Who is responsible for regulating development in Haryana?

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The Department of Town and Country Planning, Haryana, is responsible for regulating the development and checking the haphazard development in and around towns in accordance with the provisions of the following statutes:

• The Punjab Scheduled Roads and Controlled Areas Restriction of Unregulated Development Act, 1963
• The Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975
• The Punjab New (Capital) Periphery Control Act, 1952

In order to involve the private sector in the process of urban development, the department grants licences to the private colonisers for development of residential, commercial, industrial and IT park/cyber park colonies in accordance with the provisions of the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975 and rules framed thereunder.

Parameters for grant of licence

The different parameters for each category of colony are:

Residential plotted colony:

• The plotable area/saleable area in a plotted colony cannot exceed more than 55% of the area of the colony (inclusive of 4% commercial area for need of the residents of the colony) and remaining area is to be utilised for planning of roads, community buildings like schools, hospitals, utility buildings/sites and open spaces
  
• The coloniser is required to provide for community building sites in accordance with the norms approved for the purpose. These norms are population based and are arrived at by taking into account the designated densities as envisaged in the development plan proposals. The minimum width of the road is 12 metre.
  
• Almost 20% of the plots are to be reserved for EWS housing with a minimum plot size of 50 square metre
  
• As many as 25% of the total plots are to be allotted under the category of no profits no loss plots (NPNL) ie at the rate prescribed by the director. The size of these plots is between 125 square metre to 225 square metre
  
• The population to be achieved in the colony cannot exceed beyond the designated densities in the development plan.

Group housing

• The group housing site is governed by the zoning regulations approved by the director
  
• The ground coverage in the group housing project is 35% of the site area and the floor area ratio (FAR) is 175
  
• The maximum habitable height in a group housing complex is 60 metre
  
• The group housing project should not exceed 20% of the sector area
  
• The community facilities are to be provided in accordance with the norms approved by the department and are based on the population to be achieved as per proposed density of the group housing complexes which ranges from 100 to 400 persons per acre
  
• Provide convenient shopping within the group housing complex 0.5% of the site area can be utilised towards convenient shopping. These are single storey with a maximum height of 4 metre
  
• As many as 15% of the total number of flats are reserved for EWS and 10% of the main dwelling units is required for service apartments ie for domestic help
  
• The minimum two-level basement for parking and services with a compulsory provision of one car space for every flat of the group housing complexes (except EWS) is allowed

Note: The Haryana Apartment Ownership Act does not recognise the concept of super area

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