The planning wing of the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) on Thursday organised a stakeholders’ meeting at its office here to discuss new regulations pertaining to the Planning and Building Standards Regulation of the authority.
Stakeholders like real-estate developers, architects, planners, archaeologists, Government agencies associated with urban development and BDA and BMC officials attended the meet.
The new regulationa would incorporate the provisions of new and amended acts and rules and new guidelines prepared by State and Central Government in recent years. New parking norms in terms of equivalent car space (ECS) are contemplated in the draft regulations.
It also has a new provision for layouts of different sizes of lands like residential, commercial and mixed-use types of land parcels. The provision for amenities and other facilities would depend on the size of development, where large development projects will have to reserve more
land for ensuring such public amenities. Provisions for differently-abled and children, conservation on heritage site, green building and sustainability provision, provision for integrated township and fire and structural safety were also emphasised.
Bhubaneswar Smart City limited CEO Vineel Krishna addressed the gathering. Among others, BDA Planning Member and Town Planning Director were present.