Haryana Government has decided that in case an application is complete in all respects, permission for change of land use (ClU) would now be granted within 45 days.
At present, the ClU permission is granted within 60 days in case of industries and 90 days in other cases, said an official spokesman of Department of Town & Country Planning, Haryana.
He said that the decision would encourage the people to obtain ClU permission and help reduce unauthorised construction that comes up without ClU.
The spokesman said that the Department grants ClU permission for residential/ industrial/ commercial/institutional/ farm house/ recreational use under the Punjab Scheduled Roads and Controlled Areas Restriction of Unregulated Development Act, 1963 and its rules, 1965. The Act lays down that ClU permission is to be granted within 60 days in case of industries and 90 days in other cases.
In order to prevent unauthorised and haphazard construction and regulate planned urban development, the Department declares controlled areas around towns and public institutions and prepares their development plans under provision of the Punjab Scheduled Roads and Controlled Areas Restriction of Unregulated Development Act, 1963, said he. Elaborating further, he said that at present one-fourth area of the State has been declared as controlled area. The ClU permission is required before executing any project in the controlled area. The policies of the Department aim at encouraging a healthy competition among various private developers and public sector entities for integrated planned urban development, the spokesman said. The procedure for making application for ClU permission is available on the website of the Department. Any person desiring permission may follow the procedure and submit the application, he added.