Patrick Geddes Plan - 1921 The Physical plans have been prepared for Colombo since colonial times. The first attempt was made by the Sir Patrick Geddes in year 1921, confining the planning area to Colombo City Boundaries. The main concept of the Plan was to make the City of Colombo "The Garden City of the East". The tree lined streets (Bauddhaloka Mawatha) and the grid system of roads in Cinnamon Gardens are legacies of the Geddes Plan which still provide the most sought after residential areas in the city. Patrick Geddes provided for expansions to the port, the setting up of parks and the zoological garden. It paved the way for further development of internal roads, including present day R. A. de Mel Mawatha (Duplication Road), which was created as a relief access to Galle road. Patrick Abercrombie Plan - 1948 In 1948 Sir Patrick Abercrombie focus on the development with in the suburban area of Ragama, Homagama and Ratmalana as satellite towns that would he
Department of Town & Country Planning The Institute of Town Planners’ Sri Lanka (ITPSL) Urban Development Authority National Physical Planning Department