A Proposed Integrated Development Plan Using Modified Planning Standards for a Small Urban Town: A Case Study of Mohol Town, Dist. Solapur, India

Abstract

In India, development plans in different states are prepared, using planning standards as they are adopted by respective states. Planning standards are essence of a development plan and preparation of development plan is carried out stagewise within the technical framework of planning standards. However, development plans are always criticized for various reasons, like they are rigid and difficult to implement, taking exorbitant time to implement and mostly they are practically not fully implemented, etc. One of the most discussed points is that there is a broad scope to amend the existing planning standards for proper and efficient implementation of development plan in timely manner. In this changing age of technology and science, it is necessary to accommodate the changes sought by the stakeholders in the development plan. This study is aimed to formulate the modified planning standards with optimisation of reservations for a small urban town to accomplish effective implementation of development plan. An attempt is made using a case study of small urban town Mohol in Solapur district, India for preparation of integrated development plan with modified planning standards. SWOT analysis for Mohol town is also carried out for exploring the changing needs and demands of the people. The existing planning standards are modified for optimisation of reservations of residential, garden, hospital, primary and secondary school using standard deviation curve to achieve the aspirations of the people to match up the line of such changes, may be social, financial, physical, cultural, etc. In present study, integrated development plan with optimised reservations for small urban town Mohol has been prepared by applying modified planning standards, which shows good agreement with the optimisation of reservations carried out by land use distribution. From the comparison of reservations provided for Mohol, it is concluded that the integrated development plan for Mohol town, prepared using modified planning standards, takes considerably less area under reservations taken for study, which may work effectively and efficiently while implementing the development plan and prove to be great achievement for all the stakeholders.