Activities of the Department:
- Objective & Functions of the Planning Authority.
The Planning Authority is to provide for the regulation of planned growth of land use and development and for the making and execution of town planning schemes within the Local Planning Area.
- To create conditions favorable for planning and replanning of the urban and rural areas in the Local Planning Area, with a view to providing full civic and social amenities for the people in the Local Planning Area.
- To stop uncontrolled development of land due to land speculation and profiteering in land.
- to preserve and improve existing recreational facilities and other amenities contributing towards balanced use of land; and
- to direct the future growth of populated areas in the local Planning Area, with a view to ensuring desirable standards of environmental health and hygiene and creating facilities for the orderly growth of industry and commerce, thereby promoting general standards of living in the Local Planning Area.
Source: Biaapa TPA GOk