1. Urban and Regional Planning:
Issues & Challenges
S. B. Honnur,
Director of Town & Country Planning,
Government of Karnataka

2. Planning scenario
Planning practices in the country indicates that planning
objectives, policies and strategies at national level are
basically formalised in the Five Year Plans which are
economic and social in nature
 According to Item 20 of Seventh Schedule of the
Constitution of India the Concurrent List in
the, social and economic planning is a joint
responsibility of the Central and State governments.
 However, land being a State subject, the role of the
State Government becomes more pronounced in the
implementation process.

3. PROCESS OF URBAN AND REGIONAL
PLANNING
• Preparation of State Perspective Plan
• District Development Plan / Metropolitan
Region Development Plan
• Master Plan
• Schemes / Annual Plans

4. Contents of Perspective Plan
• Eco sensitive zones of the state
• Boundaries of all the urban and rural
settlements of the state
• Mapping of transport and communication
networks
• Mapping of natural features
• Industrial, mining and related area
• Disaster Zoning

5. Contents of Regional Plan
• Physical setting, settlement pattern
• Infrastructure resources
• Transport
• Environment and sustainability
• Regional Policy and development strategy
• Regional Land use
• Disaster Management Plan
• Implementation Strategies and Management
Structure

6. INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES
Planning function is a continuous process and the
Planning Department’s work continues from:
plan preparation to plan processing, plan
enforcement, plan implementation, plan detailing, plan
review and then plan formulation and so on.
The plan formulation, implementation, monitoring and
review exercises must be statutorily prescribed in the
State Acts and completed within the specified time-
frame and schedule.
In the context of these requirements institutional set-up
has a vital role.

7. Amendment to the Act
• The Karnataka Town & Country Planning
Act, 1961 needs to be revamped as per the 74th
Constitutional Amendment as the Karnataka
Urban and Regional Planning Act.
• The Model Urban and Regional Planning Act
prepared by TCPO may be the basis for bringing
amendment to the State Town Planning Act

8. INSTITUTIONS IN THE RESTRUCTURED
PLANNING PROCESS
• State Urban and Regional Planning Board
• Metropolitan Development Committees
• District Development Committees
• Urban Local Bodies

9. Need of a Renewed Planning System: Major
Issues
• Urban development issues specially in newly formed states and backward
areas
• Need for planning system uniformity in the country
• Problems in planning practices and requirement of coordinated working
between Departments/Authorities
• Issues in implementation of plans and projects by the States/ UT’s in
legal, funding and decision making aspects,
• Issues related to promoting rapid urbanisation and climate change

10. Need of a Renewed Planning System
Major Issues
• Lack of focus on economic aspects of plan implementation / budgeting while
preparing land use development plans etc.
• Need for inclusive Planning, people participation and planning for the urban
poor,
• Integration of Peri-urban areas in the planning process,
• SEZ’s or industrial development’s impact on spatial and urban development
especially when their location is near to large cities.
• CRZ policy and Coastal management in case of coastal cities.
• Special issues in urban development in hill states.
• Provisions for Affordable housing

11. Issues in implementation / enforcement
of Master Plan
• The present proposals of Master plans are land-use oriented
and lack integration across sectors. i.e. Land use with
transportation , infrastructure, ecology & environmental
issues and socio-economic needs
• Heritage planning is ignored due to lack of funds by the
Authority
• Strict enforcement mechanism to curtail unauthorized
developments

12. THANK YOU