SBEQ 4312/SBEC4312 (DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS)

LECTURE 6
( DEVELOPMENT CONTROL)

4th November, 2014

Lecture Content

1) Planning Standards
• Understanding planning standards vis a vis design and measurement
2) Objectives of Planning Control
• Planning criterias,Land use, space use,population growth,physical development
3) Theories related to planning standards
• Margaret Roberts
• F.S. Chapin & E.J. Kaiser
• Kevin Lynch

4) Development Control
• Issue of control
• Tool used by local authorities
• Empowerment under Town & Country Planning Act 1976
• Preparation of development guidelines.

5) Importance of Planning Standards

• Functions related to shape and usage
• Avoid conflicts
• Planning tools
• Planning guidelines (Building size,frontage,firebreak, carparking)

6) Examples of detailed Principles

• Housing prices
• Design inter-building space
• Basic utilities
• Recreational Provisions

7) Using Standards in Planning

• Demand forecast
• Guidelines on development intensity
• Stages of investments

8) Instruments of Development Control.

• Land zoning
• Development Density
• Plot ratio
• Plinth area
• Planning standards