BENGALURU: The govt notified draft regulations to amend the premium FAR (floor area ratio) in zonal regulations of Revised Master Plan-2015 of the city’s local planning area.
The proposal aims to provide premium FAR at the rate of 50% of the guidance value of properties developed on roads more than 30 feet wide. Notified on Jan 4, the govt has given a 30-day window for the public, policymakers and urban activists to file objections to the draft rules.
The premium FAR that can be purchased will be 20% of permissible FAR on roads between 30 feet and 40 feet wide, 40% on roads between 40 feet and 60 feet wide and 60% for roads wider than 60 feet.
The premium FAR can be purchased by paying not less than 28% of the guidance value of the additional built-up area.
The proposal comes close on the heels of the govt withdrawing the controversial Karnataka Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Bill-2023 during the recent winter session of the legislature after governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot raised questions.
Govt sources told TOI the latest draft notification is a move to ‘bypass the governor’ as the new rules can be put to use without his consent. “Rather than amending the law, the govt is proposing to change zonal regulations of RMP 2015 under the provisions of an earlier order issued in 2007,” an official said.
Unlike the withdrawn bill which proposed 40% of guidance value as the threshold for permitting additional floors, the latest rules propose 50% of the value, provided that premium FAR charges per square metre of the additional area built is not less than 28% of guidance value.
Bengaluru: The govt notified draft regulations to amend the premium FAR (floor area ratio) in zonal regulations of Revised Master Plan-2015 of the city’s local planning area.
The proposal aims to provide premium FAR at the rate of 50% of the guidance value of properties developed on roads more than 30 feet wide. Notified on Jan 4, the govt has given a 30-day window for the public, policymakers and urban activists to file objections to the draft rules.
The premium FAR that can be purchased will be 20% of permissible FAR on roads between 30 feet and 40 feet wide, 40% on roads between 40 feet and 60 feet wide and 60% for roads wider than 60 feet.
The premium FAR can be purchased by paying not less than 28% of the guidance value of the additional built-up area.
The proposal comes close on the heels of the govt withdrawing the controversial Karnataka Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Bill-2023 during the recent winter session of the legislature after governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot raised questions.
Govt sources told TOI the latest draft notification is a move to ‘bypass the governor’ as the new rules can be put to use without his consent. “Rather than amending the law, the govt is proposing to change zonal regulations of RMP 2015 under the provisions of an earlier order issued in 2007,” an official said.
Unlike the withdrawn bill which proposed 40% of guidance value as the threshold for permitting additional floors, the latest rules propose 50% of the value, provided that premium FAR charges per square metre of the additional area built is not less than 28% of guidance value.
