12-14-2016, 04:17 PM
Role of Planner is more complicated with interference of bureaucracy and elected representatives.
Planning is a process that focuses on understanding and proposing changes to how land can best be used and developed . We often call this ‘strategic planning’ and it undertake assessments and analysis, propose solutions (in consultation and with input from others) and then, ultimately / hopefully, embed these changes into approved strategies and policies.
Planning also puts in place systems to achieve these outcomes – making changes to the legal framework governing decisions on specific land. In working out the best use of the land, planners consider a range of issues such as
· catering for various social and economic needs across the community,
· environmental impacts and opportunities for improving existing environmental conditions,
· how to strengthen economic activity,
· improve public welfare and equity, and
· address transportation and communication needs (in all forms).
Planner is not, in the main, are decision makers. Planning is an intensely political area to work in. People are strongly attached to the land they own or where they work, the land that forms part of their local or broader community, or their history. We live in space, in place – and it matters to us what happens in places that we call home or are special to us.
As such, there is a separation between the technical advice that we provide, and the political decision making (made by elected politicians, at the local or state level , national level ) And, in the main, it is not planner who actually deliver the outcomes it is delivered by bureaucracy setup of government.
The development authority can acquire land under ‘eminent domain’ at below market prices and develop it with publicly subsidized off-site infrastructure. The developed land is then allocated to groups that conform to its criteria. Richer groups, with their higher level bureaucratic and political connections, influence development policy. Often, the politicians are of the same class and caste backgrounds as the elite and share similar social circuits – making access to decision-making much easier. It is hardly surprising that standards, forms of planning and allocation criteria used by the master planning process reflect the interests of higher-income groups
The lack of local level representation ensures little opposition by poorer groups to this takeover. Thus, the diversity of tenure regimes that characterize non-master planned areas makes land and locations accessible to poor groups. Reducing the diversity of tenure weakens the ability of poorer groups to gain access to land. It also leaves them at the mercy of those with connections in development authorities’ bureaucracy, where their elected representatives have little influence. The approach of the development authorities reduces employment opportunities and increases the severity of poverty
Role of planner
1. Developing creative and original planning solutions to satisfy all parties
2. Consulting with stakeholders and other interested parties and negotiating with developers and other professionals, such as surveyors and architects.
3. Attending and presenting at planning boards
4. Helping disadvantaged groups express their opinions about planning issues and proposals, and visiting sites to assess the effects of proposals on people or the environment
5. Responsible to expedite the plan preparation process i.e preparation of development plans/schemes,sectoral plans, model village plans, land pooling & reconstitution schemes(s) and to get the same approved and notified from the competent authority.
6. Responsible to monitor the progress with regard to targets fixed by the Department regarding preparation of Development of Development Plans/Regional Plans/Sector Plans/ Schemes etc.
7. Responsible to get the information relating to planning permission cases collected from the field Offices in respect of area falling within the jurisdiction of Planning Area/Special Areas and to compile the information.
8. Responsible to get the status report of construction activities carried out/being carried out by individuals without prior approval of the Department, collected from field Offices in respect of Planning Areas/Special Areas and to ensure action against the same as well as to initiate steps to curb the tendency of raising the construction work without authorization.
9. Responsible to get the work relating to conservation of heritage in the state, Single Window System, and disposed off.
10. Responsible to get Planning permission/change of landuse proposals received from field offices as well as from the Govt disposed off.
11. Responsible to get the work /correspondence relating to amendment in town planning act
12. Responsible to get the work relating to printing & publication, to conduct of survey and studies for the preparation of Schemes.
13. To ensure disposal of Public grievances/complaints received through Public/Public representatives.
Planning is a process that focuses on understanding and proposing changes to how land can best be used and developed . We often call this ‘strategic planning’ and it undertake assessments and analysis, propose solutions (in consultation and with input from others) and then, ultimately / hopefully, embed these changes into approved strategies and policies.
Planning also puts in place systems to achieve these outcomes – making changes to the legal framework governing decisions on specific land. In working out the best use of the land, planners consider a range of issues such as
· catering for various social and economic needs across the community,
· environmental impacts and opportunities for improving existing environmental conditions,
· how to strengthen economic activity,
· improve public welfare and equity, and
· address transportation and communication needs (in all forms).
Planner is not, in the main, are decision makers. Planning is an intensely political area to work in. People are strongly attached to the land they own or where they work, the land that forms part of their local or broader community, or their history. We live in space, in place – and it matters to us what happens in places that we call home or are special to us.
As such, there is a separation between the technical advice that we provide, and the political decision making (made by elected politicians, at the local or state level , national level ) And, in the main, it is not planner who actually deliver the outcomes it is delivered by bureaucracy setup of government.
The development authority can acquire land under ‘eminent domain’ at below market prices and develop it with publicly subsidized off-site infrastructure. The developed land is then allocated to groups that conform to its criteria. Richer groups, with their higher level bureaucratic and political connections, influence development policy. Often, the politicians are of the same class and caste backgrounds as the elite and share similar social circuits – making access to decision-making much easier. It is hardly surprising that standards, forms of planning and allocation criteria used by the master planning process reflect the interests of higher-income groups
The lack of local level representation ensures little opposition by poorer groups to this takeover. Thus, the diversity of tenure regimes that characterize non-master planned areas makes land and locations accessible to poor groups. Reducing the diversity of tenure weakens the ability of poorer groups to gain access to land. It also leaves them at the mercy of those with connections in development authorities’ bureaucracy, where their elected representatives have little influence. The approach of the development authorities reduces employment opportunities and increases the severity of poverty
Role of planner
1. Developing creative and original planning solutions to satisfy all parties
2. Consulting with stakeholders and other interested parties and negotiating with developers and other professionals, such as surveyors and architects.
3. Attending and presenting at planning boards
4. Helping disadvantaged groups express their opinions about planning issues and proposals, and visiting sites to assess the effects of proposals on people or the environment
5. Responsible to expedite the plan preparation process i.e preparation of development plans/schemes,sectoral plans, model village plans, land pooling & reconstitution schemes(s) and to get the same approved and notified from the competent authority.
6. Responsible to monitor the progress with regard to targets fixed by the Department regarding preparation of Development of Development Plans/Regional Plans/Sector Plans/ Schemes etc.
7. Responsible to get the information relating to planning permission cases collected from the field Offices in respect of area falling within the jurisdiction of Planning Area/Special Areas and to compile the information.
8. Responsible to get the status report of construction activities carried out/being carried out by individuals without prior approval of the Department, collected from field Offices in respect of Planning Areas/Special Areas and to ensure action against the same as well as to initiate steps to curb the tendency of raising the construction work without authorization.
9. Responsible to get the work relating to conservation of heritage in the state, Single Window System, and disposed off.
10. Responsible to get Planning permission/change of landuse proposals received from field offices as well as from the Govt disposed off.
11. Responsible to get the work /correspondence relating to amendment in town planning act
12. Responsible to get the work relating to printing & publication, to conduct of survey and studies for the preparation of Schemes.
13. To ensure disposal of Public grievances/complaints received through Public/Public representatives.