(1) As soon as may be after the commencement of this Act, the District Planning Committee shall take a decision 3 [ to prepare or get prepared] a 4 [S patial Perspective Plan] for the district.
(2) The District Planning Committee shall, not later than two years from the date of decision taken to prepare a 5 [ Spatial Perspective Plan] as per sub-section (1), prepare or get prepared and shall publish, the draft 6[Spatial Perspective Plan] for the district in the website and the notice of the publication shall be notified in the Official Gazette and in at least two newspapers having wide circulation in the district, of which one must be in the regional language, specifying the place or places where a copy of the draft 7[Spatial Perspective Plan] for the district may be inspected, and also inviting objections and suggestions to be filed within a period of sixty days from the date of publication of the notice in the Official Gazette. The District Planning Committee shall forward a copy of the draft 8[Spatial Perspective Plan] for the district or relevant extracts thereof to the Local Self Government Institutions within their jurisdiction.
1. Omitted 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).
5. Substituted by Act 33 of 2021 (w.e.f. 25.02.2021).
6. Substituted by Act 33 of 2021 (w.e.f. 25.02.2021).
7. Substituted by Act 33 of 2021 (w.e.f. 25.02.2021).
8. Substituted by Act 33 of 2021 (w.e.f. 25.02.2021).
(3) The District Planning Committee shall as far as possible within sixty days from the time limit prescribed for receiving objections and suggestions under sub-section (2) consider all the objections and suggestions received and give effect to such modifications as may be considered necessary and the 1[Spatial Perspective Plan] for the district as recommended by the District Planning Committee shall be submitted to the Government for sanction:
2[Provided that the District Planning Committee may appoint a sub committee under subsection (3) of section 14, consisting of not more than four of its members including the person nominated by the Government, two persons possessing special knowledge or practical experience in matters relating to transportation, agriculture, economics or environment and the district level officer of the Local Self Government Department (Planning) of the Government for processing the objections and suggestions and to submit its report to the District Planning Committee.]
(4) The Government may, in consultation with the 3[State Town and Country Planning Committee], within sixty days of the date of receipt of the 4[Spatial Perspective Plan] for the district forwarded to it under sub-section (3), and after ensuring that the 5[Spatial Perspective Plan] for the district is within the framework of the 6[Spatial Perspective Plan] for the State, if prepared, and any other Plans under this Act, priorities and objectives set by the Government and the Government of India, sanction the same with or without modifications:
Provided that if the 7[Spatial Perspective Plan] for the district is returned for incorporating modifications, if any, suggested by the Government, the modified Plan shall be resubmitted within sixty days and the Government may sanction the Plan as if the Plan is submitted for sanction afresh.
8[(4A) The Government shall forward the Spatial Perspective Plan for the district sanctioned under sub-section (4) to the District Planning Committee concerned for incorporating its proposals suitably in the District Development Plan while preparing the same as envisaged under section 53 of the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 (20 of 1994).]
(5) As soon as may be, after the spatial perspective plan for the district has been sanctioned by the Government, the District Planning Committee shall forward a copy thereof to each of the Local Self Government Institutions in the district, and also publish, the fact of sanction of the spatial perspective plan for the district by the Government, in the Official Gazette and in at least one newspaper having wide circulation in the district, for information of the public and also specifying the place or places where a copy of the Plan may be
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).
5. Substituted by Act 33 of 2021 (w.e.f. 25.02.2021).
6. Substituted by Act 33 of 2021 (w.e.f. 25.02.2021).
7. Substituted by Act 33 of 2021 (w.e.f. 25.02.2021).
8. Inserted by Act 33 of 2021 (w.e.f. 25.02.2021).
available for reference or for 1 [ sale and the Spatial Perspective Plan for the District sanctioned by the Government shall be published in the official website of the District Planning Committee concerned.]
(6) The Government shall have the power to extend the time limit prescribed in subsections (2) (other than the time limit prescribed for the preparation of the plan), (3) and (4) above up to a period not exceeding six months.
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