LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT CONTROL PLAN FOR NANDIGRAM I & II BLOCKS FINAL REPORT FEBRUARY 2018 Land Use and Development Control Plan for Nandigram I & II Blocks Table of Contents: Contents 1 BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................... 5 2.0 LEGAL FRAMEWORK ............................................................................................... 7 2.1 Statutory Provision .................................................................................................... 7 2.2 Provision under the Act ............................................................................................. 7 2.2.1 Preparation of Land Use and Development Control Plan .................................. 7 2.2.2 Approval of the State Government to the publication of notice of preparation of Land Use and Development Control Plan ..................................................................... 9 2.2.3 Public notice of the preparation of the Land Use and Development Control Plan ........................................................................................................................... 9 2.2.4 Approval of the State Government .................................................................. 10 2.2.5 Coming into operation of the Land Use and Development Control Plan ........ 10 2.2.6 References to High Court questioning the validity of the Land Use and Development Control Plan .............................................................................................. 11 2.2.7 Use and development of land to be in conformity with Land Use and Development Control Plan .............................................................................................. 12 2.3 Objective of the Study ............................................................................................. 12 2.4 Scope of Work ......................................................................................................... 12 3.0 PLAN PREPARATION & IMPLEMENTATION: .................................................... 13 3.1 Stages of Plan Preparation ....................................................................................... 13 3.2 GIS based Data Inventory Preparation and Updating .............................................. 15 3.2.1 Outline of the GIS database creation ............................................................... 15 3.2.2. Source of Information/ Map/ Data ................................................................... 15 3.3 Plan Implementation ................................................................................................ 16 4.0 DELINEATION OF PLANNING AREA ................................................................... 17 4.1 Administrative Units ................................................................................................ 17 4.2 Delineation into Planning Zones.............................................................................. 18 4.3 Salient features of Nandigram ................................................................................. 21 4.3.1 Climate .................................................................................................................... 21 4.3.2 Nature of development of the study area ................................................................ 21 4.3.3 Settlement Pattern ................................................................................................... 21 4.3.4 Density Pattern........................................................................................................ 21 4.3.5 Population ............................................................................................................... 21 4.3.6 Economy .......................................................................................................... 23 4.3.7 Housing ............................................................................................................ 25 2 Land Use and Development Control Plan for Nandigram I & II Blocks 4.3.8 Traffic and Transportation ............................................................................... 26 4.3.9 Physical Infrastructure ..................................................................................... 27 4.3.10 Social Amenities and Facilities........................................................................ 27 4.3.11 Environment .................................................................................................... 29 5.0 SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS SUMMARY ............................................................. 31 5.1 Survey sample size, sample selection, commissioning of the work ........................ 31 5.2 Salient findings of the survey .................................................................................. 32 5.3 Development Priorities ............................................................................................ 35 6.0 DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE AND POPULATION PROJECTION .......................... 38 6.1 Present population characteristics ............................................................................ 38 6.1.1 Decadal population growth .............................................................................. 38 6.1.2 Age distribution and sex ratio .......................................................................... 38 6.1.3 Language (Mother tongue) and native place of stay ........................................ 40 6.2 Population projection ............................................................................................... 40 6.2.1 Land requirement for Planning Area by 2031 ........................................................ 41 7.0 ANALYSIS OF SURVEYED LAND USE ................................................................. 43 8.0 PLANNING PROCEDURE ........................................................................................ 47 8.1 Plan Period ............................................................................................................... 47 8.2 Planning Directives .................................................................................................. 47 8.3 Planning Inputs from Past Studies ........................................................................... 48 8.4 Methodology/Approach ........................................................................................... 49 8.5 Summary of major development proposals for LU&DCP ............................................ 50 8.5.1 Proposed Land Use Categories ........................................................................ 52 8.5 Resource Mobilization Options ............................................................................... 58 9.0 ZONING REGULATION ........................................................................................... 59 9.1 Activities ‘Permitted’ and ‘Prohibited’ .................................................................... 59 9.1.1 Development Control Zone ‘Proposed Residential Zone ................................ 59 9.1.2 Development Control Zone ‘Proposed Residential Use Zone / Village Settlement’ ....................................................................................................................... 59 9.1.3 Development Control Zone ‘Proposed Commercial Zone + Retail Shopping Zone ......................................................................................................................... 60 9.1.4 Development Control Zone ‘Proposed Logistics/Warehousing + Wholesale market /Godowns /Warehousing /Regulated market: ...................................................... 60 9.1.5 Development Control Zone ‘Proposed Public & Semi Public Zone + Govt./Semi Govt./Public Offices + Education + Medical & Health + Socio-cultural and Religious: ......................................................................................................................... 60 3 Land Use and Development Control Plan for Nandigram I & II Blocks 9.1.6 Development Control Zone ‘Utilities and Services + Cremation and Burial grounds: ......................................................................................................................... 61 9.1.7 Development Control Zone ‘Roads + Railway Track + Transport Terminal + Proposed Arterial Roads: ................................................................................................. 61 9.1.8 Development Control Zone ‘Playground/Stadium/Sports complex: ............... 62 9.1.9 Development Control Zone ‘Agriculture + Brick Kiln and Extractive areas: . 62 9.1.10 Development Control Zone ‘Proposed Green Belt .......................................... 62 9.1.11 Development Control Zone ‘Water Bodies’ .................................................... 62 9.1.12 Development Control Zone ‘Special Area' ...................................................... 63 10.0 REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ............................................................................... 86 10.1 Regulation for Means of Access .................................................................................. 86 10.2 Regulation for Ground Coverage ............................................................................. 87 10.3 Regulation for Height of Buildings ......................................................................... 88 10.4 Regulation for open spaces for Buildings ................................................................ 89 10.5 Regulation for Provision