Colombo Development Plan(2021-2030)

A development plan could be defined as the preparation of an integrated plan to promote and regulate the economic, physical, social and environmental aspects of the areas that are declared as urban development areas. Pursuant to the powers vested by Sections 3 (1) and (2) of the Urban Development Authority Act No. 41 of 1978, an area may be declared by the Minister in-charge of the subject Urban Development as an urban development area and the powers to prepare development plans for such declared areas are provided upon the Urban Development Authority under Section 8 II A of the Urban Development Authority (Amendment) Act No. 4 of 1982. The Colombo Municipal Council area has been declared as an urban development area under the Extraordinary Gazette Notification No. 4/1 dated 30th September 1978 by the Minister in-charge of Urban Development subject to Sections 3 (1) and (2) of the Urban Development Authority Act No. 41 of 1978. Accordingly, The City of Colombo Development Plan – 1985 was prepared by the Urban Development Authority for the Colombo Municipal Council area in 1985 and the Colombo Development Plan – 1999, was prepared by the Urban Development Authority as an amendment to it. Subsequently, it was revised in 2008 and the Colombo City Development Plan (Amendment) 2008 was prepared, however due to the imminent expiration date of that development plan and the need for strategic intervention in the new physical, economic, environmental and social aspects of the area, the Urban Development Authority initiated the preparation of a new development plan for the Colombo Municipal Council area.