Moratuwa Development Plan(2021-2030)

A Development plan is a published document which guide the development of an area in physical, social, economic and environmental aspects in a strategic way to achieve sustainable development with having support from the stakeholders of the area and resident population of the area.

This is a legal document which guide the behaviors and patterns of activities in the planning area. The Minister in charge of the subject of urban development for the time being may declare certain areas as urban development areas under the Section 3 (1) and (2) of the Urban Development Authority Law No 41 of 1978 to prepare development plans for such areas as provided under the provision 8 II (a) of the Urban Development Authority (Amendment) Law No 4 of 1982. The Moratuwa urban area had been managed by an Urban Council since 1930, and it was subsequently brought under the UDA Law as an urban area by the Government by a Special Gazette Notiication, bearing No 26/8 issued by the Minister in charge of the subject of Urban Development on 7th of March 1979, and then in 1998 this urban council was promoted to the status of a Municipal Council.

Accordingly, the UDA, in keeping with the provisions of the Law, a irst ever development plan for this town with a planning horizon from 2005 to 2020 was prepared and legalized under the Law by publication of this plan in a Gazette Notiication bearing No 1396/7 in the year of 07th of June 2005. Since the irst development plan is currently approaching the end of its legally-efective planning period and that the changing physical, social, economic and environmental circumstances inspire a strategic planning intervention to address the issues prompted by such changes, the UDA initiates action to prepare a development plan for this town with a vision to continue the planning intervention in the development process to continue uninterrupted.