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Proposed Development Plan for greater Mumbai - 2034 ( In this article, the writer has very lucidly explained the entire concept of DP). The Draft Development Plan 2034 with its own overall positive prospective needs to be improvised. Packed with special features with Higher FSI, Introduction of Transit Oriented Development, Introduction of Zonal FSI, Local Area Plans, Reservation Policy, Inclusionary Housing, Multiple use of open spaces, Environmental Sustainability, Simplification of Marginal Open Spaces, Creating a pool of land for public purposes, Special Development Area, etc. is now open to public at large for their objections and suggestions. While curtailing several concessions available under present DCR 35(2), it proposes Higher FSI and is focused more on Housing then in amenities i.e. covered Swimming Pools, Club Houses and grand entrance Lobbies will be all counted in FSI. However some of the amenities are made mandatory and are to be counted in FSI like society offi...

Maharashtra Govt. buys more time to fix Mumbai development plan row Govt also amends norms to enable the six-month extension to revise DP as directed by the chief minister. The Maharashtra government cleared decks to grant another six-month extension to revise the development plan (DP) for Mumbai. Following a public outrage over alleged irregularities in the Mumbai draft development plan, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had in April directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to revise the draft plan, rectify the mistakes, and republish it for public suggestions and objections. The Maharashtra cabinet cleared a proposal to amend norms permitting the state to grant an extension for such a rectification. Highly placed sources said that the BMC, that had earlier been directed to publish the revised draft by August, had plans to seek another six-month extension. The Maharashtra Regional Town Planning Act, (MRTP) 1966, did not contain provisions permi...

THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR MUMBAI The Maharashtra Region and Town Planning Act specify that every municipal corporation must prepare a development plan to be implemented over 20 years. The last time the development plan was prepared for Mumbai was in 1981 and it was adopted only thirteen years later, in 1994. Thus a new plan, which is valid for 20 years, will need to be prepared and ratified by 2014 and will be in force till 2034. The current development plan defines land reservations- (that is land that is set aside for a specific public purpose) amenities, transportation networks and services through a coloured land-use map of the entire city. In order to prepare this plan, Mumbai’s municipal corporation has selected an international consultant through a tendering process and it will be expected to collate and compile all of the data available on the city before making such a plan. The Urban Design Research Institute is currently engaged in looking at how a public participatio...