7.1 Development plan under the MRTP Act notes

1. 7.1.1MRTP Act Sections 21–24: duty to prepare a development plan, declaration of intention, default and Town Planning Officer

   Every Planning Authority must prepare a Development Plan (DP) for its area within a fixed time (s.21), starting with a resolution declaring its intention (s.23) and the appointment of a Town Planning Officer (s.24); if it fails, a State town planning officer does the work at its cost.

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2. 7.1.2MRTP Act Sections 22 and 22A: contents of a development plan and substantial modification

   Section 22 lists what a Development Plan may provide, from land-use zones and public-purpose reservations to development control rules; s.22A defines which changes made at sanction stage are "of a substantial nature" and so need fresh public notice under s.31.

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3. 7.1.3MRTP Act Sections 25–27: existing land-use map, preparing and publishing the draft DP and relation to the regional plan

   After declaring its intention, the Planning Authority surveys the area and prepares the existing land-use map within six months (s.25), prepares and publishes the draft DP within two years for public objections (s.26), and must be guided by any Regional plan while doing so (s.27).

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4. 7.1.4MRTP Act Sections 28–31: Planning Committee, submission and sanction of a development plan and final DP

   Objections to the draft DP are heard by a Planning Committee (s.28), the modified draft is submitted to the State Government (s.30), and the Government sanctions it, with fresh notice for substantial changes, after which it becomes the binding "final Development plan" (s.31).

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5. 7.1.5MRTP Act Sections 32–36: interim DP, comprehensive development areas, plans for additional areas and earlier plans

   Sections 32–36 handle plans other than the main DP: a quick interim DP while the full plan is prepared (s.32), detailed plans for areas to be developed as a whole (s.33), plans for areas added to a city (s.34), and the status of plans made before the Act (ss.35–36).

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6. 7.1.6MRTP Act Sections 37–39: modification and revision of a final development plan and variation of TP schemes

   A final DP can be changed in two ways: modification of any part or proposal (s.37), or full revision at least once in twenty years (s.38); where the DP conflicts with an older TP scheme, the scheme is varied (s.39).

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7. 7.1.7MRTP Act Sections 40–42 and 113–124: special planning authorities, new town development authorities and implementing plans

   For areas needing special treatment, the State can appoint a Special Planning Authority (s.40) or designate a new town with its own New Town Development Authority (ss.113–124); in every case the Planning Authority has a duty to carry out the plans in force (s.42).

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8. 7.1.8MRTP Act Sections 49–50 and 127: purchase notice, deletion and lapse of reservations

   An owner whose land is frozen by a reservation can force the issue: by a purchase notice to the State Government (s.49), by the authority asking for the reservation to be deleted (s.50), or, after ten years without acquisition, by a notice that makes the reservation lapse if no acquisition steps follow (s.127).

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