The Government declared the local planning area for Nanjangud Town and environs on 5.4.1983 and the same was amalgamated with the Mysore City Planning Area in its notifications dated 26.04.1984 and called it as the "Mysore-Nanjangud Local Planning Area". Subsequently, the Government in its Notification dated 18.08.1988 declared a local Planning Area for the "Environs of Mysore - Nanjangud Local Planning Area" by including 33 villages of Mysore Taluk, 3 villages of Srirangapatna and 5 villages of Nanjanagud Taluk and amalgamated it with Mysore - Nanjangud local planning area declared on 26.04.1984. Thereby, the jurisdiction of Mysore - Nanjangud local planning area has been enhanced covering an extent of 495.32 Sq.km, which includes Municipal limits of Mysore and Nanjangud Towns and 111 villages, (77 from Mysore Taluk, 18 villages from Nanjangud Taluk and 16 villages from Sriranga Patna Taluk)

In the meanwhile, the Government has promulgamated Karnataka Urban Development Authorities Act, 1987 which came into force on 19.11.1987 to provide for the establishment of Urban Development Authorities for the planned development of major and important urban areas in the State. Accordingly, Mysore Urban Development Authority was constituted on 16.05.1988 and it became the Planning Authority to
Mysore - Nanjangud local planning area. The Planning wing headed by the Town Planner Member is in charge of Planning under KTCP Act and KUDA Act.

The Town Planning wing of the Mysore Urban Development Authority has taken up the present revision of the approval comprehensive Development Plan. More over, as per the then Section (25) of Town and Country Planning Act, 1961 the revision of Comprehensive Development Plan was required once in 5 years. The Government in its letter-dated 22.12.1987 requested the Authority to revise the Comprehensive Development Plan.

The revision of Revised Comprehensive Development Plan is necessary for the following reasons:
In the finally approved CDP dated 23.09.1981, the conurbation area was 9221 hectares for an estimated population of 7 lakhs by 2001 AD. Considering the 1981 Census population figures of Mysore Urban agglomeration, the population of the city works out of 6.7 lakhs by 1991 at the prevailing growth rate. Due to rapid industrialization and economic activity, the population of the city is expected to be one million by the turn of Century. This figure is very much beyond 7 lakhs. Hence land is required to accommodate additional 3 lakhs population.

THE FUTURE POLICY OF DEVELOPMENT OF MYSORE

The State Government approved the Revised Comprehensive Development Plan for the City of Mysore in the year 1997. However, due to the all-round growth of the city and also as per the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, 1961, it was also necessary to review the policies defined in the approved the Revised Comprehensive Development Plan.

In the approved Revised Comprehensive Development Plan, the land use was planned for a population of 13 lakhs by 2011 AD. However, the population in 2001 is 7.87 lakhs and by 2011 AD it is now expected to be 13 lakhs. Hence, increasing the conurbation area from the earlier 92.21 Square Kilometers to 156.69 Square Kilometers has provided the land use for the year 2011 AD.