MANAGING BUILDING DEVELOPMENT:A Policy Position Paper of the Architectural Association of Kenya

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INTRODUCTION
Most growth in rapidly urbanising developing world cities, such as Nairobi, takes place on the urban edge; often existing settlements link to form extended urban corridors. Such growth presents a host of planning issues and
challenges: settlements tend to be informal, unserviced and fragmented, with a mix of tenure systems and, in
many cases, beyond the boundaries of single municipal governments. In Kenya, as elsewhere in the developing world, rapid urbanisation processes and the unregulated physical growth of towns have emerged as major devel- opment planning issues. Controlling development effectively requires a range of measures.

DEVELOPMENT CONTROL PRACTICE
Development control refers to the practice of granting development approval by appropriate public bodies. Development control measures are largely set in place by national goals, legislation and policies covering the planning and management of new developments. This is decentralized through an institutional framework in which roles and responsibilities for planning, management and development control are delegated to the counties. The broad objective of development control is to ensure the orderly development of land.