PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES OF DEVELOPMENT CONTROL IN GREATER YOLA, ADAMAWA STATE, NIGERIA
Disorganized form of physical structures is a common Planning problem of Nigerian cities and towns. The enormities of these buildings result to urban slums and their spread across urban environments have given policy-makers and allied professionals tough time on how to address the disordered urban environment across the country. Therefore, this study assesses development control regulations enforcement in Greater Yola. The article examined the Development control as one of the measures applied by physical planning agencies to ensure that developers do not deviate from building plans approved for them, in the course of Construction on the plot earmarked for such development in 16 selected wards of Greater Yola, Nigeria. Both secondary and primary data were used. Questionnaire survey of 399 households’ heads was adopted for this study as a sample. These wards were selected for their active environment of new physical developments projects involving development control execution in their areas , The questionnaire was administered through a systematic random sampling procedure, and data were obtained from the relevant respondents and establishments Descriptive statistics is use in the analysis, this includes, frequency, mean and percentages while analysis of Variance using ANOVA is also used to test the significance difference between Greater Yola physical structures quality and development control compliance level in the study area.The results identified indiscriminate erection of physical structures and their spatial distribution in some wards of the Greater Yola. The findings revealed that the major issues of unregulated development were due to non-compliance to planning regulations, inadequate distribution of development permits. Insufficient staff and implements for development control enforcement. These has resulted to erection of urban slums, construction on road service areas, loss of desirable neighbourhood character and inadequacy of parking spaces. The study recommends for improved level of awareness campaign and enforcement of strict compliance regulations, review of regulations of Development Control to Development Management in physical planning practice through Upgrading the development control unit to an enforcement directorate.
Authors : Liman, A.
Category : Open Access Volume (Issue) : 10(2) Date Uploaded : 7th July 2024