State Act

The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Town and Country Planning Act, 1974

42[30. Contents of Outline Development Plan.— (1) An Outline Development Plan shall: — (a) indicate broadly the manner in which the land in the planning area is proposed to be used; (b) allocate areas or zones of land for use— (i) for residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural purposes; (ii) for public and semi-public open spaces, parks and playgrounds; and (iii) for such other purposes as the Planning and Development Authority may think fit; (c) indicate, define and provide— (i) for existing and proposed national highways, arterial roads, ring roads and major streets; and (ii) for existing and proposed lines of communications, including railways, tram-ways, airports and canals; (d) regulate within such zone, the location, the height, number of storey, and size of buildings and other structures, the size of yards, courts, and other open spaces, and the use of buildings, structures and lands. (2) An Outline Development Plan may also indicate, define and provide for— (a) the existing and proposed public and semi-public buildings; and (b) all or any of the purposes and matters as may be indicated, defined and provided for in the Comprehensive Development Plan under section 32; (c) for the reservation of land for public purposes, such as schools, colleges and other educational institutions, medical and public health institutions, markets, social welfare and cultural institutions, theaters and places for public entertainment, public assembly, museums, art galleries, religious buildings, play-grounds, stadia, open spaces, dairies and for such other purposes as may, from time to time, be specified by the State Government; (d) proposals for designation of areas for zoological gardens, green belts, natural reserves and sanctuaries; (e) transport and communications, such as roads, highways, parkways, railways, waterways, canals and airport, including their extension and development; (f) proposals for water supply, drainage, sewage disposal, other public utility amenities and service including supply of electricity and gas; (g) reservation of land for community facilities and services; (h) proposals for designation of sites for service industries, industrial estates and any other industrial development on an extensive scale; (i) preservation, conservation and development of areas of natural scenery and landscape; (j) preservation of features, structures or places of historical, natural, architectural or scientific interest and of educational value; (k) proposals for flood control and prevention of river pollution; (l) proposals for the reservation of land for the purpose of Union, any State, local authority or any other authority or body established by or under any law for the time being in force; (m) the filling up or reclamation of low lying, swampy or unhealthy areas or leveling up of land; (n) provision for controlling and regulating the use and development of land within the development area, including imposition of conditions and restrictions in regard to the open space to be maintained for buildings, the percentage of building area for a plot, the location, number, size, height, number of storeys and character of buildings and density of built up area allowed in a specified area, the use and purposes to which a building or specified areas of land may or may not be appropriated, the sub-divisions of plots, the discontinuance of objectionable uses of land in any area in any specified periods, parking spaces, loading and unloading space for any building and the sizes of projections and advertisement signs and hoardings and other matters as may be considered necessary for carrying out the objects of this Act; (o) provision for preventing or removing pollution of water or air caused by the discharge of waste or other means as a result of the use of land; and such other proposals for public or other purposes as may from time to time be approved by the planning and development authority or as may be directed by the Government in this behalf. (3) Subject to such rules regulating the form and contents of an Outline Development Plan any such plan shall include such maps and such descriptive matter as may be necessary to explain and illustrate the proposals contained in that Plan. (4) The following particulars shall be published along with the outline development plan, namely:- (a) a statement indicating broadly the uses to which lands in the area covered by the plan are proposed to be put and any survey carried out for the preparation of the outline development plan; (b) maps, charts and statements explaining the provisions of the outline development plan; (c) the regulations for enforcing the provisions of the outline development plan; (d) procedure explaining the manner in which permission for developing any land may be obtained from the area development authority or, as the case may be, the authorised officer; (e) a statement of the stages of development by which it is proposed to meet any obligation imposed on the planning and development authority by the outline development plan; (f) an approximate estimate of the cost involved in acquisition of land reserved for public purposes. (5) After the coming into operation of Outline Development Plan and defining the Zone thereof, the conversion shall be in conformity with the contents of an Outline Development Plan and in accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed.]