DEPARTMENTS

OF
TOWN
PLANNING
TOWN PLANNING
 
 The comprehensive future planning of the physical and
social development of a town, including the construction
of facilities.
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ORGANIZATION
( Ministry of Urban
Development )
 
 TCPO was set up in 1962 in accordance with Town Planning Organization
(TPO) and Central Regional and Urban Planning Organization (CRUPO).

 TPO was set up by Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru in 1955 to formulate the
First Master Plan for Delhi, while CRUPO was tasked with evolving a plan
for Delhi Region.

 Since 1962, TCPO has been functioning as a technical wing of the

Ministry of Urban Development.
 Ministry of Urban Development formulates policies, supports and
monitors programmes and coordinates the activities of various Central
Ministries, State Governments and other nodal authorities.
 Urban planning as currently practised in India is essentially concerned with
planning the use and development of land in cities.
 The content of development (or master) plan has been accordingly defined.
The 74th Constitutional Amendment stated that the state should endow
Municipalities with necessary powers to prepare plans for economic
development and social justice; and matters covered by the Twelfth Schedule.
 But such plans prepared if any are still not mainstreamed. The basic notion
of ‘development’ viz. economic development, inclusive growth and
environmental sustainability are not explicitly incorporated in the planning
of urban development.
  ORGANISATIONAL SETUP

 
 The Commissioner of Town and Country Planning is the Head of the
department.
 The department is having its head office  and the sub-ordinate offices viz.,
8 Regional offices, 27 Composite Local Planning Authorities and 8 New
Town Development Authorities are functioning and 2 more NTDAs have
been notified.
SCHEMES :-
 
Some schemes of Town and Country Planning are mentioned below.
 1. Town and Country Planning organization (TCPO) is the nodal agency for
monitoring of the Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and
Medium Towns (UIDSSMT).  The objectives of the Scheme are to:
a) Improve infrastructural facilities
b)To help create durable public assets and quality oriented
services in cities & towns.
c) Enhance public-private-partnership in infrastructural
development and Promote planned integrated development
of towns / cities.  
 2. National Urban Information System (NUIS)

 Ministry of Urban Development has launched National Urban Information

System(NUIS) Scheme in March, 2006 to develop GIS databases for 137
towns / cities (As on date the total no. of towns in NUIS Scheme is 152. )
  this is done in two scales i.e., 1:10,000 and 1:2000.
 Apart from spatial data, the Scheme has another component i.e. National
Urban Data Bank and Indicators (NUDBI). The spatial and attribute
databases thus generated will be useful for preparation of
Master/Development plans, detailed town planning schemes and serve as
decision support for e-governance.
 75% of the total outlay of the scheme will be borne by the Central Govt.
and the 25% will be the State, matching share.
EMERGING ISSUES FOR THE
DEPARTMENT
• Inclusive Planning
• Sustainable Habitat Parameters
• Integration of Landuse and transport at planning stage
• Norms and Standards/Zoning Regulations
• Urban Reforms
• Service Level Benchmarks
• Plans like
City Sanitation Plan
City Drainage Plan
Capital Investment Plan and Financial Operating Plan
Disaster Management Plan
 Comprehensive Mobility Plan
Aims/goals of the Department:
 To provide effective land development plan with adequate infrastructural
facilities for conducive living environment required for the society. This is
achieved by integrating the physical, economic as well as social planning
for the diverse conditions through systematic development and regulation
of growth of urban and rural areas through Master Plans/New Town
Development Plans and Detailed Development Plans.
 To arrest the rural migration to cities and towns by rural-urban integration
through Regional Plans
 To preserve the historical, heritage and tourism important places in the
state.
 To protect environmentally and ecologically sensitive areas of the state.
SOURCE : tcpomud.gov.in
Department on state level
Local Planning Authority :
 The functions of the Local Planning Authorities are to regulate the physical development of
the town according to the land uses envisaged in the Master Plan and Detailed Development
Plan. Local Planning Authorities formulate new schemes based on the Master Plans.
There are two types of Local Planning Areas identified by this department.
 
a) Single Local Planning Authority
There are certain municipal areas, where the development of the town is mostly confined
within the town boundary itself; the concerned municipality is declared as Single Local
Planning Authority (SLPA) to carry out the planning functions.
 
b) Composite Local Planning Authority
 
 There are towns, which have grown beyond their boundaries. The Corporation or
Municipality could not control the development beyond their jurisdiction, as the adjoining
areas may lie either in Town Panchayat or Village Panchayat. Such towns combined with
their adjoining areas are identified and declared as Composite Local Planning Areas
controlled by Composite Local Planning Authorities (CLPA).
DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT:

1) Planning of town development all over the state.

2) To regulate the planning of building construction as per Town/Map/Master Plans.
3) Passing the Blue prints of plans of Town Planning/Master Plan.
4) To earmark the all land use as per master plan in urban area for housing.
5) Matter relating to town and country planning and preparation of Master Plan thereof.
6) Matter relating to town for proper plan and land use.
7) Matter relating to proper transport plans, planning for Bus terminal, parking place etc.
8) To earmark the site for residential and non-residential zone.
9) To earmark the site for industrial area, market area in the town planning.
10) To advise the Government on policy matter regarding Town & Country Planning
including legislation thereof.
11) Preparation of Regional Plans, Development Plans and Town Planning.
12) Assistance/advice to Municipalities for preparation of Town Planning.
Preparation of land use plan.
SOURCE: arunachaltp.nic.in
  Preparation of Statuary Plans
 
REGIONAL PLANS
 The Regional Plan provides a model for sustainable development of urban
and rural settlements to improve quality of life as well as a rational
regional land use pattern to protect and preserve good agricultural land,
environmentally sensitive areas and utilize unproductive land for urban
areas through an  inter-related policy framework relating to settlement
systems, economic activities, transportation, telecommunication, regional
land use, infrastructural facilities such as power and water, social
infrastructure, environment, disaster management, heritage and tourism.
 The state are demarcated into regions taking into factors like geographical
boundary, resource base, market potential and facilities, population
threshold etc.
SOURCE : ncrpb.nic.in
Master plans (MPs)
 Master plan is prepared for town and cities giving emphasize for zoning
regulation for judicious use of urban land.
 Thus a Master Plan is a key development plan to provide land use
allotment for residential, commercial, industrial, public and semi-public,
traffic and transportation, parks, play fields and open spaces, etc., taking
into consideration the existing land uses.
 The plans while suggesting for broader land use restrictions, will also
identify the problem areas in traffic and transport, location for education,
recreation site etc.

SOURCE : ncrpb.nic.in
Detailed Development Plans (DDPs)
 Detailed Development Plans are prepared in conformity with Master Plan
proposals, prepared for smaller areas within the urban area.
 These are the action plans where the development projects and
programmes are envisaged. It is a micro-level plan with detailed road
network in which Master Plan is translated for development of specific
area in the town which exhibits faster growth The Detailed Development
Plans are also reviewed periodically based on the trend of development.
 
New Town Development Plans (NTDPs)
 
 Taking into consideration the special nature of the area as industrial,
educational, historical, heritage and tourism importance, the areas are
developed fully utilising their potential into New Towns
SPECIAL PLANS
Traffic & Transportation Planning
 The growing scale of urbanization, city size and the prevailing land use
patterns has made the problem of urban traffic and transportation increasingly
complex and unmanageable.
 Urban transport in metropolitan cities is under increasing strains and suffers
from bottlenecks arising from its weaknesses and ills. Studies have to be
undertaken to study in depth the factors of travel time, mode and cost of travel,
pollution and distance to work, education and entertainment.
Heritage Town Development Plans
 The State Government should be concerned about protection of the
general environment of our priceless Heritage Towns and should to take up
the conservation and development of these towns notified.
SOURCE : tcpomud.gov.in
Town & Country Planning
Development Fund
 Section 64 of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1971 provides for the
constitution of Town and Country Planning Development Fund for the
purpose of furthering the Town and Country Planning functions under the
Act by allocating money from the consolidated fund of the State from time
to time.
 Accordingly, the Government has issued orders for constitution of the
Town and Country Planning and Development Fund and as grant or loan to
planning authorities is advanced from this fund for the performance of the
following functions under this Act.

SOURCE : tcpomud.gov.in