Model Town and Country Planning Act

Model Town and Country Planning Act,1960
• Models are just framework prepared by professional legal experts.
 The old enactments found to be ineffective to tackle many of city problems,hence it was felt
necessary for a new comprehensive legislation.
 For this purpose the the institute of town planners of india(ITPI) which was founded in 1951
,drafted a model town planning act in 1957 and circulated it among all the states for
implementation and It was formulated in 1960
 The model town and country planning act provide for the constitution by the state govt. of a state
town and country planning board for the purpose of coordinating and advising the local planning
authorities and the setting up of a local planning authority for different urban and rural areas
within the state to undertake preparation of master plans and to enforce them.
 It gives provisions for preparation of comprehensive master plan for urban areas of various states.
The states may adopt the model legislation with suitable modifications for this purpose.
 It also gives provisions for implementation and enforcement of the master plans and the
miscellaneous provisions to achieve planned urban growth of various urban areas in the state.
 The model act was revised in 1985 by central town and country planning organization (TCPO)
 The revised model regional and town planning and development law has largely been the basis
for the enactment of comprehensive urban and regional planning legislation in the states and UTs.
 This model is in nature of a guideline and is the outcome of several reviews and revisions
undertaken on the recommendations of the state ministers conference held from time to time.
 The legality of this model has been confirmed by the Ministry of law.
 Under this law, planning and plan implementation have been combined together so that a single
agency could undertake both these functions.
 To do this, the planning and development authority to be constituted under the law has been
equipped with full planning and development powers to discharge this task.
 A revised model for Urban & Regional Planning and Development law was brought out, and
guidelines on Urban Development Plan Formulation and Implementation (UDPFI) have been
formulated in 1991.
Salient features of the Model Town Planning Act 1960
The act deals with various important provisions which are as under;
1. It provides the constitution of a state Town Planning Board to advise the State Government with
regard to planning and local development and to work out a broad principle and policy for the
balanced development of the state.
2. The Government may, by notification, declare any area in the state to be local planning area for the
purpose of this act and on such declaration this act shall apply to these areas, except the military
cantonment area. Such notification shall also define the limit of planning area.
3. After consultation with the Board, the State Government may amalgamate or sub-divide the planning
area and constitute a special planning authority or Town Improvement Board to function as planning
authority
4. The planning authority constituted under the sub-section 2 shall consist of the following members,
namely
a) A chairman appointed by the State Government
b) A town planning officer, to be the member-secretary

c) Representatives of local bodies coming under the jurisdiction of their planning area and total number of
such representatives shall not exceed five
d) Three other members, appointed by State Government The State Government, if it feels fit, may
nominate one of the members as Vice-chairman of the planning Authority,
5. The State Government, by notification, shall specify the date with reference to which the present land
use has to be determined and different dates may be fixed for different areas in the state.
6. Every planning authority shall prepare Master plan in two stages
A. Preparation of an outline Development Plan or an interim master plan: within a period of two years,
the planning authority has to conduct the survey and prepare outline development plan and submit the
same to the Government through the Director for approval.
B. Preparation of Comprehensive development plan or detailed master plan
Recommendations for Amendment in Model Town & Country Planning Act, 1960 and Model
Regional & Town Planning and Development Law, 1985
This includes:
 Definition of natural hazard, natural hazard prone areas, natural disaster, mitigation
 Identification of natural hazard prone areas with respect to earthquakes, cyclones, floods and
landslides
 Specific recommendations for land use zoning for earthquake, landslide, cyclone and flood prone
areas
 Protection measures of buildings of essential services and installations from natural hazards in
hazard prone areas
 Prioritization of types of buildings for land use zoning
 Regulation for land use zoning shall be an overriding effect on any other regulation.
 For any relaxation, adoption of safe guard and protective measures to the satisfaction of the
Competent Authority will be incumbent on the part of user.
 Additional provisions with regard to land use zoning for natural hazard areas are suggested in
Model Planning Legislation.
State Governments have been advised to suitably incorporate the modification in their respective
Planning Legislation (s), so that regulation for land use zoning for natural hazard prone areas may be
notified by the Competent Authority under the above legal provision.

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a) A chairman appointed by the State Government

b) A town planning officer, to be the member-secretary

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