The document outlines the Kerala Town and Country Planning Act of 2016 which aims to promote planned development and regulate growth in urban and rural areas through scientific spatial planning. It establishes various planning bodies like the State Town and Country Planning Board, District Planning Committees, Metropolitan Planning Committees, and local planning authorities, and mandates the preparation of perspective plans and execution plans at the state, district, and local levels to guide development. The act also provides these bodies with powers to implement plans, regulate land use, and prepare schemes to control development.