News: Building plans to get nod sans floor details
(TNN 15/08/2006) New Delhi - After days of hard lobbying with the policy makers, real estate developers may have some respite coming their way. The government is planning to ease the existing ‘building code regulations’.
The liberalised norms would be based on the model adopted in most developed countries like the UK and US, where regulations are just limited to external features such as overall height of a building. Till now, builders have to get complete floor plans approved by the government which they resent since they feel it is a very cumbersome process.
The new policy regime is not only looking at expediting ongoing construction activities in urban areas, but also aims at incentivising builders to undertake new projects.
"We have received feedback from many concerned parties that existing regulations are cumbersome and involve long procedural hassles. The completion and occupancy certificates are also very difficult to obtain. These are clearly certain areas of concern. For the government, the onus is on initiating speedy reforms in place of some of these archaic rules,” a senior official in the urban development ministry told ET. Alongside, the government is also working on revising land use regulations.
“At present, these regulations are restrictive by specifying the floors and floor areas which may be put to a flexible land use,” he said. The proposed regulations will initially be implemented in Delhi and subsequently extended to other metros.
For developers, getting clearances as per the building code regulations is the most time consuming affair. In the present system, it may even take them an year to obtain regulatory approvals. With the new regime in place, this time period is likely to come down substantially, to as 40-45 days.
Says Rumneek Bawa, chief executive officer, Uppal’s group: “This will certainly be a welcome move, particularly when building quality urban infrastructure holds the key to overall economic prosperity.”
Infact, this proposal comes in a series of many such policies, aimed at giving incentives to builders. That the government is aggressive on urban reforms is evident from the fact that it is considering flexibilities even in sensitive areas like environmental clearances.
The liberalised norms would be based on the model adopted in most developed countries like the UK and US, where regulations are just limited to external features such as overall height of a building. Till now, builders have to get complete floor plans approved by the government which they resent since they feel it is a very cumbersome process.
The new policy regime is not only looking at expediting ongoing construction activities in urban areas, but also aims at incentivising builders to undertake new projects.
"We have received feedback from many concerned parties that existing regulations are cumbersome and involve long procedural hassles. The completion and occupancy certificates are also very difficult to obtain. These are clearly certain areas of concern. For the government, the onus is on initiating speedy reforms in place of some of these archaic rules,” a senior official in the urban development ministry told ET. Alongside, the government is also working on revising land use regulations.
“At present, these regulations are restrictive by specifying the floors and floor areas which may be put to a flexible land use,” he said. The proposed regulations will initially be implemented in Delhi and subsequently extended to other metros.
For developers, getting clearances as per the building code regulations is the most time consuming affair. In the present system, it may even take them an year to obtain regulatory approvals. With the new regime in place, this time period is likely to come down substantially, to as 40-45 days.
Says Rumneek Bawa, chief executive officer, Uppal’s group: “This will certainly be a welcome move, particularly when building quality urban infrastructure holds the key to overall economic prosperity.”
Infact, this proposal comes in a series of many such policies, aimed at giving incentives to builders. That the government is aggressive on urban reforms is evident from the fact that it is considering flexibilities even in sensitive areas like environmental clearances.
posted by InCar Group Press Room at 19:36
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