NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING

CONCEPT PRINCIPLES
1) THE CONCEPT OF NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING IS FUNDAMENTALLY AN
AMERICAN IDEA .

2) IT IS BASED ON SIMPLE ON SIMPLE PRINCIPAL THAT ONE IS PLANNING

FOR SOCIETY AND NOT FOR AN AGGREGATE OF HOUSE .

3) IT IS GENERAL TENDENCY OF ALL HUMAN BEINGS TO BE FRIENDLY WITH

NEIGHBOURS AND TO SHARE THEIR INTERESTS. IN CASE OF BIG TOWN
SENSE OF NEIGHBOURLINESS IS NOT DEVELOP DUE TO VARIOUS
REASONS

(a) THE NEIGHBOURS ARE NOT DEPENDENT ON ONE ANOTHER’S

COMPANY BECAUSE CITY LIFE GIVES A WIDE FIELD OF ACQUAINTANCE
AND ENTERTAINMENT .

(b) THE NEIGHBOURS MAY NOT HAVE COMMON MODESAND HABITS OF

LIVING
 PRINCIPLES OF PLANNING

 FACILITIES – INTERNAL PLANNING WITHIN A NEIGHBOURHOOD UNIT

SHOULD BE PROVIDE FOR AN ORDERLY ARRANGEMENT OF ALL THOSE
FACILITIES WHICH ARE TO BE SHARED IN COMMON BY THE RESIDENTS
.

 THE FACILITIES MAY INCLUDE SCHOOL , TEMPLE, CLUB , SPORT

CENTRE ETC.

 THE LOCATIONOF SUCH FACILITIES SHOULD FORM A NUCLEUS FOR

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOCAL SOCIAL LIFE OF THE
NEIGHBOURHOOD UNIT .
 POPULATION – THERE IS NO STANDARD FIXED FOR THE DENSITY OF
POPULATION FOR A NEIGHBOURHOOD UNIT .

 THE OF FOUR TO FIVE THOUSAND PERSONS IS CONSIDERED TO BE

SUITABLE TO SUPPORT ITS OWN PRIMARY SCHOOL AND OTHER
FACILITIES REQUIRED FOR COMMUNITY LIFE .

 SECTOR – IT BECOMES NECESSARY TO COMBINE THE ADJACENT

NEIGHBOURING UNITS TO FORM WHAT IS CALLED A SECTOR .

 SUCH A COMBINATION MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO AFFORD FACILITIES WHICH

A NEIGHBOURHOOD UNIT CANNOT SUPPORT SUCH AS SECONDARY
SCHOOL, BIG MARKETS , ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE ETC . IT IS FOUND
THAT POPULATION EQUIVALENT TO THAT OF THREE NEIGHBOURHOOD
UNITS 12 TO 15 THOUSAND PERSONS IS SUITABLE FOR A SECTOR.
 SIZE – THE NEIGHBOURHOOD UNIT SHOULD BE CAPABLE OF
ACCOMODATING THE POPULATION FOR WHICH ONE PRIMARY SCHOOL IS
REQUIRED .

 FOR REPLANNING OF EXISTING TOWN A MINIMUM AREA OF 5 HECTARES IS

CONSIDERED TO BE NECESSARY FOR THE FORMATION OF A
NEIGHBOURHOOD UNIT .

 STREET SYSTEM – THE LAYOUT OF STREETS IN A NEIGHBOURHOOD UNIT

SHOULD ENSURE SAFETY FROM TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS TO SCHOOL GOING
CHILDREN AND POPULATION AS A WHOLE .

 THE NEIGHBOURHOOD UNIT SHOULD BE BOUNDED ON ALL SIDES BY

MAIN STREETS WIDE ENOUGH TO ENCOURAGE THE PASSING OF VEHICLES
AROUND RATHER THAN THROUGH THE UNIT .