News: Manohar Lal Khattar rules out hike in FAR in plotted sectors-17-08-2019
Updated On: Aug 17, 2019
The state government has ruled out any increase in floor area ratio (FAR) in plotted sectors, despite a growing clamour among developers and property owners in the city for the same. The developers and the property owners have been demanding a revision in FAR after the Haryana government recently allowed the construction of fourth floor and its registration as an independent dwelling unit.
If FAR is increased, plot owners will be able to construct and occupy more area on their land. As per existing norms, where FAR is 1.98, the plot owner construct on around 66% of the area. If FAR is revised to 3, this can increase to around 80%. On Thursday, a delegation of developers and plot owners Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar in Gurugram and demanded an increase in FAR in plotted areas.
They pleaded that if FAR is increased, they will be able to carry out construction in more area in smaller plots as under the present FAR norms, lot of space is left vacant. FAR will balance the demand supply gap and also check violations as people carry out illegal constructions in order to increase areas due to restrictions, the delegation told the CM.
However, Khattar made it clear that “there are no immediate plans for revision of FAR”, TOI has learnt.
In the past three months, massive drives were conducted by the the department of town and country planning (DTCP) against illegal encroachments and unauthorised construction in the residential areas of the city.
The developers and the property owners have also been meeting top party functionaries to press for their demands. Sources, however, said the CM will constitute a committee of officials from DTCP to conduct a study on the situation and make suggestions on whether FAR can be increased.
