Kurunegala Development Plan (2021 - 2030)

Kurunegala Municipal Council Area has been declared under the Urban Development Authority Law on 01st of June 1979 by the Gazette notification bearing no. 38/16. The Development Plan 2006 - 2015 Gazetted on 19.09.2006 by the Gazette bearing no. 1467/33 is expired to the date. The area covering 96km2 and consist of 54 Gramaniladhari Divisions of the Pradeshiya Sabha that encompasses Kurunegala Municipal Council Area has been declared under Urban Development Authority Law by Gazette notification bearing no. 1926/20 on 04.08.2015. With the development of Central Express Way the entire Pradeshiya Sabha Area of Kurunegala has been declared under the said Law by Gazette notification bearing no. 2068/47 on 28.04.2018. There is a power to prepare a Development Plan for those areas declared under Urban Development Authority Law according to section 8 of Part 2 of the Urban Development Authority Law amendment Act No.4 of 1982 which depicts the planning procedure read with section 3 of Urban Development Authority Law No. 41 of 1978 passed by the National State Assembly. With the rapid urbanization process in Sri Lanka through state policies and economic actions the whole Pradeshiya Sabha Area encompassing Kurunegala Municipal Council Area is subject to urbanization following settlement. At the same time the entire area declared as an Urban Development Area where it covers Kurunegala Municipal Council Area (10.53m2) and the Pradeshiya Sabha Area (245m2) has been selected as a planning area in the process of preparation of Development Plan for the reason that spread effect from the express way that acrosses Kurunegala Town as a development project to the development of Kurunegala Town as a transport center is evident. Steps are taken to introduce detail plan for the strategic areas while common plans and building guidelines are introduced for other areas.