DDA welcomes public opinion on changes in Delhi Master Plan 2021
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has welcomed suggestions and objections from public over the modifications in Master Plan Delhi 2021 (MPD-2021) including high rise structures. In this regard, the civic authority has released a notification on Wednesday.
A 45-days time has been given to the public to file their objections and suggestion regarding the amendments in the MPD-2021.
The current Master Plan does not have any provision with regard to the highrise buildings in Delhi. The DDA has now planned to allow a relaxation of 2.4 metres over the present maximum permissible height of 15 metres.
As per the notification issued by the civic body, all buildings taller than 15 metres (without stilt) and 17.5 metres (with stilt) in all zones will be considered as highrise buildings. This modification was approved in the Advisory Group meeting on review of MPD-2021 which was held on July 3.
The civic body also proposes to allow to use rooftop spaces in highrise buildings for the construction of swimming pools or for landscape gardens, etc, which is also stated in the notification.
The DDA has planned several other amendments in the MPD. Other proposals include- allowing intermittent service floors in high rises in case the floor is used for installation of equipment needed for the building’s maintenance, inclusion of hotels in convention centers and permitting vocational training centres in residential areas and service apartments.
The civic body has even invited suggestions and objections with regard to including change in the definition of hotel. The definition has been revised to “a premise having minimum 10 lettable rooms for lodging and boarding of 15 persons or more on short/long-term basis.”
The DDA has enhanced the scope of activities allowed in hotels by including service apartments and residential units with or without transfer of ownership rights. The floor area ratio (FAR) of commercial offices, retail shops and service shops have been hiked from 20 percent to 30 percent floor area in hotels.
The value of FAR in international convention centres has been increased from 120 to 250 and the ground coverage has been increased from 30 percent to 60 percent. Also, hotels and related activities have been allowed in 40 percent of floor area. And in case of international convention centres being constructed in plots spread across four hectares or more, the FAR shall be decreased by 10 percent and ground coverage by 5 percent for every 10 hectare increase. The minimum limit set for FAR shall be 120 percent while it is 30 percent for ground coverage.
Vocational training centres like IT/polytechnic are permitted on individual residential plots of 1,000 square metre area or more.
Apart from all these, specific heritage complexes within the Walled City of Shahjahanabad and Lutyens’ Bungalow Zone have been nominated by the government for inscription as ‘Imperial Cities of Delhi in UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Cities’. This change has also been proposed to be made in the chapter conservation of built heritage in the Master Plan.
