Figure 2.9 Planning framework of Regional Plan

2.4.1 Summary and Approach Every State is required under Article 243 ZD of the Constitution to establish a District Planning Committee (DPC) to integrate Grama Panchayat / Municipality plans in the district and to develop a Draft Development Plan for the entire district. Local Development Plans (LDP) are development plans developed for Local Self Government Institutions, while an Integrated District Development Plan is a development plan prepared for the entire district (IDDP). The development of an Integrated District Development Plan (IDDP) for Kollam was coordinated with the district's Local Development Plans (LDP). People, local governments, line departments, NGOs, and others were all involved in the process - it was a participatory method.

The plan was implemented by first studying the basic regional setting, connectivity, and road network, then conducting settlement analysis such as population, occupational structure, urban profile, hierarchy and functional character of settlements, and hierarchy of nodes, and finally analyzing sectors such as agriculture, industries, animal husbandry, irrigation, watershed development, fisheries, health and sanitation, infrastructure, forest, and environment. After the analysis the goals and objectives were set up in order to formulate the development concept for developing the policies and strategies

Figure 2.9 Planning framework of Regional Plan

Source: IDDP 2021