Chandigarh 10th August 2017: In compliance of the directions of the Government of
India to take steps for improvement of ranking in “Ease of Doing Business’
index, the Chandigarh Administration has
notified Chandigarh Building Rules
(Urban) 2017.
The existing building
byelaws/orders/notifications issued from time to time have been reviewed bya
committee. Since amendments to the building Rules were never compiled before, therefore,
comparative analysis of existing building byelaws applicable in Chandigarh was
done viz-a-viz Haryana Building Code 2016, TCPO Model Building Byelaws 2016 and
NBC 2017. This exercise has simplified
the building Rules as each and every rule has been tabulated and individual
chapters including Commercial, Residential, Industrial, Institutional, IT Park,
High Rise buildings etc. The report had been earlier approved by the
Administrator, UT, Chandigarh after seeking views from general public.
For quick disposal of building plan approvals
in Chandigarh, the Chandigarh Administration has decided in Principle to reduce
the Human interface in the process to the minimum and completely discontinue
the manual checking of building plans in a time bound phased manner. The State
Office, UT has been entrusted with the task for preparing software for
automation & up gradation of the computers required for the Online Building
Plan Approval concept.
The
Chandigarh Building Rules (Urban) 2017 shall act as an open source data base
tool. Subsequently all Architectural controls and zoning plans shall be
uploaded on the website to facilitate paperless transmission of information to Professionals
and public.
The Administration has also mandated compulsory
Self Certification of building plans by all registered Architects for
commercial buildings (SCF, SCO, booths, service shops, bay shops and similar
buildings), which are governed by approved architectural controls and where the
registered Private Architects are competent to certify the sanction of response
is received from the Estate office within a fortnight. The supervising
Architect shall also issue completion certificate as per the procedure laid
down the Chandigarh Administration.
The Estate Office, UT is formulating the
standard format for submission of plans by Private Architects (under self
Certification.) However, for residential buildings up to one kanal and
industrial plots upto 1000 sq. yards governed by architectural controls, the
Self Certification process is optional.
Some of the highlight to ease the clearance
of residential building plans include:
·
Category-wise parking norms have been slashed
to accommodate 1 ECS to 6 ECS in marla to kanal plots.
·
Construction upt 33% plot width (25% earlier)
in rear courtyard upto 8 marla has been allowed.
·
In kanal category plots like the Marla house,
building height shall now be measured with one feet additional plinth instead
of center line of the road.
·
In Phase II sectors, building height in kanal
category houses has been increased from 33’-0” to 35’-0” to make parity with
Phase I sectors.
·
Provision of spiral staircase, railing on
front and rear boundary wall, main gate width upto 16 feet inclusive of wicket
gate have been made in residential plots.
·
Habitable use of second floor for residential
purpose in existing SCFs had been allowed as allowed in SCO’s within the
approved architectural control, subject to payment to be decided by the
Administration.
·
Additional ground coverage from 15% to 20%
and FAR from 0.5 to 0.75 has been permitted in educational sites for
construction of hostel and multipurpose sports facility only. These additional
shall be subject to payment to be decided by the Administration.
In view of the hazards and for disaster risk
reduction, habitable use of basements in all categories had been withdrawn.
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