Section 4
[15. Spatial Perspective plan for the district and the matters that may be dealt within the Spatial Perspective Plan.—(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.
4 [15. Spatial Perspective plan for the district and the matters that may be dealt within the Spatial Perspective Plan.—(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;
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Substituted by Act 33 of 2021 (w.e.f. 25.02.2021).