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The first task of the department was to finalize the Anuradhapura Preservation Plan. The Plan consisted of two parts, the Sacred Area and the New Town.
Other Plans made at the early stage was
It is worth mentioning here that the government allocated Rs. 170 million in 1986 for the Anuradhapura Sacred Area Plan. The allocation which was given up to the year 2002 was used to resettle about 1500 families who were living in the sacred city in a settlement called Devanampiyatissapura. Accordingly, the area called Kurunegala Junction was completely cleared for Sacred City activities.In addition, plans were prepared and implemented for Mahiyanganaya, Dambulla, Kataragama, Seruwawila, Devinuwara, Kelaniya, Muthiyanganaya, Tholuwila, Munneshwaram and other sacred areas.
This Ordinance also empowered the Department to declare or assist in the designation of any area as an Urban Development Area.
Accordingly, town planning was carried out throughout the country, not only in the cities around the sacred areas, but also in schemes such as the Maligawatta Housing Scheme and for the community buildings required for small towns.
In 1972, the government instructed the Department to prepare a plan for Colombo and its suburbs using UNDP assistance. Accordingly, a special Division called Colombo Master Plan was established in the department. The Urban Development Authority was established in 1978 to implement the above plan prepared by the Department. In addition to Colombo, all Municipal Councils and Urban Councils were declared by the Urban Development Authority and some areas outside those were declared as urban development areas.
Accordingly, the role of the Department from 1980 to 2000 was confined to the following
As per the recommendations of the Presidential Task Force appointed on Housing and Urban Development, the Town and Country Planning Ordinance was amended in 2000 to allow the Government to formulate a National Physical Plan as the Government understood the significance of formulation of a National Physical Plan.
The 1946 Ordinance included a clause that required the formulation of a National Land Use Policy to cover the whole country, but the provisions of the 2000 Act were enacted to provide for a legal process for the formulation of National Physical Plans. However, most of the other functions of the Ordinance remain intact. The biggest work the Department has done since 2000 is to prepare the National Physical Plan (2007) and a revision thereof (2019) In addition to that several Regional Physical Plans and many Local Physical Plans were prepared.
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Mr. W.T.H. Ruchira Withana |
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Ms. R. M. Darshana Ranasinghe
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Eng. Mr. C.Kularathne Director (Engineering) |
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Archt. Mr. Thilak Rathnayeke Director (Architecture) |
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Archt. Mr. Gihan Chandrathilake
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Archt. Ms. Priyani Athuraliya Assistant Director(Architecture) |
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Ms.W.N.Shiromi Perera |
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Ms. M.G.A.S Ranasinghe Chief Inspector (SLTS Supra) |
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Plnr.(Dr.) Mr. D.S.N.Samaratunge |
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Plnr. Ms. A.U.Jayawardhane |
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Ms. Ajantha Dissanayake | |
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Mr. K.L.D.R.I.Dilhan Draughtsman (Sri Lanka Technical Service) |
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Ms.N.Elgiriyewithana Draughtsman (Sri Lanka Technical Service – Class I) |
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Ms. K.D.H.Dhammika Nayana De Silva Draughtsman (Sri Lanka Technical Service – Class I) |
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Ms.A.R.K. Alwis Draughtsman |
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Mr. R.A.D.C.De Alwis |
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Ms. N. L. Wickramarathne |
The National Physical Planning Department (NPPD) is the successor to the Town and Country Planning Department, which was established under the provisions of the Town and Country Planning Ordinance No.13 of 1946. The amendment to the Ordinance by Act No.49 of 2000 amplified the scope of the provision in the original enactment to formulate a National Physical Planning Policy and prepare the National Physical Plan. The change of the title of the Department came in this light. Since the year 2000 the main activities of the Department revolved around the National Level Planning and the Regional and Local Level Plans based on the National Physical Plan. The Department also continued with the residual activities of the former Town and Country Planning Department particularly in Sacred Area Planning and development activities.
An analysis of the Act read in conjunction with the Urban Development Authority Law (amendment of 2000) indicates that the Department is accountable for the planning of the whole country at National, Regional and Local levels whereas it is directly responsible for "Physical Planning' at National Level. It is also responsible to arrange planning at regional level (through the Regional Planning Committees) and local level (through Chairmen of Local Authorities and the Urban Development Authority).
Leader in Planned, Sustained and Adored land
The following are the six key tasks that the Department is obliged to engage as per the provisions of the Act, and have become timely engagements:
