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ORR: Growth Has It’s Curbs Too
Posted by Pradeep Sadanapalli | August 10, 2008 | 441 views
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Loading ...Once the Outer Ring Road starts meandering along the peripheries of the city, unheard of development activity is expected to herald a new dawn in its vicinities. Given the scale of the project and possibilities of the real estate growth on either side of the 162 km-long road, the need for a comprehensive development plan was felt since the stretch was conceived.
After much debate and discussions over the draft that was formulated, the government has now come out with detailed regulations for hierarchical road network and also for areas falling under 1 km belt on either side of the ORR that has been named ORR Growth Corridor in the form of GO 470, which entails a regulated development of the area falling in the vicinity of the Outer Ring Road. This also covers the areas falling in extended HUDA area in Bacharam, Thimmaguda, Gowrelli and Vadagupalle villages.
For apartment complexes and all other non-residential uses, the minimum developable plot size has been put at 1,000 sq.mts with a minimum abutting road width of 12.2 mts.
For layout development, the minimum size is frozen at 4 hectares and apart from being continuous it has to be approachable by a black topped road 12.2 mts wide. However, owners of sites less than four hectares have to come together and jointly apply as one contiguous parcel of land. Land sites less than 4 hectares will be permitted to have apartments, cluster housing, residential enclaves, row housing and high-rise residential buildings. A buffer zone and common building line too have been made mandatory.
While restricting building activity in certain areas such as bed of water bodies, the GO also seeks compliance of National Building Code provisions for high-rise buildings. The minimum abutting road width and all-round open space for all high rises too have been prescribed. The earmarked recreation zone should only have regional parks, green buffer zones along ‘nalas’ and abutting water bodies and no construction except incidental to main use are to be allowed.
Special fee
All buildings in the Growth Corridor will be subjected to a special impact fee which the order says is meant to ensure development of the ORR and related facilities. For this purpose, buildings have been categorised and will also be according to location in case of structures above 15 metres. No other impact is to be levied with charges to applicable to the total built up area in sq.mts. However, the development charges and processing fee remains the same as charged in HUDA/HADA area at present.
Towards discouraging owners from keeping the sites vacant/underdeveloped, the rules come out with a charge called ‘deferment charge’ to be levied by the local body/gram panchayat. From the notification date, one year will be a grace period and the charge of Rs.2 per sq.mt of land per year will be collected in second year and it will be enhanced to Rs.5 per sq.mt for third year from notification date. From the date of operationalisation of traffic on the ORR, the charge is to be Rs.10 per sq.mt of land per year.
The orders have incentives for large integrated townships, IT/ITES projects, educational institutions and hospitals. Interestingly, the order also equips the competent/sanctioning authority with powers to enforce urban design and architectural/façade control for certain areas as well as sites abutting major roads of 30 metres and above.
SOURCES:
Hindu
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