MAJOR ACTIVITIES
- Advice the Assembly on national policies regarding physical planning, land use and development, planning and management of physical development and growth of human settlements in the country.
- Co-ordinate activities and projects of departments and other agencies including NGOs to comply with planning standards.
- Assist in preparation of Physical Plans as a guide for the formulation of development policies, decisions and design projects in the district.
- Assist to identify problems concerning the development of the Assembly (land, social, environmental and economic) .
- Facilitate and participate in research into planning the Assembly.
- Advise on setting out approved plans for future development of land.
- Undertake street naming, numbering of houses and related issues.
- Assist to offer professional advice to aggrieved persons on appeals and petitions on decisions made on their building.
- Advise on the acquisition of landed property in the public interest
Preparation of spatial and land use plans. - Monitoring settlement growth and controlling development to ensure that human settlements function as healthy places for residence, work, and recreation.
- Facilitating the processing of development and building permits
- Provision of general land use planning and urban development advice.