Section 49A

Declaration of Special Area.—(1) A Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Town Panchayat or Village Panchayat shall in consultation with the District Town Planner having jurisdiction over the area, by resolution of the council, delineate an area as a Special Area which needs immediate planning intervention specifying the purpose for which the plan is intended to be prepared. (2) Government may, in consultation with the Chief Town Planner, by order, delineate an area as a Special Area which needs immediate planning intervention specifying the purpose for which the plan is intended to be prepared. 49B. Power of the Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council etc. to prepare Spatial plan for a Special Area.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, a Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Town Panchayat or Village Panchayat may prepare or get prepared or adopt with or without modifications Spatial plan for a Special Area. (2) The Government may, by order, require a Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Town Panchayat, or Village Panchayat to prepare or get prepared or adopt with or without modifications a Spatial plan for a Special Area. (3) The Government may, if deemed necessary, by order, get prepared a Spatial plan for a Special Area in cases where immediate planning intervention is required. 49C. Matters that may be dealt within the Spatial plan for a Special Area.–(1) The Spatial plan for a Special Area shall generally indicate the manner in which spatial development of the Special Area shall be carried out and or the manner in which the use of land shall be regulated. (2) The Spatial plan for a Special Area shall include the following, namely:— (a) a development concept and a strategy for the spatial development of the Special Area. It may also incorporate, goals, objectives, strategies, and policies pertaining to various sectors of spatial development that are pertinent to the Special Area;