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    BACKGROUND

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Unit Rancangan Tempatan Johor (URT Johor) was established in 1981 and was formerly  known as Unit Pelan Struktur Majlis Perbandaran Johor Bahru, Mukim Plentong dan Pasir Gudang.

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In 1987, in line with the restructuring of Town and Country Planning Department, URT was directly under the administration of Jabatan Perancangan Bandar dan Desa (JPBD) southern branch.

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Meanwhile, the major task for URT is to prepare the Johor Timur Structure Plan which comprises of 3 districts namely, Kota Tinggi, Mersing and Kluang districts. Hence, URT has successfully completed 8 structure plans ever since.

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In 1993, URT office has moved to Johor State Planning, which is located at Bangunan Sultan Ibrahim with a total number of 15 permanent officers of varied positions.

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Once again in 1997, with another major restructuring of our organization, URT was set directly under the Pejabat Projek Melaka (PPM), Jabatan Perancangan Bandar dan Desa (JPBD) Semenanjung Malaysia. The number of officers has then decrease to 12 people.

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In addition, URT is also responsible in the involvement and implementation of  Development  and District Planning Projects, Suburban Growth Centre and Resettlement of the “ Aboriginal  Villages “ Project.

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Finally, December 20 2002, URT office officially moved to a new floor space at Bangunan ANG, Taman Tasek  with a new “face-lift”, and to date we have only 9 officers attached to URT.