Al Daayen Municipality Vision and Development Strategy
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Al Daayen Municipality Vision and Development Strategy Volume 1 of the Al Daayen Municipality Spatial Development Plan 1 June 2014 QATAR NATIONAL MASTER PLAN Table of Contents 1.0 General Requirements and Procedures .................................................................. 2 1.1 Al Daayen Municipality Spatial Development Plan (MSDP) ........................................ 2 1.2 Purpose and Effect of the MSDP ................................................................................ 2 1.3 Management of Development ..................................................................................... 2 1.4 QNDF Context ............................................................................................................. 3 2.0 Al Daayen Municipality ............................................................................................. 4 2.1 Location and Description ............................................................................................. 4 2.2 Population and Employment Growth Expectations – 2010 – 2032 ............................. 5 2.3 Development History ................................................................................................... 6 2.4 Key Planning Issues for Al Daayen ............................................................................. 6 2.5 Municipality Planning Objectives ................................................................................. 7 3.0 Vision and Development Strategy ......................................................................... 10 3.1 Vision 2032 for Al Daayen ......................................................................................... 10 3.2 Development Strategy ............................................................................................... 12 3.3 Hierarchy of Centers ................................................................................................. 14 3.4 Key Employment Nodes outside Centers .................................................................. 18 3.5 Residential Areas ...................................................................................................... 20 3.6 Community Facilities ................................................................................................. 22 3.7 Open Space and Sports ............................................................................................ 25 3.8 The Natural Environment .......................................................................................... 30 3.9 Movement .................................................................................................................. 32 3.10 Utilities ....................................................................................................................... 36 3.11 Heritage ..................................................................................................................... 37 Figures Figure 1 Al Daayen Municipality Context ................................................................................... 9 Figure 2 Development Strategy ............................................................................................... 11 Tables Table 1 Al Daayen: Population (2010-2032) .............................................................................. 5 Table 2 Community Facilities ................................................................................................... 24 Table 3 Public Parks Program ................................................................................................. 28 Table 4 Community Oriented Sports Facilities Program (District Level) .................................. 28 Table 5 Community Oriented Sports Facilities Program (Town Level) .................................... 29 Al Daayen Municipality Vision and Development Strategy 15.1 QATAR NATIONAL MASTER PLAN A Municipality Vision and Development Strategy 1.0 General Requirements and Procedures 1.2 Purpose and Effect of the MSDP . a Land Use Table showing the range of uses 1.1 Al Daayen Municipality Spatial appropriate within the zone; and Development Plan (MSDP) The Al Daayen MSDP provides the land use planning . Zone Regulations specifying the framework and regulations for the entire Municipality and development standards which apply within The Al Daayen MSDP seeks to achieve the orderly the strategic context for growth and change to 2032. The the zone. planning and development of land and infrastructure detailed land use zoning maps and the zoning regulations across the Al Daayen municipality in response to set out the rules which development will be assessed. Development within each zone may be classified as expected future growth. The MSDP has been prepared in being either: accordance of the Qatar National Development The Al Daayen MSDP has full legal force and effect in the Framework (QNDF) assessment, decision-making and enforcement of land . Permitted - does not require a development use development applications, and the manner in which application but must comply with the It sets out a clearly defined urban structure and a land use development is undertaken within the development standards in the relevant Zone coordinated development approach for the municipality municipality. Code; over the next 20 years. The MSDP is made up of the following parts: It will be reviewed every 5 years to ensure it responds . Conditional - requires a development appropriately to community changes at a local and application which will be assessed against the 1. Strategic Context - The Vision and National level. MSDP and the development standards in the Development Strategy for the Municipality. relevant Zone Code, and which may be subject Developments are also required to separately address to additional conditions of approval; or 2. Zones and Land Use Regulations – land the requirements of the Building Regulations. uses and development standards applying in . Prohibited – uses considered inappropriate in each zone. 1.3 Management of Development the zone and where an application for development approval cannot be made. 3. Zone Maps - showing the future land uses Al Daayen Municipality is divided into a series of Land across the municipality. Use Zones identifying the particular land which uses may Further details are contained in the Zone and Land Use be permitted in the zone. Development within each zone Regulations in this MSDP. In addition, Action Area Plans (AAP’s) will be prepared is controlled by way of a Zone Code containing: from time to time and progressively added to the MSPD for specific locations within the municipality, in order to . the Purposes and Objectives of the Zone; provide a more detailed level of planning. 2 15.1 QATAR NATIONAL MASTER PLAN Al Daayen Municipality Vision and Development Strategy 1.4 QNDF Context among stakeholders in the QNDF’s planning and implementation. The Qatar National Development Framework (QNDF) is . Environmental Values – Supporting the the overarching physical and spatial planning policy and preservation and rehabilitation of the natural strategy context for the state of Qatar to 2032. and built environments. It establishes a series of guiding principles and objectives . Identity - Acknowledging and respecting the that have been based on the Qatar National Vision 2030 Qatar national identity. (QNV2030) and contains Structure Plans developed for each Municipality which provide a strategic planning The translation of the National Vision and the sustainable context for each MSDP. guiding principles into a spatial and physical development dimension gave rise to a vision for the future urban Based on the QNN2030’s Four Pillars of Sustainability, development of the country which has guided the the following guiding principles for sustainability were preparation of the QNDF and subsequent Municipality established for the QNDF: Spatial Development Plans (MSDPs). Quality of Life for All – Improving the living, The QNDF vision is to: working, playing and learning environment and offering choice, affordability and access for all “Create a role model for Sustainable Urban Living people. and Livable Towns and Cities in the 21st Century” . Economic Growth and Diversification – The Al Daayen MSDP has been prepared in accordance Fostering competitiveness, encouraging with the QNDF as the regulatory framework for managing business investment and stimulating innovation. development in a way that advances the purpose of the QNDF, the National Development Strategy and the Qatar . Connectivity of People and Places – QNV2030. Providing integration, mobility, accessibility and connectivity to improve social, cultural and economic interaction of people, institutions and businesses. Ownership in Planning and Implementation – Encouraging coordination and commitment 3 QATAR NATIONAL MASTER PLAN A Municipality Vision and Development Strategy 2.0 Al Daayen Municipality 2.1 Location and Description The southern part of Al Daayen is in the urban area Metropolitan Doha. It presently serves mainly as a Al Daayen Municipality is located on the eastern coast of residential dormitory area with most employees living Qatar to the north of Al Daayen, immediately east of here commuting to the employment in Doha. This area Umm Slal and south of Al Khor municipalities. will continue to be promoted as a modern family-oriented 1 Almost three quarters of the land area of the Municipality living environment supported by mixed-use, mixed falls within the proposed Metropolitan Doha Plan density