Abstract: The study identified and examined land uses prevalent in theperi-urban areas of Ikare-Akoko in Ondo state located in the South-West region of Nigeria, evaluated the trend in the examine the socio-economic characteristic of resident in peri-urban area of ikare-Akoko, Identify and examine the features responsible for the growth in peri-urban area in the study area, access resident compliance with development control provisions in the area and assess the human and material resource available to the agencies for development control activities in the study area. This was with a view to providing information that will assist policy makers in effective and efficient planning for future development of the area. Data for this study were both primary and secondary. The primary data was collected through administration of two sets questionnaire. The first set was administered on residents while the second were for staff of town planning authorities in the study area. Identifiable peri-urban areas of Ikare-Akoko are selected. Systematic random sampling technique was used to select (124) houses, respectively. The second questionnaire were administered on the planning authorities in charge of land uses and development in the study area and seek to get information on staff strength and qualifications, number of building plans proposal submitted from 2008-2012 and challenges confronting the agencies in relation to development control in peri-urban areas. The secondary data collected include Goggle Map and GIS imagery of the study area. Data collected was analyzed using descriptive analysis. It was revealed that. 12.8% of respondents reportedly earned 20,000 naira or less on a monthly basis; 43.1% of respondents earn between 20,000 and 30,000 on monthly basis; 21% reportedly earned between 30,000 and 40,000 on monthly basis; 22.9% of respondents reportedly earned between 40,000 and 60,000 on monthly basis while only 8.2% earned above 100,000/month. On the average respondents earn 48,500/month. Land use analysis in the study area was determined through an index of 5 and tagged Land Use Index (LUI) revealed that residential land use with LUI of 4.81 was the most important land use in Oba while agricultural (2.10) land use was least. The average land use for Akungba were put (LUI) at 3.5. The LUI for residential was 4.73 and that of commercial was 3.8. A comparative analysis of land uses in revealed that the average rate of land use in Ogbagi was 3.36 while that of Ikare and Okeagbe was 3.58 and 3.51, respectively. It was further revealed that residential land use was ranked first in all the communities under study. The study revealed that the area or land mass Ikare-Akoko were approximately 517.87 acres in 1986 but the settlement has expanded to 1537.69 acres by the year 2012 which indicates or reveals that about 619.82 acres of land or area of vegetation had been converted to residential area over the span of 20-6 years. It was revealed that Ogbagi, Akungba has a greater conversion of her landmass when compared to other areas. The importance of some range of factors in explaining land use conversion in the peri-urban areas of Ikare was determined through, stepwise regression analysis which explains the effects of each factor on the dependent variable. It was revealed that high and middle up positive correlation existed between land use conversion and availability of land (r = 0.844 at p = 0.01); rate of population growth (p = 0.712) and government policies (p = -0.781; 0.01). Shortages of manpower were the most constraints facing the operation of these local planning authorities. This particular constraint accounted for 25% of the total challenges facing the local planning authorities. Next to this was lack of adequate funding having accounted for 22.1% of the constraints that is being faced by these planning authorities. The study concluded that the rate of conversion of agricultural land use and green space to other land uses particularly residential land use is on the increase in the study area as availability of land, rate of population growth and government policies were established as part of the underline factors for this conversion in the peri-urban areas of Ikare-Akoko.