Approval of building plans for independent floors in colonies would boost economy of state: Brahm Mohindra

Chandigarh: The local Government department today allowed the Building plans approval for G+2, G+3 and S+4 independent floors under the Punjab Municipal Building Byelaws 2018 and subsequent amendments which provide for independent floors. Announcing this, Sh. Brahm Mohindra, Local Government Minister Punjab said that instructions have been issued to all the ULBs regarding this order and they have been asked to immediately implement it. This decision would give big relief to the small builders in the state and the department would fetch more than 60 Crores through various charges which would be paid by the builder. This will surely boost the economy of the state as well as the small builders who are facing big financial crunch due to COVID19.
Sh. Mohindra stated that this matter has been considered at the Government level and it was found that some ULBs were not clearing the Building plans of G+3 and S+4 on the pretext of the letter Dated 02.07.19. In this regard it is now clarified that there is no ban on the G+3 and S+4 building plans and they will be given clearance in accordance with Punjab Municipal Building Byelaws 2018 as amended from time to time including the amendments notified on 31.12.2019.
Further, Mohindra clarified that with regards to G+2 there was no ban ever imposed on G+2, as far as G+3 and S+4 are concerned the building byelaws are very clear on this.
Mohindra also said that in all these approvals there would be no violations of the building byelaws and the project must be registered with the Punjab Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA). The builder must obtain the Change of land use and License for the project and the layout plan must be approved from the competent authority before construction of independent floors. The external development charges, CLU charges and the processing fee charges shall be the same as applicable and there should not be any financial loss to the ULB/ Government.