SBEQ 4312/SBEC4312 (DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS)

LECTURE 7
( TOOLS IN DEVELOPMENT CONTROL)
4th November, 2014

Lecture 7 Content
Development Control
Instruments
REPRODUCED FROM PREVIOUS LECTURE

T o o l s

LECTURE 6 : DEVELOPMENT CONTROL

1) Planning Standards
Understanding planning standards vis a
vis design and measurement
2) Objectives of Planning Control
Planning criterias,Land use, space use,
population growth,physical development
3) Theories related to planning standards
Margaret Roberts
F.S. Chapin & E.J. Kaiser
Kevin Lynch
4) Development Control
Issue of control
Tool used by local authorities
Empowerment under Town & Country
Planning Act 1976
Preparation of development guidelines.
5) Importance of Planning Standards
Functions related to shape and usage
Avoid conflicts
Planning tools
Planning guidelines (Building
size,frontage, firebreak, carparking)
6) Examples of detailed Principles
Housing prices
Design inter-building space
Basic utilities
Recreational Provisions
7) Using Standards in Planning
Demand forecast
Guidelines on development intensity
Stages of investments
8) Instruments of Development Control.
Land zoning
Development Density
Plot ratio
Plinth area
Planning standards

Land Use Zoning

Density/Plot Ratio

Plinth Area
Building Height
Buiding Setback
i n

Various
Planning
Standards

Relevance to
Quantity Surveying

D e v e l o p m e n t

C o n t r o l

Computation of GFA,
GD Cost & GD Value
based onStandards

Case Studies

1) Land Use Zoning

Types of land use (National physical plan, structure plan, local plan)
Implications on site layout plan
2) Plot Ratio
Concept
Density Policies (Building mass, infrastructure, transport system,
market forces, development opportunities)
Definition
Floor Space (gross, net, neutral)
Bonus plot ratio (Conditions)
Computation of floor area (allowable) based on plot ratio
Generation of development value
3) Plinth Area
Plot area and plinth area control
Example of gross built up area computations
4) Building Height
Reasons of control
5) Building Set Back
Reasons of control
Planning Standards
6) Planning Standards
Car Parking (standards and computation on requirements)
Open Space (Policies, planning objectives, standards)
6) Case Studies
Generation of Project Cost from Development Control Guidelines
Development & Urban Design Guidelines for Multimedia Super Coridor (MSC)

Understanding Development Control and Planning Standards, will enable

The Quantity Surveyor as Project Development (Economics) Advisor, during
project initiation stage, in the absence of any plans or drawings to :

DEVELOP AN
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC
MODEL

Identify the development constraints imposed by Development Control.

Generate the development/project content based on planning standards.
Compute the maximum allowable space/Built-up areas.
Established Estimated Approximate Gross Development Value and Cost
Generate Project Optimization
Establish preliminary feasibility study.
Provide advice on development alternatives.