Development plan is a statutory plan prepared (under relevant Act) within the framework of an approved perspective plan. The objective of a development plan is to provide further necessary details and intended actions in the form of strategies and physical proposals for various policies given in the perspective plan and regional plan depending upon the economic and social needs and aspiration of the people, available resources and priorities. Proposals of a development plan should be definite, supported by an implementation strategy and evaluation criteria. It makes known publicly the intention of the local authority regarding physical, social and economic development, the facilities and the services that are proposed to be provided in the near future. The approved development plan allows the local authority to implement development of the land area specified under the plan with the help of local area plans and projects.
The time frame of the existing Development Plans is for a period of 20 years by most of the Urban Development Authorities/ULBs. For greenfield cities, a longer planning period can be considered, aligned with the infrastructure life of 30 years. These plans should be in phases of 5 years, to make it convenient for periodic reviews and revision. This 5‐year cycle could also be usefully coincided with the State Five Year plans and State Finance Commissions’ recommendations, though such an alignment need not be made mandatory. The targets set for each phase can be assessed as the mid‐term review against the achievements at the end of each phase. For Greenfield area, phasing could include a ‘Zero’ period for approvals, institutional set‐up, initial land polling and revisiting any strategy.
A development plan prepared within the framework of the approved perspective plan is a medium term (5 years) comprehensive plan of spatioeconomic development of the urban centre. The objective of a development plan is to provide necessary details and intended actions in the form of strategies and physical proposals for various policies given in the perspective plan. The objectives depend upon the economic and social needs and aspiration of the people, available resources, and priorities.
A development plan is a statutory plan, approved and adopted by the local authority for implementation with the help of schemes and projects.