MCC Land Access and Management Activity

The Target Area Land Use Planning Activity responds to the need for detailed land use planning that follows an integrated planning approach.

MCC funding shall support a consultant, who shall work with the Lands Directorate, in preparing land use plans for the Target Area.

MCC funding shall support: the establishment of a furnished local project office in Makadara Sub-County, to facilitate the Lands Directorate planning staffs interaction with residents, small enterprises, local stakeholders, and community leaders in order for the planning staff to better understand community development issues; the collection of initial data, research, analysis, and the undertaking of public consultation in the Target Area; the preparation of a physical and land use development plan for the Target Area, which shall be approved by the Nairobi City County Assembly; in cooperation with Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (NaMATA) and with assistance from the Transport Planning Consultant, the preparation of a local area action plan that focuses on transit-oriented development aimed at strengthening connectivity between areas where people live and work and the commuter rail service stops, and identifies land parcels for development and the location of non-motorized transport infrastructure; the preparation of a local area action plan that focuses on residential revitalization in one or more neighborhoods or estates within Makadara Sub-County that identifies land parcels that can be made available to support affordable public housing or new private housing development; and the preparation of a local area action plan that focuses on industrial and commercial development in areas where vacant, unoccupied, or underutilized land parcels can be made available for investments that create jobs for area residents and commuters using mass rapid transit.