PLANNING REVIEWER SET 6 • Time – the short-range (1-5 years), medium-

range (6-10 years), and the long-range (11-

COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN
20 years) time frames.
A Comprehensive Development Plan is an official
public document adopted by a local government Annual budget or development program – 4
unit as a policy guide to decisions about the physical or 5 year capital improvement or investment
development of the community done in a program (short-range)
coordinated and unified manner which can be Comprehensive development plan –
continually referred to. reviewed every 4 to 5 years

It indicates in a general way how leaders of

government – through various policies and LAND-USE PLAN
proposals (goals and objectives) – want the
The Land-Use Plan is the rationale and deliberate
community to develop in the next 10 to 20 years or
allocation of the land into different uses in order to
so.
bring about the desired goals and to prevent the
undesirable effects of unregulated and unplanned
The local government unit, particularly the
growth.
legislative body made up of lay citizens – needs
some technical guidance in coming up with these
decisions which can be provided by professional
Zoning Ordinance – the legal instrument that brings
planners through the comprehensive development
about the goals and objectives spelledout in the
plan.
land-use plan, expressed in graphic (map) or textual
forms.
Comprehensive, holistic or integrated planning is a
multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral approach that
attempts to address itself to the following:
Zoning Map – a map that reflects the subdivision of
• Scope – the physical, economic, socio- a community into zones or districts according to
cultural, political, legal, and administrative present and potential uses of land to maximize,
aspects or functional elements which bear regulate and direct their use and development in
on development. accordance with the CLUP of the community.

*Sectoral Plans – undertaken by various

SWOT Analysis – assessment of present condition,
governmental units or agencies addressed
characteristics, and current state; development and
to the various aspects divided into sectors
factors that contribute to growth of a
such as public works, water supply and
city/municipality’s commercial activities.
sewerage, transportation and
communications, social welfare, health and • Strengths – refer to present environmental
sanitation, peace and order, fire prevention, and ecological features or attributes that
revenue collection, education, etc. enhances or aids in the growth or
development of commercial activities in a
• Area – the entire area subject of the city/municipality.
planning exercise be it barangay, town, city,
province or region. • Weaknesses – refer to the present human,
fiscal, and physical attributes and natural
resources that limit or inhibit a
 city/municipality’s economic progress or trends and events that are potentially
development. harmful to a city/municipality’s present or
future development or economic progress.
• Opportunities – refer to economic, social,
political, technological and competitive
SWOT Matrix – an important strategy-formulation
trends and events that could significantly
matching tool resulting in the development of four
benefit a city/municipality in the future.
types of strategies: SO strategies, WO strategies, ST
strategies, and WT strategies.
• Threats – consist of economic, social,
political, technological and competitive