Chapter VIII PLANNING AREAS AND PLANNING AGENCIES

i. The State Government may, from time to time by notification in the Official Gazette, declare any area in the State to be a regional planning area, a local planning area or the site for a new township provided that if the area falls within the notified area of any urban local body, it will done after consultation with such body. ii. Before making the declaration under sub-section (i) the State Government may take into consideration such matters as may be prescribed. iii. Every notification published under sub-section (i) shall indicate the limits and the name of the area to which it relates. iv. Except in such class or category of cases, which the State Government may, by order for the reasons to be recorded in writing, exempt, no person shall, on or after publication of notification under sub-section (i), and till the date, the Regional Plan or the Master Plan comes into operation under section 60 or under section 67, as the case may be, institute or change the use of land for any purpose or carry out any development in respect of any land without the previous permission of the Authority in local planning area and local authorities in rest of urban local body area and the provisions of sections 63 and 64 mutatis mutandis shall apply to the grant of such permission. Provided that the exemptions granted in the case of operational construction, shall not apply in the case of development affecting heritage site or its vicinity. v. The State Government may, after following the procedure as laid down in this section, alter the limits of any regional planning area, local planning area or the site for a new town.

As soon as may be, after declaration of a regional planning area, a local planning area or a site for new township, the Authority may, designate Planning Agency for that area by which may be either private or Government, deputed, hired, empaneled, outsourced or contractual.

i. The Designated Planning Agencies will work under the over all directions and control of the Authority. ii. The Authority may assign any or all of the following functions to the Designated Planning Agency, namely- a. To carry out survey of the regional planning area, local planning area or a site for new town, as the case may be, and, prepare reports on the surveys so carried out; b. To prepare an existing land use map and such other maps, as may be necessary for the purposes of preparing regional plan, master plan, a new town development specified in sub-section (ii) or as may be prescribed. c. To prepare a Regional Plan, a Master Plan and a new town development plan; and iii. In accordance with the directions of the Authority, a Designated Planning Agency shall exercise all such powers as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of carrying out its functions under this Act and also perform any other functions which are supplement, incidental or consequential to any of the functions specified in sub-section (ii) or as may be prescribed.

i. Preparation of present land use map,- As soon as may be, the Designated Planning Agency shall, prepare a present land use map in the form to be prescribed indicating the present use of every piece of land in the planning area. ii. After the preparation of the present land use map and register under sub-section (i) by the Designated Planning Agency, the Authority shall publish a public notice of the preparation of the map and register and of the place or places where copies of the same may be inspected, inviting objections in writing from any person with respect to the map and register within thirty days of the publication of such notice. iii. After the expiry of the period mentioned in the sub-section (ii), the Authority after allowing a reasonable opportunity of being heard to all the persons, who have filed the objections and after considering all the objections filed and after making such modifications in the map or register or both as it considers proper, adopt the map and register. iv. As soon as may be after the adoption of the map and the register under sub-section (iii), the Authority shall publish a public notice of the publication of the map and register and the place or places where the copies of the same may be inspected and shall submit copies of the map and register to the state Government. v. A copy of public notice published under sub-section (iv) shall also be published in the Official Gazette and the publication of the public notice in the Official Gazette in respect of the map and register shall be conclusive evidence that the map and register have been duly prepared and adopted.

The State Government may determine in the prescribed manner the amount which a Local Body, State Government or any other Authority functioning in the planning area shall pay to the Authority agency as contribution towards the expenses incurred by it in the discharge of its functions under this Act and the amount shall be accordingly paid.