Course: AR607

Asst. Prof. Jayanandini G, B.Arch,M.arch Habitat Design

SASI Creative school of Architecture, Coimbatore
 URBAN DEVELOPMENT PLANS FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES

 Prepared by centre for research, documentation and training, Institute of town planner,
India in 1996

NEED FOR GUIDELINES

 Taking in to account the not so efficient capabilities of the urban local authorities for the
provision of the constitution amendment act 74 (1992),the deficiencies in the master plan
approach as identified during the national workshop on this subject held at Delhi in 1995
and the current policy of economic liberalisation the need is felt to assist the
administration, municipal town planners and the consultants with guidelines for the urban
development plans formulation and implementation 1996
 UDPFI Guidelines, 1996 provided a framework for plan preparation and
implementation process. Since 1996, many developments have taken place in
the field of urban planning, especially in view of emerging needs and
requirements of urban settlements due to rapid population growth, globalizati
on of economy and phenomenal advances in information and communication
technologies.
 The towns and cities have become more dynamic in nature and are subject to
unprecedented changes in terms of requirements of infrastructure and other
basic services/ amenities.
 Besides, new emerging aspects like regional development, inclusive planning,
sustainable habitat, land use and transport integration at planning stage, Service
Level Benchmarks, disaster management concepts, and governance reforms have
given a new dimension to the planning process.
 To address these emerging aspects, it was felt that the revision of the UDPFI
Guidelines should be taken up.
 The ‘Urban and Regional Development Plans Formulation and Implementation
Guidelines (URDPFI) were conceptualized as the outcome of widespread consult
ations with the planning peers in the various Ministries, Experts, Professional and
Academic Institutions and other stakeholders.
 The URDPFI Guidelines, 2014 have been framed to incorporate the provisions of the
legal and policy guidelines of the line Ministries, best practices of the States and the
planning systems in vogue.
 A participatory consultative approach has been followed in order to revise the
guidelines to holistically understand and proactively involve the Government of
India Ministries/Agencies and State Governments for guiding Urbanization.
 ‘74 constitutional amendment act’ 1992 is aimed to strengthen ulbs
through devolution of power towards decentralization

The aim and objectives of 74th con. Amendment is:

 To Set up institutional mechanism to facilitate decentralization
 Demarcate role of ULBs &specify their function
 Specify areas deemed as urban to include new urbanizing areas.
 Ensure representation of pubic specially deprived class/woman
 Ensure that ULBs are not superseded
 The growth of civilization has also resulted in more and more laws, regulations,
and restrictions and of course their violations as well.
 There are laws and laws, all around such as constitutional, civic laws, traffic laws,
marriage laws, financial laws, personal laws etc.
 while some of the laws are essential for the humanity, there are other which held
ion the proper and planned growth of civilization in general, in the olden days
human beings had been wandering from place to place in search of livelihood but
the modernization have put an end to all such adventures.
 Knowledge, have developed lot of conveniences for their proper living.
Human beings no longer have to roam around for proper shelter but live in better
planned and construction of such houses, same basic rules and regulations which may
be termed as ‘building Byelaws are absolutely necessary.
 Building by laws are made to ensure orderly development of localities in urban
areas so that every houses is assured of good ventilation and no building affects
the lighting and ventilation of neighbours.
 There has to be laws or regulations binding on the prospective builders, if not,
the building constructed will be:
1. Un-scientific
2. Unhealthy
Inconvenient for the people to occupy

 Even a jungle in a planned way will be aesthetically satisfying the needs of the occupants
and to enable them to stay or live in a healthy environment.
 The buildings should not be constructed merely with profit motive without paying any
attention to the health and comfort of the in-habitants.
 The buildings must get sufficient sunshine, air and ventilation.
 Open spaces should be well planned.
 The buildings should create better environment.
 The buildings should be located in healthy surroundings and should have an aesthetic
appearance.
 But to achieve all this, there has to be a suitable regulations or what are know as model
building bye-laws, enforced strictly by the authorities, and followed by the builders
honestly and truthfully.
These buildings Bye Laws Are Drawn Up By A Panel Experts In Various
Branches Of The Building Industry Such As:
 Town Planning
 Architecture
 Civil Engineering
 Electrical Engineering
 Air-conditioning
 Fire-fighting and administration etc.
 Theses building bye-laws when formulated are enforced on all buildings
whether constructed by government, local bodies, private persons or
agencies.
 The building bye-laws are generally based on the following principles:
1. The building bye-laws should be reasonably rigid and adequately flexible as they
have to be sometimes revised according the improvements affected in science
and engineering and as per peculiar circumstances existing at the time.
2. These laws should be advantageously used for the common good of the people.
3. Minimum standards should be properly laid down and they should be strictly
made to be adhered to by all concerned.
4. minimum floor space and cubic space per member should be insisted upon.
5. The size of any room should not be less than a specified minimum.
6. taking into consideration the number of inmates in the building the minimum
window space and sanitary conveniences should be insisted upon.
7. At least one window of the specified size/area should be provided in each room
to open either on a street or open yard.
1. The room should receive direct light and air from exterior open
space on at least two sides to satisfy ideal conditions of air
circulation.
2. There should be some healthy relations between the cubic
contents of the room building and open spaces around.
3. The width and extent of the open space depends upon the
height of the structure.
4. The height of the building is fixed as per the zone in which it is
built.
5. The width of the street should never be exceeded by the height
of the building there.
6. The openings admitting light and air should bear a prescribed
ratio to the floor space.
7. The set backs should be correctly followed
 The minimum distance between individual buildings should be rigidly
controlled.
 Necessary water supply and sanitary connections should be made to
every unit.
 There should be uniformity as regards drainage connections, water
supply, gas and electricity.
 The buildings should have adequate fire-fighting arrangements if over 69
ft. in height.
 In fact, it is essential that there should be control over the user of the
buildings and control over the materials and construction of the building.
 As a formula: Floor Area Ratio = (Total covered area on all floors of all
buildings on a certain plot) / (Area of the plot)
 The Floor Area Ratio (FAR) or Floor Space Index (FSI) is the ratio of the
total floor area of buildings on a certain location to the size of the land of
that location, or the limit imposed on such a ratio.
 The Floor Area Ratio is the total building square footage (building area)
divided by the site size square footage (site area).
 Thus, an FSI of 2.0 would indicate that the total floor area of a building is
two times the gross area of the plot on which it is constructed, as would
be found in a multiple-story building.
The illustration above shows a Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of
1.0. This simply means that, if the area of the plot is 100
square meters, then 100 square meters of gross floor area has
been built on the plot. The illustration above shows a 4-story
building covering 1/4 of the site, giving a FAR of 1.0. Four
floors of 25 square meters each are built on a site of 100
square meters.
 Build a 2-story building on 75% of the site (2 x 0.75 = 1.5)
 Build a 3-story building on 50% of the site (3 x 0.5 = 1.5)
 Build a 4-story building on 37.5% of the site (4 x 0.375 = 1.5)

Example :
Calculate no of story if FAR is 150% ground coverage is 25%
FAR = Total covered area on all floors of all buildings on a certain plot x n x 100
Area of the plot
150 = N x 25 X 100 / 100
N = 150 / 25
N = 6 Stories