Vol. 7, Issue 2, Part C (2025)

The study was conducted on changes in urban land use planning and its implications on the socio-economic development in the Drobo and Japekrom within the Drobo Municipality of the Ahafo region of Ghana. The objective of this study was to examine the implications of changes in urban land use planning on socio-economic development in the Drobo Municipality. A multistage purposive sampling technique was used. Primary data was obtained from two hundred seventy-eight (278) household members using a purposive and simple random sampling technique. An analysis of the data was carried out and presented pictorially using descriptive statistics. The findings from the study revealed the existence of one type of land use scheme that is being enforced at both Drobo and Japekrom. The remaining schemes are yet to be implemented. Layout and land use in Drobo and Japekrom have not been effective. Large acre of land in area are under litigation and individuals who forcefully and unlawfully acquired parcel of land most at times are unwilling to surrender their land to physical planning department for evaluation and proper demarcation and layout and therefore recommend that the Municipal Assembly should resource the physical planning department to effectively monitor all forms of physical that would conform to land use plans.