Fees for change of land use reduced to attract more industries: Himachal CM
Updated: Dec 30, 2014 01:19:27pm
Shimla, Dec-30 (KNN) Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Virbhadra Singh said that the State Government has reduced the change of land use fees for industrial use so that more industries could be attracted to invest in the state.
Presiding over a review meeting of Town and Country Planning Department here yesterday, he said that he had given assurance in the Vidhan Sabha to reduce the fees on change of land use in the state to motivate the industrial houses.
“The overall floor area ratio (FAR) has also been increased for the industrial units and as per the changes for small scale industries having plot area of 250 to 500 square meter, the FAR has been increased from .50 to 1.75 and for services/light scale industries having plot area of 501 to 1000 square meter the FAR has been increased to 1.50 from .50. For large and heavy scale industries having plot area above 5000 square meters, the FAR has been increased from 0.60 to 1.00,” he said, according to an official notification.
He said the height of buildings had also been increased for organized housing projects across the State which now will be 25 metres in hill areas and 30 metres for plain areas. This would help promoters to achieve the permissible FAR and also to leave sufficient areas under parking and open spaces.
Further, Singh said the government was now contemplating to further increase the height of buildings in organized colonies in plain areas subject to geologically stable strata, in order to reduce the pressure on scarce land resources and to bring regulations at par with adjoining States to attract investors for bringing planned colonies.
He said that Panchayati Raj Institutions had been given powers to issues no objection certificates for obtaining service connections in exempted rural areas wherein public adhere to self implied regulations.
In addition, the Chief Minister said that the planning permission fees had been reduced by half. The economically weaker sections alongwith BPL and Indira Awas Yojana beneficiaries had been fully exempted from paying change of land use as well as planning permission fees. The bonafide residents of the area need not pay change of land use fee for residential activity.
He said that all bye-passes notified in the state would be deemed planning areas to regulate haphazard constructions and to preserve the valley view. The government would make appropriate amendments in the HP Town and Country Planning Act accordingly.
He directed the department to come up with a proposal for bringing areas in the periphery Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats under the planning area as most of the construction activities were coming up in such areas and it was much needed to bring them under the ambit of TCP Act to ensure their planned development. He also directed bringing the online permission project for public utility at the earliest.
Town and Country Planning Minister, Sudhir Sharma, Additional Chief Secretary, V.C. Pharka, Principal Secretary, TCP, Manisha Nanda, Director, TCP Sandeep Kumar, State Town Planner, Sundeep Sharma, and other senior officers of the department attended the meeting. (KNN Bureau)
Presiding over a review meeting of Town and Country Planning Department here yesterday, he said that he had given assurance in the Vidhan Sabha to reduce the fees on change of land use in the state to motivate the industrial houses.
“The overall floor area ratio (FAR) has also been increased for the industrial units and as per the changes for small scale industries having plot area of 250 to 500 square meter, the FAR has been increased from .50 to 1.75 and for services/light scale industries having plot area of 501 to 1000 square meter the FAR has been increased to 1.50 from .50. For large and heavy scale industries having plot area above 5000 square meters, the FAR has been increased from 0.60 to 1.00,” he said, according to an official notification.
He said the height of buildings had also been increased for organized housing projects across the State which now will be 25 metres in hill areas and 30 metres for plain areas. This would help promoters to achieve the permissible FAR and also to leave sufficient areas under parking and open spaces.
Further, Singh said the government was now contemplating to further increase the height of buildings in organized colonies in plain areas subject to geologically stable strata, in order to reduce the pressure on scarce land resources and to bring regulations at par with adjoining States to attract investors for bringing planned colonies.
He said that Panchayati Raj Institutions had been given powers to issues no objection certificates for obtaining service connections in exempted rural areas wherein public adhere to self implied regulations.
In addition, the Chief Minister said that the planning permission fees had been reduced by half. The economically weaker sections alongwith BPL and Indira Awas Yojana beneficiaries had been fully exempted from paying change of land use as well as planning permission fees. The bonafide residents of the area need not pay change of land use fee for residential activity.
He said that all bye-passes notified in the state would be deemed planning areas to regulate haphazard constructions and to preserve the valley view. The government would make appropriate amendments in the HP Town and Country Planning Act accordingly.
He directed the department to come up with a proposal for bringing areas in the periphery Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats under the planning area as most of the construction activities were coming up in such areas and it was much needed to bring them under the ambit of TCP Act to ensure their planned development. He also directed bringing the online permission project for public utility at the earliest.
Town and Country Planning Minister, Sudhir Sharma, Additional Chief Secretary, V.C. Pharka, Principal Secretary, TCP, Manisha Nanda, Director, TCP Sandeep Kumar, State Town Planner, Sundeep Sharma, and other senior officers of the department attended the meeting. (KNN Bureau)
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