LAND USE PLAN OF SILAY,

BACOLOD, NEGROS
OCCIDENTAL

Presented by:
Apple Posadas, Ellen Legaspi,
Cecil Villanueva and Arce Fajardo
 OUTLINE OF THE PRESENTATION

 Silay City Profile

 Existing Scenario

 Proposed Land Use Plan

SILAY CITY PROFILE
 SILAY CITY PROFILE
Location
 Location: Northwestern part of
Negros Island; 14 km. North of
Bacolod City, the capital of Negros
Occidental, Region VI
 Boundaries:
 North: Municipality of E.B.
Magalona
 South: City of Talisay
 East: Marapara Mountain Ranges
 West: Guimaras Strait
 SILAY CITY PROFILE
Geographic
 Land Area: 21,479.90 hectares
 Represents 2.71% of the total land area of Negros Occidental

 Physical Features and Characteristics

 a broad plain terrain
 rugged hills and mountain ranges
 3 major rivers with several tributaries: conducive to crop production.
 SILAY CITY PROFILE
Political and Demographic
 Local Government Classification 3rd Class
 Number of Barangays 16
 Population (2007 Census) 120,365
 Average Growth Rate (2000-2007) 1.54%
 Employment Rate 52.92%
 Total population gainfully employed 42,512
 Total working population age group 80,325

Employment rate in Silay is below prevailing rate in Region 6-94% (NSO)

 SILAY CITY PROFILE
Economic
 Primary Industry: sugar production
 Secondary Industries: micro industries
 Ceramics, Food Processing, Metalworks, Garments and Fish
Processing.
PRODUCT ION IN METRICTONS
SUGAR MILLS
‘08-’09 % (Phil) % (Neg) ‘09-’10 % (Phil) % (Neg) ‘10-’11 % (Phil) % (Neg)
1. Hawaiian-
110,085 5.24% 9.27% 95,552 4.85% 8.42% 105,795 4.44% 8.07%
Phil. (Silay)
2. Victorias 288,785 13.75% 24.33% 283,587 14.39% 24.98% 285,467 11.98% 21.79%
PHILIPPINES 2,100,048 1,970,784 2,382,871
NEGROS 1,187,145 1,135,329 1,310,311

Silay sugar production lags behind Victoria and is

Decreasing over the years (from 5.24% to 4.44% contribution to
Aggregate Philippine sugar production)
EXISTING SCENARIO
 EXISTING SCENARIO
Role

AREA ROLE RATIONALE

Negros Occidental:  ECONOMY:  Hawaiian Philippine Company (8% sugar
Sugarbowl of the contributor production)
Philippines Victorias is the top producer

Negros Province; CULTURE &  seat of arts, culture and ecotourism

Region 6 HERITAGE:  love for knowledge and works of art
 “Paris de Negros”  heritage mansions built during the height of
 cultural and the Philippine sugar industry's success
intellectual hub
Philippines TOURISM: tourist  declared as a “Museum City” by the NHI
spot (DOT top 25) because of the 31 museums/ancestral homes
 historical and heritage spots including
Hawaiian Philippine Company
 EXISTING SCENARIO
Current Urban Land Use Plan
 EXISTING SCENARIO
Silay Masterplan
Silay Masterplan by: Nathaniel Von Einsiede, Principal Masterplanner,
CONCEP: Consultants for Comprehensive Environmental Planning Inc.
 SILAY CITY PROFILE
Ongoing/Upcoming Developments
ONGOING
 By-pass road from Silay-Patag road
to Silay Airport.
 airport - national hi way - heavy By pass road
industries (sugar mills)
UPCOMING/PROPOSED
 MRT: to traverse from Silay to
Bacolod-Bago (south)-Cadiz (north)
 Planned new city hall: Under
negotiation, awaiting for donation
 New town
 Other side of the airport
 Area: 100+has.
 Use: Commercial, Residential,
Recreational
 25-hectare Special Economic Zone
 Components: School, Golf Course,
Horse Race Track, Car Race Track, 5-
Star Hotel with 3,000 Seat Convention
Hall, Retirement Community, Water-
based Theme Park

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Source: City Planning Office (Bacolod & Silay)
 EXISTING SCENARIO
SWOT Analysis
 has already proposed special
economic zones around the
airport
 airport is the center of an
area composed of light
industries (cargo
warehousing and light
manufacturing)
 vast areas of Silay City are
dedicated for agricultural
purposes, such as sugar cane
fields in particular just like the
other areas in Negros
Occidental.
 Institutional land uses
conveniently secluded
 Lack of buffer zones
 Lacks agro industrial zones
 Inadequate power
generation facility/ies
considering the amount of
possible feedstock
(bagasse) that their sugar
plantations are producing.
 No adequate cold storage
facilities for marine
products
 presence of possibly active
volcano
 EXISTING SCENARIO
SWOT Analysis

 economic growth through airport and upcoming infrastructure

 Rich cultural heritage for sustainable tourism
 opportunities - historical and ecotourism

 Dependence on sugar production

 Natural calamities/disasters
 Flooding: coastal town
 Volcano eruptions
 mangrove deterioration
 mining
 EXISTING SCENARIO
Vision

a city of an emerging economy

Shift from agricultural to industrial
Silay - a city of an emerging
economy that nestles an
enduring arts and cultural arts and cultural ingenuity
ingenuity seen with the Heritage zones
essential, suitable and
vibrant growth centers of growth centers
development that
harmonize a sustainable SADZ, SFDZ, eco zones
community and boost a
better quality of life of the
people and its environs. better quality of life
 EXISTING SCENARIO
Mission

attract and support private sector investors

To attract and support private
Ongoing and upcoming projects
sector investors, donor
agencies, and other
development partners to expand livelihood opportunities
expand livelihood Limited to sugar production & fishing
opportunities and/or
introduce or improve introduce or improve essential infrastructure
essential infrastructure
services in order to enhance Airport, roads
economic productivity and
upgrade the overall quality of
life for all Silaynons. better quality of life
 EXISTING SCENARIO
Analysis
 The city of Silay wants to change its development course and focus by shifting from
primarily agricultural City to a center for culture and the arts.
 Such focus on heritage and culture is also supported by specialized economic
zones powered by its Airport. The existing land use map is supportive of this Vision
and mission.

 The existing land use map of the City of Silay is consistent with its vision and mission
 Heritage zones and economic zone allocation could augment the sugar industry.
 New ecozones would serve as growth centers.
 Preservation of agricultural lands was also given attention for this sugarcane fields
is part of the heritage of Silaynons as well.

 However, almost 4 years after, current urban land use plan is not yet
adopted/implemented and employment rate is below average

 Therefore, proposed changes are meant to:

1. improve existing land use plan
2. Respond to difficulties in adoption and implementation
3. Further align with the mission and vision of the city
 EXISTING SCENARIO
Proposed Changes
 Rezone Old Silay town as Facilitate planning for
special interest zones heritage
tourism
zones

 Convert portions of agricultural Improved income generation;

lands to agro industrial
 Increase provision for
residential areas for relocation
of coastal communities
Support infrastructure for
sugar production
Land provision for relocation
of coastal communities

 Increase provision for industrial decongest industrial zone

zones
within the airport

 Create a contiguous Take advantage of central

commercial development near
location and proximity to airport
airport
PROPOSED URBAN LAND
USE PLAN
PROPOSED LAND USE PLAN
Current Urban Land Use Plan
PROPOSED LAND USE PLAN
Proposed Land Use Plan
PROPOSED LAND USE PLAN
Residential

CURRENT Agricultural
LAND USE
PROPOSED Low density
residential
ELEMENTS Housing
development
TYPE/DES- Socialized,
CRIPTION economic
housing
 • Relocate settlers at the seafront
Fishport where flooding is susceptible in the
area.
• Strict compliance with structural
infrastructure design with
consideration for DRRM

Coastal communities along coastline

of Brgy. Guinhalaran
 PROPOSED LAND USE PLAN
Residential

restricted height of 500 feet within a

Preferably low density development
radius of 15 Km from the airportRule-68
with strict compliance with codes due
of Civil Aviation Rules-1994(Safe-
to possible liquefaction
Guarding at Aerodromes)

Possible danger zone area

 PROPOSED LAND USE PLAN
Tourism: Heritage & Agro-Tourism

CURRENT Commercial,
Agro-tourism LAND USE Mixed Use,
Residential
PROPOSED Tourism: Special
CHANGE Interest
(Heritage &
Agro-Tourism
ELEMENTS Ancestral
Homes, Heirtage
Sites, Museums,
Sugar
manufacturing
plants, trains
TYPE/DES- As is
Heritage CRIPTION
1920, Sugar Central Hawaiian Philippine Company
 PROPOSED LAND USE PLAN
Cathedral , park
and heritage
Tourism: Heritage & Agro-Tourism
district should
be designated as
a special
development
zone area with
mixed uses such
as institutional ,
residences and
light commercial
, instead of
Commercial 2,
with low rise
buildings design
conformance to
Silay Heritage
Architecture
theme

Silay City Profile 2010.v.2

PROPOSED LAND USE PLAN
Tourism: Heritage

Barangays 1-3 comprise of

Heritage and Institutional
Buildings, this is the old
pueblo of the city
Inspirational image for Silay

http://www.rrmdesign.com/services/planning/mountain-springs-community-plan/1
http://journeyingjames.com/2010/08/day-1-touchdown-at-silay-bacolod/
http://www.silayheritage.com/p/about-blog.html
http://www.thelonerider.com/2010/aug/silay/silay.shtml
PROPOSED LAND USE PLAN
Industrial

CURRENT SFDZ, SADZ

LAND USE
PROPOSED Agro-industrial,
CHANGE light industrial
ELEMENTS Bagasse, Cold
Storages,
Warehouses,
Food Processing
Plants
 PROPOSED LAND USE PLAN
Industrial
Bagasse Co-Generation
Power Plant

Fish processing
plant/cold storage

Food Processing Plant

(Confectionary, wines and
spirits distillery)/Warehousing
PROPOSED LAND USE PLAN
Industrial Proposed
Additional
Economic Zones
(Light Industries)

Light Industries

• Uninterrupted freighting of goods

from and to the airport because of
the new by pass road
• Decongest industrial zone within
airport to avoid
PROPOSED LAND USE PLAN
Commercial

CURRENT Agricultural
LAND USE
PROPOSED Commercial
TYPE/DES- One Stop
CRIPTION Shop/Pasalu-
bong Center
ELEMENTS Retail
Shops/Stalls to
showcase major
and minor
products
PROPOSED LAND USE PLAN
Mixed Use

CURRENT Residential,
LAND USE Commercial
PROPOSED Mixed Use
CHANGE
TYPE/DES- Township
CRIPTION project, CBD
ELEMENTS Low density
residential,
commercial,
mixed use
buildings,
institutiional
PROPOSED LAND USE PLAN
Mixed Use

• Center of activity due to conversion of old

town top heritage site
• Modern township development
• Contiguous to institutional land uses (could
be included to become part of the new
town proper)
• Still low density due to airport proximity
PROPOSED LAND USE PLAN
Buffer Zones
END OF PRESENTATION
 Seafront Barangays
 Relocate settlers at the seafront where flooding is
susceptible in the area.
 Strict compliance with structural infrastructure
design with consideration for DRRM
INVESTMENT AREAS
Sustainable Fisheries
Development Zone
(SFDZ)

EXISTING
Sustainable
Agricultural
Development Zone
(SADZ)

EXISTING
 ethanol factories, suggested dun sa study para
ndi lang sugar ang product nila..dun yun ilalagay
sa north kasama nung heavy industries..
 Investment Areas (1 each) – what (description)? Who
(target investors)? Why (why invest there)?
 Area: No particular area yet
 Desc: Sugar Cane By-Product, Feed Milling, Seafood
Processing Plant
 Local, Foreign
 Why: (1)High production yield of the plantations/vast areas
dedicated for agri activities. (2)Presence of support infra:
post harvest facilities, cold storage, railroads for
transportation.
 Major: Commercial
 Minor: Parks and Recreation
 Current locations?Anongmeronditongayon?
 Where is/are the new locations?– pinpoint/mark in map
 Why locate it there? – basis (maps, supporting data)
 What does it contain?– density, types of structures,
locators, type
MIXED USE
As proposed
 Why Locate it There?
 The construction of the Silay Airport would give
the City a much needed boost in their economy.
Silay City has been eversince dependent on the
sugar industry but Airports, according to studies,
can infuse several new industries if it will be given
ample infrastructure support such as by-pass and
diversion roads for uninterrupted freighting of
goods from and to the airport.
 Why Locate it There?
 There is an ongoing construction of a by pass road from
silay-patag road to Silay Airport. The hi-way will run from the
airport thru silay-patag road then thru the national hi way
upto to the heavy industries (sugar mills) located further
north. Economic Zones around the airport can be extended
to run along this hi-way so as not to congest the vicinity in
the future. According to a study (City Competitiveness
Ranking, 2005) by AIM, the City of Silay ranked in the top 5
(among 25 small cities included in its survey) in traffic
management so traffic jams will less likely be a problem.
 Why Locate it There?
 Existing road networks was already considered to serve as
tributaries of the major hi-ways and Silay also ranked high in
infrastructure support based on the same AIM study.
 The economic zone are strictly for light industries for areas
around the this zone are of mix-uses and for agriculture.
Heavy industries including the proposed ethanol plantation
will be zoned strictly up north as is indicated in the existing
land use map with buffer zones installed.