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9 MPSC ATP Local Area Plan questions with answers

6 questions from MPSC ATP Mock Test 1 with answers and MPSC ATP 2022 question paper with answers. Try each one, then tap Show answer.

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LAP - concept

  1. Q1 Mock Test 1, Q43

    A Local Area Plan (LAP) is best described as:

    1. AA detailed plan for a part of a city, such as a ward, precinct or corridor, that elaborates the Development Plan, typically for regeneration of built-up areas
    2. BA long-term perspective plan for the whole State
    3. CA plan for a group of districts prepared by a Regional Planning Board
    4. DA building-level plan submitted for development permission
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    Answer A. A detailed plan for a part of a city, such as a ward, precinct or corridor, that elaborates the Development Plan, typically for regeneration of built-up areas

    An LAP works below the city-level DP and details land use, circulation, infrastructure and urban form for a smaller area, mainly to regenerate already developed areas (URDPFI 2014; GTPUDA s.76A).

    Source: URDPFI Guidelines 2014 (plan hierarchy); GTPUDA 1976, s.76A

LAP - Gujarat (s.23)

  1. Q2 Mock Test 1, Q44

    Section 23(1)(ix-a) of the GTPUDA, 1976 empowers the urban development authority to:

    1. ALevy and collect fees or charges for execution of works and provision of amenities specified in the Local Area Plan
    2. BAcquire land under the RFCTLARR Act for the Local Area Plan
    3. CAppoint a Town Planning Officer for the Local Area Plan
    4. DSuspend the Development Plan in the Local Area Plan area
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    Answer A. Levy and collect fees or charges for execution of works and provision of amenities specified in the Local Area Plan

    s.23(1)(ix-a) lets the authority levy and collect fees or charges for works, services and amenities specified in the LAP, so LAP infrastructure can be recovered from beneficiaries.

    Source: GTPUDA 1976, s.23(1)(ix-a)

LAP - contents

  1. Q3 Mock Test 1, Q45

    Which of the following is NOT a typical component of a Local Area Plan?

    1. ADetailed street network and road widening proposals
    2. BPlot-level development controls and urban design guidelines
    3. CUpgrading of local physical and social infrastructure
    4. DRegional settlement hierarchy and inter-district transport corridors
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    Answer D. Regional settlement hierarchy and inter-district transport corridors

    LAPs work at neighbourhood or precinct scale (streets, plot-level controls, urban design, local infrastructure). Settlement hierarchy and inter-district corridors belong to a Regional Plan (MRTP s.14).

    Source: MRTP Act 1966 (as on 28 Jul 2026), ss.14, 33A(3); URDPFI Guidelines 2014

LAP in GTPUDA

  1. Q4 ATP 2022, Q27

    The Gujarat Government has made special provision for Local Area Plan in the Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act, 1976 vide Section

    1. A70A
    2. B76A
    3. C77
    4. D78
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    Answer B. 76A

    Gujarat introduced the Local Area Plan as a statutory tool for densified redevelopment of existing built-up areas through the newly inserted Section 76A of the GTPUDA, 1976. (Answer matches the official MPSC final key, 26-12-2022.)

    Source: GTPUDA 1976, s.76A

Purpose of LAP

  1. Q5 ATP 2022, Q28

    A Local Area Plan is devised

    1. Afor greenfield development
    2. Bto improve and enhance the existing developed areas
    3. Cfor development of a region
    4. Dto define the use of land in the total area of a Planning Authority
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    Answer B. to improve and enhance the existing developed areas

    A Local Area Plan is a micro-level plan for an already developed (brownfield) area such as a core city or TOD corridor, to improve infrastructure, densify and redevelop; greenfield areas are handled by TP Schemes and the whole area by the DP. Under the MRTP Act as amended by Mah. 44 of 2025 (s.2(14A)), an LAP may cover a built or open local area within a DP or RP area, but improving existing areas remains its main use. (Answer matches the official MPSC final key, 26-12-2022.)

    Source: MRTP Act 1966 (as on 28 Jul 2026), s.2(14A); UDCPR 2020; URDPFI Guidelines 2014; GTPUDA s.76A

LAP vs UDCPR

  1. Q6 ATP 2022, Q29

    If the provisions of a 'Local Area Plan' are not consistent with the UDCPR,

    1. Athen the provisions of the Local Area Plan shall prevail
    2. Bthen the particulars shall be referred to the Director of Town Planning
    3. Cthen the provisions of UDCPR shall prevail
    4. Dthe Planning Authority may propose a modification under Section 37 of the MRTP Act, 1966 so as to make it suitable for that particular provision of the Local Area Plan
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    Answer A. then the provisions of the Local Area Plan shall prevail

    UDCPR Reg. 15.3 says that where the provisions of a Local Area Plan are not consistent with the UDCPR, the provisions of the Local Area Plan shall prevail. This fits the MRTP Act as amended in 2025: an LAP gives detailed provisions in addition to the DP, RP or regulations (s.33A(3)(a)), and the DP or RP stands modified to the extent of the final LAP (s.33C(3)), so no separate s.37 modification is needed. (Answer matches the official MPSC final key, 26-12-2022.)

    Source: UDCPR 2020, Reg. 15.3; MRTP Act 1966 (as on 28 Jul 2026), ss.33A(3)(a), 33C(3)

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