The draft Rajasthan (Urban Areas) Building Regulations has made changes in small plots to curb illegal construction by allowing them extra floors while reducing the size of land for farmhouses and buildings in ecological zones.
Architects said 90% of illegal construction happens in the buildings where the plot sizes are below 500 square-meters as builders are not required to get building plan approved.
For the construction of coaching centers in the state, the minimum width of the road should be at least 60 feet. The requirement is 40 feet in smaller cities. The minimum lot size for the construction of a coaching institute should be 300 square meters.
In the view of hotels, the minimum lot size is 500 square meters, while the road width should be 60 feet in big cities and 40 feet in smaller cities. For resorts and motels, the lot size should be at least 8,000 square meters and 3,000 square meters respectively.
“If these proposals in the draft get finalized, this will help more and more people to buy farm houses and live in natural settings. Because of the high sizes of land, the dream of living in a farm house could not become a reality for many. But now, it will be easier to own a farm house or a green building. This will also boost revenues for the government,” said Sunil Jain, President of Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (CREDAI), Rajasthan.