Gujarat Town Planning & Urban Dev., 1976
(1) A draft development [which would be in conformity with the development plan under the provisions of the Gujarat Metropolitan Planning Committee Act, 2008] shall be inserted; plan shall generally indicate the manner in which the use of land in the area covered by it shall be regulated and also indicate the manner in which the development therein shall be carried out. (2) In particular, it shall provide, so far as may be necessary, for all or any of the following matters, namely :- (a) proposals for designating the use of the land for residential, industrial, commercial, [educational agricultural and recreational purpose; [or such other purposes] (b) proposals for the reservation of land for public purposes, such as schools, colleges and other educational institutions, medical and public health institutions, markets, social welfare and cultural institutions, theatres and places for public entertainment, public assembly, museums, art galleries, religious buildings, play-grounds, stadiums, open spaces, dairies and for such other purposes as may, from time to time, be specified by the State Government; (c) proposals for designation of areas for zoological gardens, green belts, natural reserves [water body, water course] and sanctuaries; (d) transport and communications, such as roads, highways, parkways, railways, waterways, canals and airport, including their extension and development; (e) proposals for water supply, drainage, sewage disposal, other public utility amenities and services including supply of electricity and gas; (f) reservation of land for community facilities and services; (g) proposals for designation of sites for service industries, industrial estates and any other industrial development on an extensive scales; (h) preservation, conservation and development of areas of natural scenery and landscape [land of heritage buildings and heritage precincts;] (i) preservation of features, structures or places of historical, natural, architectural or scientific interest and of educational value; (j) proposals for food control and prevention of river pollution; (k) proposals for the reservation of land for the purposes of Union, any State, local authority or any other authority or body established by or under any law for the time being in force; (l) the filling up or reclamation of low lying, swampy or unhealthy areas or leveling up of land; (m) provision for controlling and regulating the use and development of land within the development area, [including imposition of charges at such rate as may be provide for grant of Floor Space Index (FSI) or height, and also imposition of] conditions and restrictions in regard to the open space to be maintained for buildings, the percentage of building area for a plot, the location, number, size, height, number of storeys and character of