The local plan is the result of a decentralized plan. This plan is prepared either by the municipality or a particular municipal ward and is based on local need assessment. Nowadays, the district plan in India follows the local plan approach. In London it is called neighborhood planning. The neighborhood planning represents government’s desire to decentralize power from Whitehall and give more responsibility to councils and particularly communities over decisions that directly affect their area.
The important elements of local plans area are as follow:
> Applying the strategy of a structure plan and developing policies and proposals contained in the structure plan;
> Providing a basis for coordinated development; public and private and investment on area covered on them will be coordinated;
> Providing detailed basis for development controls in the structure plan are refined and standards and other criteria will be precisely stated; and
> Bringing local and detailed planning issues before the public, informing property owners and developers how their interests will be affected.