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Town and Country Planning

  • Objective
    • Functional, economical, sustainable and aesthetical living environment
  • How
    • Planned, equitable and regulated development
    • Ensuring
      • Sustainable use scarce land resources
      • Demographic and socio- economic factors
      • Preservation of environment and heritage
  • Himachal Pradesh Town and Country Planning Act, 1977
    • enforced in
      • 55 Planning Areas (1.60% of State Area)
      • 35 Special Area (2.06% of State Area)
  • Initiatives
    • Ease
      • Simplification of Map approval - self declaration
        • prior to submission if at highway/by-pass/4-lane under HPTCP Act, 1977
        • draft proposal of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
          • Registered Private Professionals (RPP), Empanelled under HPTCP Rule, 2014
            • grant of development permission up to 500 square meter of plot area in notified planning/special/ULB areas
    • Investment
      • HPTCP Rule, 2014 to be aligned with HPIIP, 2019
    • Comprehensive planning
      • GIS- based Development Plans - Kullu and Shimla under AMRUT
    • Regional plans
      • Solan and Lahaul and Spiti in progress
      • Outsourced in Special areas
        • Dhualakuan- Majra, Jogindernagar, Shri Chintpurni, Bhota, Bharmour and Ner-Chowk
    • Parking
      • Conditional relief to valley/hill side buildings
        • can have uncovered and parallel to the building parking