Phases of Planning

Phases of Planning
Phase 1: Preliminary Study

• The first phase of planning process is
surveying & mapping of the context & its
appraisal. It means to identify the individuals,
organizations, institutions, stake holders and
activities of any context in which planning
might function to redress any imbalance &
anomaly of that context.
Phase 2: Formulation of Goals
• The second phase of planning process is to
formulate broad based community goals, which
reflects over all demands and desires of the
community at large. Or to test the political
temperature and the criteria through which the
plan shall be assessed. For example, “to provide
better standard of housing throughout the local
authority area” or “to ensure that adequate open
spaces shall be provided to the community at the
walking distance.
Phase 3: Identification of Objectives
• The third phase of planning process is the identification
of objective which is more precise to achieve
community goals. For example to achieve better
standard of housing one requires a policy of
rehabilitation or redevelopment or combination of
both. This can be done through public or private sector
development or through joint venture. The
establishment of community goals & objectives requires
an extensive consultative process & public private
partnership to develop priorities of the society i.e. to
develop more schools or install new sewerage system.
Phase 4: Preparation of Alternative
Strategies
• The phase fourth of planning process is to develop
possible alternatives, which means the established
goals & objective shall be examined and complied and
course of action shall be developed. There might be
more than one course of actions which are constrained
by financial, legal social and political ground realities.
In this phase of planning all the components of
solution to each objective which can fulfill a goal may
be analyzed & tested. In this way the potential policies
are formulated and alternative strategies are
established.
Phase 5: Evaluation
• The phase five of planning process is
evaluation of all the course of actions with a
comparative analysis & measurement. In this
phase some strategies will be eliminated
immediately due to physical, social, economic
or political reasons. Where as other strategies
may require detailed analysis.
Phase 6: Implementation
• The sixth phase of planning process is
implementation of chosen plan. This
implementation phase has two major effects.
One is the positive action on behalf of
planning authority and other is stimulation of
private sector enterprise through public sector
efforts.
Phase 7: Monitoring & Review
• Seventh phase of planning process is the
Monitoring & review. Because once the plan is
operational it is an abject need to scrutinize
the plan with continuous surveillance
regarding its working & impacts it generates.
In this monitoring stage; the performance of
policies is judged through its effectiveness and
efficiency.
• Zoning
• Green Belt
Principles • Housing
of Town • Public Building
Planning • Recreational Centers
• Road Systems
• Transportation Facilities
Zoning
• The town should be divided into

suitable zones such as
commercial zone, industrial
zone, residential zone, etc and
suitable rules and regulations
should be formed for the
development of each zone.
Green Belt
• Green belt is non-development zone

on the periphery of the town.
• It prevents the haphazard sprawl of
the town restricting its size.
• In essence, a green belt is an invisible
line designating a border around a
certain area, preventing development
of the area and allowing wildlife to
return and be established.
• Greenways and green wedges have a
linear character and may run across
the town and not around the town.
• Housing has to be carefully studied and designed to suit the
local population.
• Care should be taken to see that there is no development of
Housing slums since it would be responsible for degrading the life of
the citizens. There are various types of housing styles. When
a landuse plan is made, zones for independent housing,
midrise buildings, high rise buildings are allocated.
• Public buildings should be
well grouped and distributed
throughout the town.
Unnecessary concentration of
public buildings should be
Public avoided.
Buildings • Factors such as parking
facilities, road widths have to
be taken into consideration
while allocating the space for
public buildings.
Recreational Centers
• Recreation centres have to be given

importance while designing a town.
They are necessary for the
recreational activities of the general
public. They include parks for walking
and cycling, amusement parks etc.
Road Systems
• The efficiency of any town is

measured by the layout of its
roads. A nicely designed road
system puts a great impression
in the minds of people,
especially the visitors to the
town.
• The provision of a faulty road
system in the initial stages of
town formation proves to be too
difficult and costly to repair or to
re-arrange in future.
Transport Facilities
• The town should be provided with suitable

transport facilities so that there is minimum loss of
time from place of work to the place of residence.
Efficiency in transport facilities includes both public
and private networks.
• Public transportation network includes access to
buses, trains, trams and trolleybuses. Efficiency in
using the public transport will determine the
success of that town in terms of design.

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Phase 1: Preliminary Study

• The town should be divided into

• Green belt is non-development zone

• Recreation centres have to be given

• The efficiency of any town is

• The town should be provided with suitable

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