Development and building regulations. including building permits, planning permissions and fire safety norms, could soon be common for the entire country under the Development and Building Regulations 2022 prepared by Bureau of Indian Standards.
This would mean that regulatory bodies will become more transparent and efficient and people will be able to build safe and functional buildings utilising the services of registered construction professionals. It is learnt that BIS, the national standards body functioning under the Ministry of Consumer affairs, Food and Public Distribution, has embarked on a project for promotion of use of National Building Code 2016 in the states and Union territories, including Tamil Nadu, and is coming out with draft development and building regulations.
In Tamil Nadu, a two-day workshop was held for officials from the Directorate of Town and Country Planning and Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority. The major objective of BIS is to develop and frame a set of rules and regulations which if adopted by the regulatory bodies like CMDA and DTCP will improve ease of doing business in case of activities related to construction. The commonality in rules and regulations all across the country will allow people to faster, safer and better buildings
It is learnt that BIS has come out with a uniform Draft Development and Building Regulations 2022 after carrying out a comprehensive study of existing regulatory or statutory mechanisms, rules and regulations governing land, development and building construction in the country, mapping these to the provisions available in National Building Code of 2016 and other best practices. The draft is being presented to the state for adoption by regulatory or statutory bodies.
Sources said the concerns and issues raised by Tamil Nadu would then be discussed and any modification or changes will be incorporated to ensure that it befits the requirements of states, Union territories and cities.
According to the BIS draft regulations accessed by The New Indian Express, there is a timeframe for giving building permits and planning permissions. It has also come out with a format for completion certificate, notice for commencement of development, construction or demolition, quality assurance inspection among others. The BIS development regulations have also incorporated transferable development rights, a compensation mechanism in the form of Floor Space Index (FSI) or Development Rights which shall entitle the owner for construction of built-up-area. The draft regulations have norms for footpath, serbacks, open spaces, off street parking facilities, urban design and fire and life safety.
Former Anna University professor of urban engineering K P Subramanian says that development regulations are one of the contents of the respective master plans. It implies that it varies from city to city. Aggregates obscures the reality and it's more so if it's a national average. Therefore, at best it may be a model and be adapted by cities with appropriate changes, he added.
A Shankar, Head - Government Advisory and Solutions, Jones Lang LaSalle, India, says that the new regulations are focussing more on new construction technologies which were lacking in the state level regulations. With new global standards coming in along with new IT enabled construction monitoring technologies, it doesn't only pertain to building safety but lot of other aspects also. "Since it is a standard, the consumers stand to benefit out of it. But how the regulations will pan out, one has to wait and watch," he says
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