(1) The District Planning Committee constituted by the Government under section 53 of the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 (20 of 1994) shall prepare or get prepared the Spatial Perspective Plan for the District and it shall contain an integrated vision, strategies and policies for the district on spatial development for a plan period of approximately twenty years.
(2) The Spatial Perspective Plan for the District shall, inter alia, deal with all or some of the following matters, namely:—
(a) physical and natural resource potentials and their utilisation;
(b) population assignment and settlement pattern including rural as well as urban centres and their hierarchy and functional specialization;
(c) district level transportation system;
(d) generalized land utilisation pattern;
(e) housing and shelter development;
(f) conservation of environment, forests, ecologically sensitive areas and heritage zones;
(g) integrated infrastructure development covering water, energy, sanitation, education, health, recreation, communication and other utilities, facilities and services;
(h) development of specific areas, if any, such as tribal areas, coastal areas, economically backward areas, areas for establishment of new towns, etc;
(i) situational analysis in respect of hazard, vulnerability, risk and proposals for mitigation and resilience;
1. Substituted by Act 33 of 2021 (w.e.f. 25.02.2021).
2. Substituted by Act 33 of 2021 (w.e.f. 25.02.2021).
3. Substituted by Act 33 of 2021 (w.e.f. 25.02.2021).
4. Substituted by Act 33 of 2021 (w.e.f. 25.02.2021).
(j) spatial development aspects of various sectors, namely:—
(i) agriculture and rural development and allied sectors;
(ii) trade, commerce and industries;
(iii) tourism;
(iv) animal husbandry and fisheries;
(v) any other sector which is determinant in the spatial planning and development of the District;
(k) mobilization of fiscal resources for Plan implementation; and
(l) any other particulars and details as may be considered necessary for ensuring planned development of the State and as may be directed by the Government.
(3) Priority action plan, taking into account major schemes and projects envisaged in the spatial perspective plan for the District and also the development priorities assigned by the Central and State Governments, indicating phasing and prioritization of actions for the implementation of short, medium and long term sectoral programmes, projects and schemes or any other particulars, as may be considered necessary in respect of spatial development by the District Planning Committee concerned.]
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