Section 1

[(ba) "Annual Plan" means socio-economic plan prepared by the State or Local Self Government Institutions for implementing schemes and projects within a fixed financial year, in accordance with development priorities of the State;] (c) "building" means any structure, for whatsoever purpose and of whatsoever material constructed and every part thereof whether used for human habitation or not and includes foundations, plinth, walls, floors, roofs, chimneys, plumbing and building services, verandah, balcony, cornice or projections, part of building or anything affixed thereto or any wall enclosing or intended to enclose any land or space and signs and outdoor display structures; (d) "building operation" includes,— (i) erection or re-erection of a building or any part of it; (ii) roofing or re-roofing of any part of a building or open space; (iii) any material alteration or enlargement of any building; and (iv) any such alteration of a building as is likely to affect its security or an alteration of its drainage or sanitary arrangements; (e) "Chief Town Planner" means an officer with prescribed qualification in Town and Country Planning in the 2 [Local Self Government Department (Planning)] appointed by the Government; (f) "compulsory acquisition" means acquisition of land as earmarked for compulsory acquisition in the Plans under this Act; (g) "Detailed Town Planning Scheme" means a comprehensive plan for a particular area within the local planning area, conceived within the framework of the Master Plan, if any, for the local planning area, providing detailed proposals for spatial development of such particular area indicating the manner in which the use of land and development therein shall be carried out; 3 [(h) "development" means in a wider perspective, the social, economic and sustainable development of an area in total, and includes various aspects of development relating to land or space and shall specifically include sub division of any land, construction of the building, engineering, mining or other activities in, on, over or under the land, or making of any physical change in any building or land, or any change in the use of any building or land;] 4 [(ha) "disaster" means a disaster as defined in the Disaster Management Act, 2005