designated Planning Agency to publish the existing land use plan and master plan and the place or places, where the copies of the same may be inspected, for inviting objections in writing from any person with respect to the existing land use plan and master plan within a period of thirty days from the date of publication. (4) The State Government, after considering the objections and in consultation with the Board, may, direct the Designated Planning Agency to modify the Master Plan or approve it as such. (5) The Designated Planning Agency, after approval of the State Government, shall publish the final Master Plan in the Official Gazette, after carrying out the modifications if any, under intimation to the State Government within a period of thirty days from the date of according approval by the State Government.

(1) As soon as the Outline Master Plan is approved by the Board under Section 70, but not later than two years after the approval of the Outline Master Plan or within such time as the State Government may from time to time extend : - (a) where the Designated Planning Agency is a Municipal Committee or a Municipal Corporation, it shall prepare and submit to the Board for its approval a plan (hereinafter called the Draft Comprehensive Master Plan) for the local planning area or any part thereof; and (b) where the Designated Planning Agency is not a Municipal Committee or Municipal Corporation, it shall prepare and submit the draft Comprehensive Master Plan to the Municipal Committee or the Municipal Corporation, in whose jurisdiction the local planning area or part thereof for which the draft Comprehensive Master Plan has been prepared wholly or partly falls, for giving its consent to the draft Comprehensive Master Plan. (2) The Municipal Committee or the Municipal Corporation, as the case may be, shall give its consent under sub-section (1) within the prescribed period and if such a consent is not given within the prescribed period, the Designated Planning Agency shall presume that the Municipal Committee or the Municipal Corporation, as the case may be, has no objection to the provisions of the Draft Comprehensive Master Plan and may thereafter submit the same to the Board for its approval : Provided that where the Municipal Committee or the Municipal Corporation, as the case may be, conveys its refusal not to give consent to the Draft Comprehensive Master Plan within the prescribed period or where there is a difference of opinion between the Authority and the Municipal Committee or the Municipal Corporation, the matter shall be referred by the Designated Planning Agency to the Board for decision and the decision of the Board shall be final. (3) The draft Comprehensive Master Plain may – (a) indicate, define and provide for all the matters that have to be or may be indicated, defined and provided for in the Outline Master Plan with such modifications as the Designated Planning Agency deems fit; (b) indicate, define and provide for - (i) area reserved for agriculture, public and semi-public uses, open spaces and parks, play grounds and other recreational uses, green belts and natural reserves; (ii) comprehensive land allocation of areas or zones for residential, industrial, agricultural and other purposes; (iii) complete road and street pattern and traffic circulation patterns for present and future requirements; (iv) major roads and street improvement; (v) area reserved for public buildings and institutions and for new civic development; (vi) areas for future development and expansion and areas for new housing; (vii) amenities, services and utilities; (vii-a) protection, preservation and conservation of heritage site including regulation of heritage site and the manner in which development, affecting heritage site or its vicinity, shall be carried out. (viii) all such matters as may be prescribed or as may be directed by the Board to be indicated, defined and provided for; (c) include zoning regulations to regulate within each zone the location, height, number of storeys and size and number of buildings and other structures, open spaces and the use of buildings, structures and land; (d) indicate the stages by which, the plan proposals are proposed to be carried out together with financial implications of each stage. (e) indicate, define and provide for – (i) all such matters including the planning standards, gross and net densities and guiding principles as the Designated Planning Agency may consider expedient to be indicated, defined and provided for in the Master Plan; (ii) detailed development of specific areas for housing, shopping centres, industrial areas and civic centres, educational and cultural institutions; (iii) detailed re-development or renewal of specific areas for housing, shopping centres, industrial areas, civic centres, educational and cultural institutions and other related purposes, widening of streets and roads and provision of amenities and infrastructures; (iv) control of architectural features, elevation and frontage of buildings and structures; and (v) a five year development programme; and (f) designate land as subject to acquisition for any public purposes and in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of this provision, for the purpose of, - (i) the Union of India, the State and the local authorities or any other authority established by law and public utility concerns; (ii) dealing satisfactorily with the areas of bad layout or obsolete development, and slum areas and provision for relocation of population; (iii) provision for open spaces, parks and play grounds; (iv) securing the use of the land in the manner specified in the development plan; and (v) any of the matters as are referred to in this sub-section. (4) Subject to the provisions of the rules made under this Act for regulating the form and contents of the draft Comprehensive Master Plan, any such plan shall include such maps and such descriptive matters as may be necessary to explain and illustrate the proposals in the draft Comprehensive Master Plan.

(1) As soon as may be after the draft Comprehensive Master Plan has been submitted to the Board, but not later than such time as may be prescribed, the Board shall direct the Designated Planning Agency to make such modifications in its draft Comprehensive Master Plan as the Board thinks fit and thereupon the Designated Planning Agency shall make these modifications. (2) The Board shall, after the modifications, if any, directed by it, have been made, give its consent to the publication of a public notice under sub- section (1) of section 73 of the preparation of the draft Comprehensive Master Plan.

(1) As soon as may be, after the Designated Planning Agency has received the consent of the Board under sub-section (2) of section 72 to the publication of the notice, the Designated Planning Agency shall publish by notification in the Official Gazette and in the prescribed manner, a public notice of the preparation of the Draft Comprehensive Master Plain, indicating therein the place or places where copies of the same may be inspected and inviting objections in writing from any person with respect to the draft Comprehensive Master Plan within such period as may be specified in the notice, such period not being earlier than sixty days from the publication of the notification in the Official Gazette. (2) After the expiry of the period specified in sub-section (1), the Designated Planning Agency shall afford a reasonable opportunity of being heard to any person including representatives of the State Government, Central Government or local authority, who has filed any objection and who has made a request for being so heard. (3) After considering all the objections and suggestions and after hearing the persons under sub-section (2), the Designated Planning Agency may, not later than such time, as may be prescribed, make such amendments in the draft Comprehensive Master Plan as it considers proper and thereafter shall submit the draft Comprehensive Master Plan with or without modifications to the Board for its recommendations to the State Government for approval.

As soon as may be, after the receipt of the draft Comprehensive Master Plan under sub-section (3) of section 73 but not later than such time as may be prescribed, the State Government may, either approve the draft Comprehensive Master Plan or may approve it with such modifications as it may consider necessary or may return the draft Comprehensive Master Plan to direct the Designated Planning Agency to modify the plan or to prepare a fresh plan in accordance with such conditions as the State Government may impose in this behalf.

The Master Plan come into operation from the date of publication, referred in sub-section (5) of section 70.

(1) At any time after the date on which the Master Plan for an area comes into operation, and at least once after every ten years, after that date, the Designated Planning Agency shall after carrying out such fresh surveys as may be considered necessary or as directed by the State Government, prepare and submit to the Board, a Master Plan after making alterations or additions as it considers necessary. (2) The provisions of Sections 70 and 75 shall mutatis mutandis as far as may be possible, apply to the Master Plan submitted under sub-section (1).

At any time after the date on which the Master Plan for a planning area comes into operation the Designated Planning Agency may with the prior approval of the State Government, make such minor changes in the Master Plan , as may be necessitated by typographical and cartographical errors and omissions, details of proposals not fully indicated on plan or changes arising out of the implementation of the proposals in the Master Plan : Provided that no such change shall be made unless the same is in the public interest and is notified to the public.

After the designation of a site for a new town and after the designation of a Planning Agency for the same, the Designated Planning Agency shall prepare a Master Plan for the new town and the provisions of Sections 70 and 75 shall mustatis mutandis apply to such a Master Plan.