Haryana Government has approved the policy for grant of Change of land Use (ClU) permission for commercial purpose in municipal areas of the state.
The Chief Minister Manohar lal has approved the policy, which would be applicable in the residential and commercial sector of the state, said Urban local Bodies Minister, Kavita Jain on Tuesday.
Jain said that the applicant could submit application for the setting up of single entity like shop and showroom. The Town and Country Planning Department would invite applications for commercial licence within and outside municipal limit and ClU application for the area within the MC limit for the commercial component.
The Department after receipt of the application, forward the same to this office for processing. The Urban local Bodies Department will then accordingly examine the application for the controlled area falling within MC limit and successful applicants would be asked to participate in the auction, said she.
The Minister said that in commercial sector or belt, there are no capping on the commercial component, therefore in these areas within MC limit, the applicant could submit application as per the ClU procedure notified by the Urban local Bodies Department.
The policy would only be applicable where the land under the single ownership is less than 1000 square metre and proposal is for single unit involving no sub-division. The minimum area of the site would be 200 square metre and maximum area would be 1000 square metre, she added.
The site should be in a compact block and the location of the site should be in conformity with the Development Plan proposals. Apart from this, the site should be located in a developed sector and approachable from existing 12 mtr wide road or above, she said.
She said that the ground coverage and floor area ratio are subject to the fulfillment of the parking norms or requirement.
Jain further said that the applicant would provide the public amenities like portable drinking water and toilets within the building area. Where services have not been provided or reached to the applicant's site, the owners would have to make their own arrangement to provide these public amenities.
The fee or charges included scrutiny fee at the rate of Rs 10 per sq. mtr., conversion charges at the prevailing rate of the commercial use, external development charges at the prevailing rate for the commercial use and any other fee or charges as determined by the Director General, Urban local Bodies Department.
The applicant would be required to provide parking within the site area at the rate of 1.0 Equivalent Car Space (ECS) for every 50 Sq. meters of the covered area, the Minister said.
The applicant would have to submit affidavits that he would not sub-divide the site in any circumstances, would not use the site or building for any other purpose other than allowed use and would not sell the ClU granted site or building as a whole or any part of it, in any circumstances upto 10 years from the date of the issuance of the permission, she added.