Housing Policy & Planning

Lecture 17: Urban and Regional Planning-2

Dr. Uttam K. Roy

Department of Architecture and Planning

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Planning Hierarchy
 Basic Parameters
Land Use
Land Use Plan
Infrastructure, facilities &
amenities
Norms & Standards
Delhi
New Town, Kolkata
 Development Objectives
• To generate new areas for absorbing future metropolitan growth by creating a New
town of about 7.50 lakhs.
• To establish a New Business District.
• To provide land for setting up of non-polluting and non-hazardous industries
• To control and protect the newly grown unplanned existing settlement areas from
flooding and drainage congestion
• To prevent unplanned growth of settlement in the presently vacant areas by providing
planned infrastructure .
• To provide new areas for setting up regional level centers of community facilities.
• To provide an environment-friendly and aesthetically attractive new urban settlement
NEW TOWN KOLKATA
REGIONAL SETTING
KOLKATA
METROPOLITAN
Located on the North Eastern part of AREA
Calcutta city

10 km from Calcutta CBD

Located on the outside of Kolkata Metropolitan Area

NEW TOWN

CBD OF
KOLKATA
Location
 Major linkages

• 1 km from Netaji Subhas

Bose International Airport

Connected to the city of

Calcutta through six-lane high
KNIA
speed corridor with
E.M.Bypass and KNIA

To be connected with NH34 in

the North, Proposed Eastern
Expressway in the East
Master Land Use Plan….
Use Area (Ha.) %
Residential 1555 50.5
Industrial 200 6.5
Commercial 140 4.5
Cultural 20 0.7
Major Roads 300 9.7
Others 860 28.0
Total 3075 100.0
 Planning Control Tools
Land Use Control
Development Control Regulation
Building Rules/laws
Advertisement/trade/licence etc
rules/act
Few Concepts……
• Density
– City level density
– Gross density
– Net density

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Next ….
Lecture 18: Development Controls & Planning

Dr. Uttam K. Roy

DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING

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Thank you

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