The year 1955 can be stated as beginning of Town & Country Planning (T& CP) in Assam, when Assam Government initiated Planning of a township for Palasbari in Kamrup District by creating Town & Country Planning Cell under Public Works Department, Assam. Subsequently Government entrusted T & CP to prepare Master Plan for Guwahati and Tinsukia which were taken up particularly with emphasis on Planning in Urban Centre during Five year Plan periods with Central Assistance.

Later, the Assam Government created a full-fledged Directorate under Town & Country Planning Department. The Department was entrusted with Preparation of Master Plan for Temporary Capital of Assam at Dispur in 1972 and successfully completed the project. In collaboration with the Calcutta Metropolitan Planning Organization, the T & CP organization took up the Preparation of Master Plan for Water Supply, Drainage & Sewerage for Greater Guwahati in 1969 which was approved by Town & Country Planning Advisory Council in 1972. Today, Town & Country Planning, Assam facilitates the urban development of 88 notified towns of Assam (excluding Guwahati city).