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 by a 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 incorporated
in individual chapters including Commercial, Residential, Industrial,
Institutional, IT Park, High Rise buildings etc. The report has been approved
by H.E-the Administrator, UT, Chandigarh after inviting views from the 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 Estate 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 the
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 highlights 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
upto 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 fire hazards and for disaster risk reduction, habitable use of
basements in all categories has been withdrawn. A detailed chapter-wise report
has been uploaded on the website of the Chandigarh Administration (www.chandigarh.gov.in)
for the convenience of professionals and for awareness of general
public.
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