Sebeta town has got a structure plan in 2007. The prepared plan was intended to guidernand fasten the economic development of the town for 10 years, 20 17. However, thernprepared structure plan has a multifaceted problem. There are complaints from var iousrnstakeholders that there is poor structure plan implementat ion in the town. As a result, thernland resource of the town was extravagantly ut ilized and exposed for wastage by therntechnical staff, administrators and brokers. Furthermore, the plan was subjected tornmodification before its planning period. Hence, the above mentioned problems havernprompted the researcher to make research on this topic.rnThe ge neral objective of this study is therefore to examine the major problems associatedrnwith the implementation of the Sebeta structure plan and to identify the factors that affectrnthe proper implementation of the plan with particular emphasis to its technical aspects.rnAccordingly, to look into the issue deeply, the study used descriptive and exp lorato ryrnresearch design and qualitative research approach.rnThe findi ng of the study revealed that the structure plan was not properly implementedrnand lacked plan evalu at ion, monitoring. Hence, one can easily see irregular and irrationalrndevelopment as well as incompatible land uses in the town. The cause for the poor planrnimplementation was emanated from both the plan preparation and its implementation.rnTherefore, although the municipality has taken some measures to alleviate the poor planrnimplementation, it could not consider as enough action.rnUp on the findings the researcher has forwarded the fo llowing recommendations:rnpreparing implementation guidelines, prov iding capacity building and performingrnperiodic monitoring and evaluatio n, preparing action area plan, and implementation phasernand etc