COMPARISM OF AREAS UNDER DEVELOPMENT CONTROLS AND THOSE THAT ARE NOT UNDER DEVELOPMENT CONTROL

COMPARISM OF AREAS UNDER DEVELOPMENT CONTROLS AND THOSE THAT ARE NOT UNDER DEVELOPMENT CONTROL

Areas under development

1)    Like the case of Victoria Island in Lagos state which is under development control.

The item purpose of development control in area is to ensure that the welfare efficiency and productivity of the city is maximized not just the pattern to a particulars activity on a particular size the regulation and guidance exercise on behalf of the city and developers through planning power establish the nature and degrees of accessibility and the location various cities facilities.

2)    Majority of urban growth and value take place through process of development control in this circumstance, the economic value occurring form land in largely depends on the success of planning controls in our urban areas, quality location and purpose of development contribute much to value. The cities below are the areas under the development controls that practiced what I have explain in number: -

i.                   New York and California city in USA, Birmingham in England.

3)    Finally, the quality of housing depends on effectiveness of planning and development control, also high demand from consumes increase for quality structures and neighborhoods of various laws uses and value increase like in Amsterdam in Holland as the area to treat. The much high demand from consume increase because the development control has take control of it and develop it in a very beauty to attract or common values. Example terminus in Amsterdam in Holland, Maitama in F.C.T Abuja, Hamburg in Germany. These alternative used has raised land values in the areas I just mention

4)    They also provide for the power of the authority to demolish unauthorized building.

AREAS THAT ARE NOT UNDER DEVELOPMENT CONTROL

1.     The power to control out door advertisement failed in the areas below because they are not under development and the local government authority never have the power to take total control of this. The areas are: Ogbalende, Agbulegba. All the mentioned fall in Lagos State.

2.     There is no provision for the power of the authority to demolish unauthorized building in an area that are not under development control. Some areas involves are Maraba in Kwara state, Okene in Kogi State.

3.     The necessity to provide detailed (E.A) Environment impact assessment prior to any commencement of any project on the land up to 2 hectare has no development permit because the area is not under the development control. E.g.

a.     Expansion of 5 floors

b.     Or any land of 5000m2 of floor space

c.      The line leg a development permit cannot see mine volume (Not years to years or month to months). These was the problem which the some indigene has with the local government in Okene local government. They cause heavy problem.

It can also be compare through the short note below 

(1)    Development control areas has land use regulatory reform while the area that are not under development control has no such law.

(2)    There is law guiding land management assessment while the area that are not under them play an inappropriate legislation / procedure delay.

(3)    Development control areas has what we called building land capacity while the area that are not under them has what we called limited infrastructure capacity.

(4)    Area that are not under development control weak enforcement of law while the areas under development controls has sustainable cities through land use regulation.

(5)    The areas under development control has a lot improving urban government while the areas that are not under them has urban poverty.

(6)    The areas that are not under development control has poor title registration security while the areas under development have legalize and recognize good title registration security.