Special Area PlanUrban Design & Planning Control

SPECIAL AREA PLAN

What is Special Area Plan?• A Planning document.• In Malaysia it is a statutory/legal document.Definition of SAP• It serves as a more detailed proposal plan compared to the Local Plan that is similar to

the “action area plan”. Special area Plan will contain proposals on specific actions for an area that has been identified by the State Authority/Local Authority for the purpose of:

• Special and detailed planning for development.• Redevelopment.• Improvisation.• Restoration or management with partially with one method and another part with a

differing method for the whole or partial of the specific area.• proposed plotting type.• Special Area Plan Functions• As detailed planning & development control guide for special areas.• As systematic development tool and adhering to set procedures.

What is a “special area”? Why it is considered “Special”?

• Definition from KLSP2020:• Special Areas are those that need special attention in

terms of planning and development implementation. • These areas have generally fallen behind in

development and are associated with complex developmental problems, relative poverty, poor living conditions and inadequate infrastructure.

• Three types of areas are identified as Special Areas namely the Malay Reservation Areas (MRAs), traditional kampungs and new villages.

What is a “special area”? Why it is considered “Special”?

• Definition from KLSP2020:• 764.In its goal to create an efficient and

equitable city structure and to enhance the city living environment, CHKL intends to bring these areas into the mainstream of development. It is imperative to encourage and facilitate the development of these areas so that they can help to achieve the vision of Kuala Lumpur to be A World-Class City.

Power to do Special Area Plan• Federal Territory (Planning) Act, 1982 – Act267• Act 172, A2119 – Part III Section 16B• Special area plan• Section 16B. • (1) At any time during the preparation or upon the coming into effect of a structure plan or

a local plan, a State Director or a local planning authority, on his or its own initiative or as directed by the Committee, may submit to the Committee a proposal for the designation of a special area for special and detailed treatment by development, redevelopment, improvement, conservation or management practice, or partly by one and partly by another method, of the whole or part of such special area, and the nature of the treatment proposed.

• (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Committee shall determine whether it is the State Director or the local planning authority who shall have the responsibility of preparing a plan for the special area.

• (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), the plan for a special area shall be prepared in the same manner as the preparation of a local plan, but there shall be incorporated in such plan detailed guidance for its implementation and management, and the plan shall have the effect of a local plan.

URBAN DESIGN & PLANNING CONTROL

What is Planning Control?

• A process that regulates the development and use of land to ensure that changes to our physical surroundings – buildings and land – are appropriate for their purposes and location.

Why Control / Regulate Development and the Use of Land?

• The purpose of the planning system is to protect amenity and the environment in the public interest.

• It is not design to protect the interests of one person over another.

• A “How to develop Mechanism / Manual”

• “Development Planning for Idiots” – How to plan for a development

What is Planning Control?

• A process that regulates the development and use of land to ensure that changes to our physical surroundings – buildings and land – are appropriate for their purposes and location.

Power to Control?

• Federal Territory (Planning) Act 1982 – Act 267• Town and Country Planning Act 1976, Act 172

– Amendment 2001, A2119• Part IV Planning Control

Planning Control• Land Development Procedure:

– Planning Permission– Lay Out Submission

• Urban Design Guidelines:– Sustainability – to promote / improve Physical Quality– Functions– to promote / improve Social Quality

• Safety / Health / Comfort

– Aestatics – to promote / improve Visual quality• Urban Planning Standards:

– Plot Ratio / Plinth Area / Height Control– Width of Street / Lot Size– Proportionate Requirements

• 10% of Land for Open Space / 1 car park /1000sq ft of Commercial Space.

*Open UD Slides