Residential PlanningVolume 1 · Issue 4 · September 2026
From Plot to Township
Five deep libraries on planning residential places at every scale — the single plot, the neighbourhood layout, the whole township, the rural village, and the new future-oriented community models. Nearly sixty guides, all grounded in the Indian context. Pick your scale.
By scale
Plot → neighbourhood → township
20 guides01Site Planning Intelligence
The single plot — evaluate, read and develop it: site analysis, constraints, potential, orientation, plot-type strategies, feasibility, subdivision and the development checklist.
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10 guides02Residential Layout Design
The neighbourhood — designing a residential layout from the land up: principles, plot distribution, street hierarchy, density, walkability, open space, utilities and future-ready layouts.
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10 guides03Residential Township Design
The township — many neighbourhoods plus shared schools, healthcare, parks and community facilities, served by trunk roads, utilities, stormwater and smart systems.
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Rural & the new models
10 guides04Rural Residential Layout Planning
The village scale — village planning principles, rural housing models, smart villages, cluster development, streets, commons, water-sensitive and climate-responsive settlements.
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9 guides05New Urban Residential Layout Models
The future ways to live — the future township, community-centric and co-housing, cluster housing, car-free, sustainable, net-zero, smart and resilient community models.
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