EXECUTIVE SUMMARY his Comprehensive Land Use Plan is lenges facing Quezon City are the issues arising T one of the plans which the Local Gov- from observed land use changes and risks to natu- ernment Code (RA 7160) directs all local govern- ral hazards like floods, earthquakes, increased ment units to prepare. The city government of temperature impacts and human-caused hazard Quezon City has come up with this CLUP not only like fire as well as the assessment for each risk. in compliance with the mandate of the Code. Chapter 3 The City’s Vision & the National More importantly, the City needs this plan to suc- Planning Goals elaborates on the city’s vision to ceed the CLUP 2000 which expired in 2010, in be the knowledge industry capital and center of order to have a continuous guide to the manage- health and wellness of the country and the green ment of planned urban growth and change. lung for Metro Manila, as well as to remain a desir- Prepared through a process that involved able habitat for residents and visitors alike. multi-stakeholder participation and extensive Chapter 4 The Long-Term Spatial Strategy consultation, this plan document contains 14 describes a long-term spatial strategy that will chapters. Each chapter is briefly described below. lead to the realization of the city’s vision. It adopts Chapter 1 Development Framework situ- the multiple growth centers’ strategy in the prede- ates the planning effort of Quezon City in the na- cessor plan which is most appropriate for the tional and regional contexts, citing relevant por- large size of Quezon City. However, the number of tions of the National Framework for Physical growth centers has been reduced from eight in the Planning 2001-2030, the National Urban Develop- old plan to five. ment and Housing Framework 2009-2016 and Chapter 5 Growth Centers is devoted to Physical Development Framework Plan for Metro detailed land use proposals for each of the five Manila 1996-2016. It cites as rationale for revi- growth centers: the CBD-Knowledge Community sion of CLUP the expiry of said plan in 2010, the district, the Cubao Growth Center, the NGC- significant changes in the land use pattern, and Batasan Growth Center, the Novaliches-Lagro the need to mainstream parameters and consider- ations in disaster risk reduction and climate Growth Area, and the Balintawak-Mun oz Growth Center. change adaptation. Chapter 6 The Non-Growth & Special De- Chapter 2 Land Use & Infrastructure De- velopment Areas contains proposed policies deal- velopment Challenges enumerates land use and ing with the “non-growth centers” or the interstic- infrastructure development challenges based on es between the growth centers. Non-growth cen- analysis of the pattern of land use changes by ters consist of four categories: the mature stable comparing two aerial photographs taken in 2003 areas which do not need any intervention during and 2009. Analysis focuses on changes in the resi- the plan period; the blighted areas where the dential, commercial, institutional, industrial and property owners have not been investing in im- other major uses (heritage/historical and cultural 2030 COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN proving their structures collectively giving their - sites) and the trends in the built environment, premises a slum-look; the transitional areas char- parks and open space land uses. Included in the acterized by lands with indeterminate tenure sta- land use and infrastructure development chal- 2011 2011-2025 QC COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN tus and substantial number of unutilized or aban- tion and the capacity of the City to absorb the popu- doned lots; and special development areas requiring lation growth. It likewise explains the allocation of actions necessary to preserve or reclaim their unique land for various uses and the reasons for such alloca- and outstanding character. tion. Chapter 7 The Green Lung Network is devot- Chapter 10 Comprehensive Land Use Policy ed to the recovery and conservation of the network Framework consolidates all land use policies cover- of open spaces which must be put under perpetual ing all growth centers and non-growth center areas greenery and protected at all times in order to realize and classifies these policies under the four policy the vision of Quezon City as the “green lung” of Metro areas of the National Framework for Physical Plan- Manila. ning namely, settlements, production, protection infrastructures land uses. Chapter 8 The Proposed Circulation Net- work establishes the circulation network that ties all Chapter 11 Implementing the Comprehen- the areas together and provides the skeletal frame- sive Land Use Plan spells out the instruments need- work for guiding the pattern and direction of the ed to implement the CLUP such as a revised zoning physical growth of the city. The proposed network ordinance, basic taxes and special levies on real links the city with other areas in the region as well as property, land banking, public investment program- between areas with the city’s borders. ming, guided private investments, and co- management arrangements between the city and Chapter 9 The Land Use Plan describes the relevant material government agencies with exten- demand for land resulting from increasing popula- sive land-holdings in the city. 2025 COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN - 2011 2011-2025 QC COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN Page 1 1 DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK his introductory chapter sets out the ra- physical and economic resources in the face of T tionale for the current effort to revise the increasing demands from a population that con- existing Comprehensive Land Use Plan of Quezon tinues to grow to unprecedented levels. City. On the surface, the need for such a revision The framework provides for the Land Use stems from the simple fact that the time frame of the Policy guidelines covering the four (4) major current CLUP is expiring this year, 2010. The year land use components of Settlements Develop- 2010 also saw the change over of the city’s leader- ment, Production Land Use, Protection Land Use ship from the 3-term Belmonte Administration to the and Infrastructure Development. Major issues first term of Mayor Herbert M. Bautista. Although the and concerns and corresponding policy options new leadership does not represent a radical break in planning for each component were defined in from its predecessor, change is nonetheless inevita- the framework. ble and the Bautista Administration needs the re- Settlement Development. This focuses on the vised plan to get a good grip of future growth and spatial distribution of shelter, its support infra- change. structure and networks, and services. It is also In a more profound sense, the need for plan revi- concerned with the interrelationships of settle- sion is dictated by developments and changing para- ments as they develop and establish functional digms in the city’s broader national and regional con- linkages based on their respective resource en- text. The planning and development of Quezon City dowments and comparative advantages. Some must not proceed in isolation. It must consider the policies under this title that are of relevance to developments in the broader national and regional Quezon City include: context of which the City is an integral part. The (a) The formulation of town and city plans with growth policies of the City shall likewise be guided by close attention paid to improving opportuni- prevailing policies as embodied in higher level plans. ties for economic growth, delivery of ser- For this purpose, the relevant provisions of se- vices, and the overall quality of life; lected national and regional plans, namely, the Na- (b) To accommodate future growth such options tional Framework for Physical Planning, the National as urban renewal/redevelopment, assisting Urban Development and Housing Framework, and small towns to grow, metropolitan arrange- the Physical Development Framework of Metropoli- ment, opening new towns/cities, and infil- tan Manila are briefly reviewed. ling vacant lands or increasing densities in 1.1 Quezon City in Its National and Regional Con- built up areas shall be considered depending text on the local situation; 1.1.1 National Framework for Physical Planning (c) Addressing the problem of informal settle- (NFPP) (2001-2030) ments through such approaches as direct The overall long-term physical planning allocation of affordable housing, improving challenge that the NFPP addresses is to provide access to unutilized land, encouraging mixed policy guidelines towards the envisioned growth use and higher density developments in se- of the country in a manner that is efficient, equi- lected areas; and improving infrastructure table, and sustainable. It is a concern that is support to existing residential areas; and rooted on the fundamental condition that the (d) Avoiding the location of residential develop- country seems to be locked in – that of limited ments in hazard-prone areas and reducing Chapter 1: FRAMEWORK DEVELOPMENT Chapter Page 2 2011-2025 QC COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN carbon footprints of residential areas Infrastructure Development. The role of in- through encouragement of planned mixed frastructure in national development is to pro- use developments, increased transit use, vide the built-up environment that allows pro- pedestrianization, and cultural/historical duction, consumption and service activities to preservation in large urban centers. take place. Infrastructure development in the Production Land Use. The primary objective NFPP covers five subsectors : transportation, of planning for this land use is to determine the communications, energy, water resources and most efficient and equitable manner of utilizing social infrastructure. Selected infrastructure pol- and managing land resources so that there is ade- icies of relevance to Quezon City are: quate and accessible space for sustainable food (a) Promotion of inter-modal transportation production, forest and mineral resource extrac- systems, taking into account compatibility, tion, industry and tourism, with the end in view economic feasibility, comparative advantage of meeting the material and other requirements of and linkages to facilitate smooth transfer of the population.