GDCR

General Development Control Regulation

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If certain rules and regulations are not made, House owner may construct
residential building As per his whims and fancies

Hence it is essential to maintain and

implement the bye laws to provide
proper ventilation, privacy , security
and safety between neighbors

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What is building by laws?
• The rules and regulation framed by town planning
authorities covering the requirements of building,
ensuring safety of the public through open spaces,
minimum size of rooms and height and area
limitation, are known as building bye-laws.

• • Rules and regulations which largely regulate the

building activity should be formulated to get
disciplined growth of building and the better planned
development of towns and cities.
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Scope of building bye-laws

•Aspects of different type of building in building bye-laws:

1. Building frontage line

2. Minimum plot size

3. Built up area of building

4. Height of building

5. Provision of safety, water supply, drainage, proper light and

Ventilation

6. Requirement for off street parking space

7. Size of structural element

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 Objective of building bye-laws
pre-planning of building activity.
• allow orderly growth and prevent haphazard development.

• Provisions of by-laws usually afford safety against fire, noise, health

hazard and structure failure.

• Provide proper utilization of space to achieved maximum efficiency in

planning.

• They provide health, safety and comfort to the people who live in
building.

• Due to these bye-laws, each building will have proper approaches, light,
air and ventilation.

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Applicability of building bye-laws

• New construction

• Additional and alternations to a building

• Changing of occupancy of building (residential education etc.)

• Development of land is undertaken

• In demolition

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 Area other
Gamtal Area then Gamtal

All land that have been included by the Govt./Collector within the site of village,
Town or city on or before the date of declaration of intention to make a Town
Planning Scheme or publication of Draft Development Plan
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 Basic terminology
Building Line
Means the control line up to which the plinth of a
building adjoining an existing, proposed or
extended street may lawfully extend and includes
the lines prescribed, if any, in any TP Schemes
and/or Development Plan/any Statutory plan time
being in force. The building line may change from
time- to- time as decided by the authority. Build-
to- line
Means a line with which the exterior wall of a
building
Build-to- line
Means a line with which the exterior wall of a
building in a development is required to
coincide. Some percent of the road side façade
area of the ground or more floors in buildings
with more than one floor, may extend to the
road-side property line so that the building
visually reinforces the building façade line of the
street.
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Building-unit
Means a land or plot or part of a land/plot
or combination of more than one land/plot
as approved by the Competent Authority.
However where an alignment has been
fixed on any road by any Competent
Authority, the Building-unit shall mean and
refer to the land excluding the portion
falling in alignment.

Built-up Area
Means the areas covered by a building on all floors including the cantilevered
portions, if any, including walls and columns, but except the areas specifically
excluded under these regulations

Carpet Area
Means the net usable floor area of an apartment, excluding the area covered by
the external walls, areas under services shafts, exclusive balcony or verandah area
and exclusive open terrace area, but includes the area covered by the internal
partition walls

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• “it is net usable area within building”.
• Means the net area within a unit of a building excluding walls or
columns, service areas such as washrooms, kitchen and pantry, semi open
spaces such as veranda or balcony, and corridors or passages.

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Front

Means the main frontage of a Building-unit on

the road-side. For Building-units abutting two
or more roads, the side along the wider road
shall be considered as the front. In case of
roads of equal width the front shall be decided
by the competent authority.
Margin
Means the space adjacent to boundary of Building-unit, buildings, or common plot that
should be kept fully open-to-sky. No built-up area shall be permitted in marginal space
except specifically permitted under these Regulations.
1.Road Side Margin
Means the space provided from the road-side edge of the Building-unit.
2.Side Margin
Means the space provided from the sides of the Building-unit.
3.Rear Margin
Means the space provided from the rear edge of the Building-unit.

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Mezzanine Floor
Means an intermediate floor between two floors overhanging or overlooking a floor
beneath with a minimum clear height of 2.1 mt at the mezzanine level and the floor
below. Its Area shall be counted in F.S.I

Mixed-Use Building
Means a building with more than one use in different portions of the building.
Refuge Area
Means an area where persons unable to use
stairways can remain temporarily and await
instructions or assistance during emergency
evacuation situation

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Skip Floor
A floor designated for holding occupants in buildings during
fire calamities, till the time they are rescued. This floor might
include refuge area. Skip floor may be used as service areas
excluding habitable uses.

Travel Distance
Means the distance to be travelled by a user from any point
in a building to a protected escape route, external escape
route or final exit.

Hollow Plinth
Means the space provided below the floor which is on
stilts immediately above the Ground Level for the purpose
of parking and other permissible uses.

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 Implication of building Bye laws

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 Road

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Permissible Built Up

Rear Margin
(Based on Plot Area)

(Based on Plot area)

(Based on Plot area)

Side Margin

Side Margin
Built up

,
Front Margin
(As per road width)

Road

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 Road width and Building Height
Maximum Height of the building will depend upon the width of street on which the
building is abutting.

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 Road Side , Rear side and side Margins
• Road Side Margin in a Building-unit shall be regulated by the Road Width
• For Building-units with two or more abutting roads, the Road-side margin shall
be applicable on all such abutting sides as illustrated below:

Road side margin as per the road width or margin as per building height
whichever is higher shall be applicable.

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 The Build-to-Line

The Build-to-Line shall be considered as the imaginary line formed after leaving
the Road Side margin and the required side margins.
This Regulation shall be applicable for all Building-units as mentioned in Local
Area Plans.

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Permissible Built Up
Permissible Margin between two building.

Margin

Built up Built up

Road

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Road Side Margins for different categories.

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 Margins other then road side and side margins for different categories.

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F.S.I.- Floor Space Index

For Example,
Residential Plot Area= 500 Sq. mt

Proposed F.S.I.= 2

Built up area= 2 x 500 sq.mt. = 1000 sq. mt (Total Built up area)

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Considering FSI = 2

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 Parking

Parking shall be permitted in margins except in access path from gate to stair-case as
illustrated below and as per regulation 8.13.1 (7) and 8.13.1 (8) if contiguous with
parking
in hollow-plinth, provided with a minimum dimension of 6mts, or contiguous with over
all parking layout.

Basement shall be permitted within side and rear margins after leaving 3.0mt margin
from the boundary of the building unit
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•Parking shall be allowed in the rear and side marginal space after keeping minimum
required margin in the case of building height more than 25.0mt.

•Vehicular ramp leading to parking in floors above ground level shall not be permitted in
the margin.

• Pedestrian ramps connecting ground floor with upper floors shall not be permitted in
the marginal spaces.

•The sunk in lower ground floor or basement provided for the purpose of light/ ventilation
shall not be permitted in the marginal open space.

•No difference shall be permitted in the ground level of the marginal space of the
building (in cases where the permitted margin of the basement is lesser then the
Permitted)

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Internal Road and Approach to Building and Common Plot

In case of buildings connected internally or externally the length of internal road shall be

considered up to the edge of the hollow plinth of the farthest building (in case of building

with hollow plinth) and up to the location of the farthest entrance of the building in case

of solid plinth.

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 Width of the Internal Road based on the length of Road

If margin required is bigger than width of Approach Road or Internal Road

whichever is higher shall be applicable.

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 0.9mts.
Common Plot

For building units with area less than 2000Sq.Mt. and having buildings with height
more than 25mts, a common plot shall be provided of 10% of the area of building
unit or 200Sq.Mts, whichever is more.

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 1. The Common Plot area shall be exclusive of approaches.
2. The area of the Common Plot may be sub divided such that the minimum area of
the Common Plot shall be 200 sq.mts with no sides less than 10.0mts
3. Angle between adjacent sides of the Common Plot shall be 60 degrees or more.
4. In case of Residential Use,50% of the Common Plot may be allowed to be used
as parking space including drive way and aisles. Parking in common plot shall be
permitted in road- side margin after leaving minimum 1..5mts from the Building unit
boundary. This minimum 1..5m shall be utilised for shade giving trees and plantation
purpose.

5. In case of 'all other uses except Residential Used, complete area of

the Common Plot may be allowed to be used as parking space including driveway
and aisles. Such
parking shall be permitted in road-side margin after leaving minimum 1.5mts from
the building-unit boundary. This minimum 1.5m shall be utilised for shade giving
trees and plantation purpose.
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 REQUIREMENTS FOR commercial development

o WILL ONLY BE PERMITTED IN COMMERCIAL OR SMALL Or

SERVICE INDUSTRY TYPE USABLE LAND.

o BUT BEFORE ATTAINING PERMISSION IT IS NECESSARY THAT

BUILDING SHOULD HAVE FACILITIES LIKE PROPER TRAFFIC
LOAD,CIRCULLATION SPACE,PARKING,WATER SUPPLY AND
DRANAGE SERVICES,SUFFICIENT POWER SUPPLY,FIRE
FIGHTING SYSTEM AND SEVERAL OTHER SAFETY MEASURES.

o IN SHOPPING MALL COMPLEX,COMMERCIAL SPACES LIKE

SHOWROOM,RETAIL OUTLETS,HOTEL,RESTRAURANT ETC. AND
ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES ARE ALL PERMITTED.

o PROPOSED LANDMARK FOR COMMERCIAL MUST

BE MORE THAN 4000 SQ. M.

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