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Colombo City Development Plan History

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 ...
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Department of Town & Country Planning The Institute of Town Planners’ Sri Lanka (ITPSL) Urban Development Authority National Physical Planning Department
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Colombo Metropolitan Regional Structure Plan (CMRSP)

Colombo Metropolitan Regional Structure Plan  -  CMRSP The final report of the Colombo Metropolitan Regional Structure Plan (CMRSP) is the out come of a collaborative work, during the year 1996-1998, by a committed group of professionals in the UDA with the assistance of both local and foreign consultants and with the support and contributions from various individuals and organizations.      The Plan has extended well beyond the scope of a standard   ‘Structure Plan' due to a number of reasons. A most noteworthy aspect in this context is the inclusion of a detailed plan for Colombo-Greater Kotte (Core Area)   with particular focus on zoning & building regulations, including minimum and maximum densities, and a series of action projects identified in relation to the City of Colombo which are not generally featured in a Structure Plan. Another addition to the structure plan is th...
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The development of city planning in Sri Lanka

Early History The Sri Lanka has a long history of spatial planning going back more than 25 centuries, as evident from the past excavations in Anuradhapura city. The first Nagara (city) to emerge in Anuradhapura, the first and longest surviving organized capital of Sri Lanka and the major city of the present North Central Province. The City acquired urban characteristics in 377 B.C., functioning for many years as a royal and aristocratic residential district called Anuradhagama . According to the chronicle of ' Mahavansa ' , King Pandhukabaya converted Anuradhagama to an urban settlement called Anuradhapura with built necessary services and defense to make it his capital. Anurahdapura was the beginning of the ‘ Nagara System’, the concept of urban settlements in Sri Lanka. Anuradhapura was the capital of Sri Lanka until 993 A.D. During this period many settlements developed to the status of Nagara, even though they did not reach standards comparable to Anuradhapur...
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