Chapter V DEVELOPMENT PLANS

1. (1) As soon as many be, after the declaration of a planning area the planning authority shall, not later than one year after such declaration or within such time as the State Government may, from time to time, extend, prepare, after consultation with the local authorities concerned, if any, and submit to the Board and the State Government, a plan (hereinafter called the Outline Development Plan) for the planning area or any of its parts and such other area or areas contiguous or adjacent to the planning area as the State Government may direct to be included in the Outline Development Plan.
2. (2) The Outline Development Plan shall -
   • (a) indicate broadly the manner in which the planning authority proposes that land in such area should be used ;
   • (b) allocate areas or zones of land for use -
     • (i) for residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural purposes,
     • (ii) for public and semi-public open spaces, parks and playgrounds.
     • (iii) for such other purposes as the planning authority may think fit ;
   • (c) indicate, define and provide -
     • (i) for existing and proposed highways, arterial roads, ring roads, and major streets under the State Government or local body concerned ;
     • (ii) for existing and proposed other lines of communication, including railways, tramways, airports canals ;
   • (d) include regulations (hereinafter called the Zoning regulations) to regulate within each Zone the location, height, number of storeys and size of buildings and other structures, the size of yards, courts and other open spaces, and the use of buildings, structures and land.
3. (3) The Outline Development Plan may indicate, define and provide for -
   • (a) the existing and proposed public and semi-public buildings, and
   • (b) all or any of the purposes and matters as may be indicated, define and provided for in the Comprehensive Development Plan under section 19.
4. (4) Subject to the provisions of the rules made under this Act for regulating the form and contents of the Outline Development Plan any such plan shall include such maps and such descriptive matters as may be necessary to explain and illustrate the proposals in the Outline Development Plan.

1. (1) As soon as may be, after the declaration of a planning area, the planning authority shall, bur not later than three years after such declaration or within such time as the State Government may, from time to time, extend, prepare after consultation with the local authorities concerned, if any, and submit to the Board and the Statc Govemn~ent a plan (hereinafter called the Cornprchensive Development Plan) ior [he planning area or any of its parts and such other area or areas contiguous or adjacent to the planning area as thc State Government may direct to bc included in thc Coinprehensive Dcvelopmenr Plan.
2. (2) The Comprehensive Development Plan shall -
   • (a) indicale, define and provide for all the matters that have to be or. may be indicated, defined and provided for in the Ourline Development Plan with such modifications as the planning authority deems fit ;
   • (b) indicate, define and provide for -
     • (i) areas reserved for agricul ture. public and sernipu bl ic open spaces, parks, playgrounds, gardens and other recreational uses, green belts and nature reserves ;
     • (ii) comprehensive land allocation of areas or zones for residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, and other purposes ;
     • (iii) coinplele road and street patrern and trafPic circulation pattern for present and ruture requircmcnts ;
     • (iv) major roxl and strcct impl.ovemenls ;
     • (v) area reservcd for public buildings and institutions and for new civic dcvelopment ;
     • (vi) areas for lulure development and expansion, and areas for new housing ;
     • (vii) a rne~i i tics, scl-vices and utilities ;
     • (viii) all such miltters as may be prescribed by thc rulcs or may bc directed by [he Staw Government or the Board to be indicated, defined. and provided for ;
   • (c) include thc zor~irlg reylacions to regulate within cach zone the location, hcight, number or sloreys and size and number of builtlings and other struct~~r.es, the size of yards, courts. anrl other open spaces and [he use of buildings and othcr- open spaccs and the use of buildings, str-ucturcs and land ;
   • (d) indicatc the slages by which thc plan l~roposals iu-e pl-oposerl to be can-icd out, togetl~el- with financial i ~nplication or each stage.
3. (3) The Comprehensive Development Plan may -
   • (a) indicare, definc and p1-ovirle lor -
     • (i) all such ~nattcl-s including planning standat-ds, gross and new designs and guiding principles as thc plilnning nuthori ty ]?lay consider expcdicnt to bc indicated, defined iind provided for ill lhc dcvelopment plans ;
     • (ii) detailed clevclopt~~ent of specific areas for housing shopping ccntres, indus~rjal areas and civic centl-cs, educational and culrural institutions :
     • (iii) control and archilectural fe'enturcs, clevation and frontage of buildings and stlhuc~u~-es ;
     • (iv) a fivc year development programme within the frame-work of the stngiug referred lo in clause
   • (d) of sub-section
4. (2) ;
   • (b) designate, as lntld subjcct to acqi~isirion for any public pur- POSC, itl~d in particulars, bul ~vithout pr-cjudicc to the genel-r~lity of this provision for thcpurpose of-
     • (i) the Union of India. thc State, local authorities 01. any other au thm-icy established by 1;1w and public utility conccl-ns :
     • (ii) dealing sarisfactoi.ily with the area of bar1 layou1 or obsolete development and slum areas and provision for re-allocation of population ;
     • (iii) the provision of open spiices, parks and playground ;
     • (iv) securing rhe use of rhc land in lhe rnanner speciiied in the dcvclopmcn t plan ;
     • (v) any of the matters as are referred to in sub-section (2).
5. (4) Subject tn the provisions oP rhe rules nladc undcl- this Act for regulati~~g thc form and contetl ts of the Comprehensive Dc\rclopinent PI an, any such pla~~ sh;lll include such maps and such dcscl-iptivc matters as may be necessary to c.upl;~iu and illustrate the proposals in thc dcvelopincnt plan.

If any local authority has bccn declared as a planning authority for a pliinning iunen and he local aulhoi-ity has prcpared a developn~enl plan for the pliulnin: area beforc thc application of this Act to ha^ area, the develop~ncnt pliin already prepared may bc deemed to be a development plan under seclion 18 or seclion 19 of this Act.

1. (1) Where, by virtue ofthe ioregoingprovisions of this Act, a dcvclop~nent plan is ro be prepared -
   • (a) il wirhin the period prescribed or within such period which tllc Statc Govct-nmcnt has ex tended, no developn~ent plan has bccn prepared, or
   • (b) if at any time thc State govern men^ is salisfied that thc planning authority is not taking steps necessary to prepare such a development plan within rhar period, the State Government may direct the Chicf Town Planner to prepare the development plan.
2. (2) After preparation or the development pIan, the Chief Town Planner shall subnit the development plan to rhc Board and the Hoard shall follow thc proccdurc and exercise [he powers of the planning authority under sections 22, 23,24 and 25.
3. (3) Any expenses incurred undcr this section in conncction with the prcpa- ration of thc dcvclopmen tplan for the planning area of a planning authority, shall be paid by the planning authority .