Sunday, April 17, 2016

Affordable Plotted Housing Policy notified

CHANDIGARH, APRIL17
Haryana Town and Country Planning Department has notified the Affordable Plotted Housing Policy 2016 for Low and Medium Potential Towns: Deen Dayal Jan Awas Yojna, to achieve the goal of houses for all.
          While giving this information here today, a spokesman of the Department said that this policy would facilitate creation of additional affordable housing stock in the low and medium potential towns of the State.
          He said that Deen Dayal Jan Awas Yojna aims at development of ‘high density plotted colonies’ in low and medium potential towns of the State wherein small plots are made available through a liberal policy framework. Under the scheme, all such projects would be required to be necessarily completed within seven years from the date of grant of licence.The projects would be allowed in the residential zone of the notified Development Plans of low and medium potential towns of the State. In any residential sector, not more than 30 per cent of the net planned area under residential zone, inclusive of the 20 per cent area limit allowed for group housing projects, can be allowed for projects under this policy. The minimum and maximum net planned area for such projects would be five acres and 15 acres respectively. Not more than 10 per cent of the licenced area should fall under sector roads, he added.
          He said that a maximum permissible area of a plot shall be 150 square metres with maximum floor area ratio of two and ground coverage of 65 per cent. The colonizer would transfer 10 per cent area of the licenced colony free of cost to the Government for provision of community facilities. Registration of independent floors in plots and stilt parking would be allowed, he added.
          He said that allotment of 50 per cent residential plots covering saleable area (excluding 50 per cent area frozen by the Department) would be undertaken in the first phase by the licencee or colonizer. However, the colonizer would also carry out development works simultaneously on the frozen area also. He made it clear that 15 per cent area mortgaged towardsInternal Development Works (IDW) would be part of 50 per cent area frozen by Department upto completion of IDW in the colony.
He said that the applicant would have an option to deposit the cost of internal development works with the concerned Municipality as per mutually decided rates. As a matter of security against any possible delinquencies in completion of the project, the coloniser would be required to mortgage residential plots covering saleable area of not less than 15 per cent of the total area under all residential plots in lieu of depositing cost of internal development works with concerned municipality, in favour of the Director. The applicant would be allowed to sell the balance 50 per cent of the saleable area after completion of IDW, he added .
          He said that the licence fees would be levied at a rate of Rs one lakh per acre for medium potential towns and Rs 10,000 per acre for low potential towns. The conversion charges and Infrastructure Development Charges (IDC)would stand waived off. While, the licence fee and External Development Charges (EDC) rates have been reduced substantially. The bank guarantee to the tune of 25 per cent on account of IDW would be submitted or the applicant has to mortgage 15 per cent saleable area..
          He said that the opening window for receipt of licence applications under this policy would be 90 days from the notification of this policy. During this period, in case, the receipt of licence applications in a particular sector for area is less than the total area permitted in that sector under this policy, then all the eligible applications would be considered for grant of licence subject to the minimum area norm of five acres and maximum area norm of 15 acres. In case, the receipt of licence applications in a particular sector for area is more than total area permitted in that sector under this policy, every applicant would be eligible for a minimum of five acres and the balance area would be allowed to every applicant in proportion to the balance permitted area viz-a-viz balance applied area. However, if all the applications could not be accommodated in view of minimum area norms, the Director General Town and Country Planning might consider all applications by increasing the permitted area upto 40 per cent of net planned area of residential sector. If all the applications cannot be considered even within 40 per cent of net planned area, draw of lots would be conducted.
          He said that applications would be entertained on an ongoing basis till the availability of area in any specific sector or any specific development plan vis-a-vis the area limits prescribed under this policy gets licenced. After receipt of application, complete in all respects, from an applicant, the decision regarding either issuance of Letter of Intent or return or rejection of licence application would be conveyed to the applicant within a period of six months from the receipt of application, he added.
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