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Colombo City Development Plan History

Patrick Geddes Plan - 1921 Physical planning for Colombo has been developed since the colonial era. The first major planning initiative was prepared by Sir Patrick Geddes in 1921, with the planning area confined to the boundaries of Colombo City. The central vision of the plan was to transform Colombo into the "Garden City of the East." The tree-lined streets, such as Bauddhaloka Mawatha, and the grid-pattern road network in Cinnamon Gardens are enduring legacies of the Geddes Plan, and these areas continue to be among the city's most desirable residential neighborhoods. Geddes also proposed the expansion of the Colombo Port, the establishment of public parks and a zoological garden, and improvements to the city's transportation network. His plan laid the foundation for the development of key internal roads, including the present-day R. A. de Mel Mawatha (formerly Duplication Road), which was constructed to provide an alternative route and relieve traffic congesti...
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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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