Land Pooling Policy 2020

Jan 30,2020 / By Supriya Mogarala / No Comment

Land Pooling Policy (LPP)

Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has formulated a Master Plan 2021 for Delhi to improve city planning in the divided zones under the Land Pooling Policy (LPP). Land Pooling Policy is the consolidation of small land parcels to make them into one larger land for construction in order to accommodate the residential and commercial solutions to the people of Delhi NCR. Under the Land Pooling Policy of Master Plan Delhi-2021, the national capital region will begin the smart city plan.

Land Pooling Policy was announced by the urban development ministry in September 2013. The initial phase would see several landowners/developers/societies to pool their land and assign it to the government for developing a percentage of land and retain a percentage to build infrastructure. Delhi Development Authority and the developers would operate in partnership for the development of the LPP Zone.

As per the Master Plan Delhi-2021, 6 Zones amongst a total of 15 zones come under the Land Pooling Policy. These zones are J Zone of South Delhi, K Zone of South West Delhi, and L zone in West Delhi. These zones will attract population and thus the difficulty of housing solutions will be fixed under the LPP.

Land Pooling Policy has encouraged the development of the Indian real estate market and retaining hopes of the builders. Homebuyers can buy luxurious houses at affordable rates in all the prime localities of Delhi NCR. The cautious use of large land parcels will benefit the stakeholders. It’s more beneficial to invest in the LPP approved projects and experience living around robust infrastructure.

Key Amendments:

Timely development of infrastructure.
Enabling farmers to pay development charges.
Mandatory EWS housing units.
Full utilization of approved floor area ratio (FAR).
Urbanization of 20,000 hectares of land.
95 villages are coming together to develop.
Provision of 14-16 lakh housing units in Delhi.
48-60 percent of the land to be returned back to the owners.

Major benefits of Land Pooling Policy:

The archaic Land Acquisition Policy has been mastered by the LPP, thus promoting proper land-use and bringing out transparency in land management.
Better revenue for the landowners and the government.
Better living at affordable prices.
PPP Model has been introduced, and it is the first time the government sector is working with private entities to construct quality development in the prescribed zones.

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The dark red areas in the above map are the residential centers where the maximum population of Delhi resides. The red spots on the map imply that the residential centers of the city that are fully populated cannot accommodate any more residents on the currently available land. Delhi needs to expand to meet the needs of the migrant population which is expected to be 2.3 crores by 2021. The current infrastructure is only equipped to handle 1.5 crores of the 1.9 crore residents.

Distribution of land returned to DE (60%):

Gross residential – 53%
City-level (commercial) – 5%
City-level (public/ semi-public) -2%

Distribution of land returned to DE (48%):

Gross residential – 43%
City-level (commercial) – 3%
City-level (public/semi-public) – 2%

Which areas will come under the ambit of this policy?

To compensate for the 50-60k acres of land requirement in the upcoming years, areas like Narela, Najafgarh, and Bawana will witness land pooling and development. About 89 of the 95 villages have been listed as urban villages that will accommodate development. This system is a part of the master plan for Delhi-2021 according to which the city of Delhi will be developed.

The master plan has highlighted the following roles in infrastructure development for each:

DDA:

Time-bound development of Master Plan Roads.
Create a plan for physical infrastructures such as water supply, sewerage, drainage, provision of social infrastructure, and traffic and transportation infrastructure including metro corridors.
External development in a time-bound manner (external development charges and other development charges acquired for city infrastructure shall be payable by DE on the actual cost incurred by DDA)

Developer Entity (DE):

Approval of layout/ detailed plan from DDA
Demarcation of roads as per layout plan, sector plan, and obtain verification of the same from the concerned authority.
Develop sector/ internal roads/ infrastructure/ services in its share of land (which includes water, power supply lines, rainwater harvesting, STP/ WTP, etc.)
Timely completion of development and its maintenance with all facilities (open spaces, roads, and services till the area is handed over to the Municipal Corporation)

Special Provisions for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS):

As per the master plan, the developer entity will assure sufficient provision of EWS and other housing as per the Shelter Policy of the Plan. Aside from this, the developer entity shall also declare the prescribed built-up spaces, EWS dwelling units, and LIG Housing components to the DDA as per the policy.

The EWS Housing unit size range within 32- 40 square meters.
50% of EWS housing stock to be maintained by DE for regulated sale for community service personnel and the remaining 50% to be sold to DDA, which will be improved as per CPWD index at the time of handing over.

Development Framework and Control Measures

The Government/ DDA will be answerable for creating and implementing a framework for Land Pooling Policy to:

Frame detailed regulations including process and a timeline for participation in a time-bound manner. The laws shall be put up in public domain for capturing views of all stakeholders by giving a 30-day time frame
Create a dedicated unit for dealing with approvals of Land Pooling applications
Create a Single Window Clearance wherein all the agencies accountable for giving time-bound clearances will meet regularly as per notified timelines.

DDA shall formulate the following norms pertaining to the policy:

The residential Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 400 for group housing to be applicable on net residential land exclusive of 15 percent FAR reserved for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) housing. Net residential land to be a maximum of 55 percent of gross residential land.
This is explaining the concept of building higher to support more population
FAR for city-level commercial and city-level public/semi-public development to be 250.
Subdivision of residential areas and provision of facilities shall be as per MPD-2021.

How shortly will it be implemented?

Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has approved and notified DDA Land Pooling Policy, and the implementation is set to begin once proposals are built on the final draft.

Apart from this, the developers have already started pooling land and we can see housing units soon.

What’s in it for a Delhi resident?

Being a Delhi citizen, you can expect approximately 25 lakh housing units in the coming 10 years. That means cheap and affordable housing.

If you are not a Delhi Resident, you can still invest your money in the land pooling scheme so to be a part of one of the biggest real estate booms in India.

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What is DDA’s Land Pooling policy says?

May 8,2019 / By Prahalad Singh / No Comment

Land Pooling Policy:

I have experienced consistent queries on DDA’s Land Pooling Policy asked by buyers who are interested in purchasing a property, particularly in Delhi. Some of them are what does Land Pooling Policy mean? How does it affect property buying and selling? Should you invest in a pooled land property?

Land Pooling is an idea where small pieces of land are owned by a group of owners who group for the development of infrastructure as per the plans of the Delhi Development Act 1957.

The idea behind land pooling is to combined small pieces of land into a large piece, develop necessary infrastructures such as water supply, drainage, and sewage system, make a plan for wider social and other infrastructure, including transportation and main roads, and return the developed land to owners or developers in a fixed ratio. This is to assure the development of urban land parcels available in the city, particularly on its outskirts, in an effective, supportable or livable and equal manner. It will help to develop and extend the city in a planned manner by boosting the supply of new land and fulfilling the demand for housing.

According to Minister of State (I/C) for Housing & Urban Affairs has stated that the land pooling is a new model for the urban development of Delhi, where the private sector will play an active role in collecting land and developing physical & social infrastructure.

Land Pooling is a concept that where small chunks of land are owned by a group of owners who assemble for the development of infrastructure as per the provisions of the Delhi Development Act 1957.

Recently, Delhi has launched a web portal for the Land Pooling Policy. Under the new Land Pooling Policy, the role of DDA will be that of a coordinator and planner.

As a first step towards its functioning of the policy on fast track mode, the web-enabled interface on DDA’s website is for inviting Expression of Willingness for participation where any landowner of any land size falling in planning Zones K-1, L, N, and P-II may come forward to register on the website.

The policy grants a Floor Area Ration (FAR) of 200 for group housing/residential purpose, considering the availability of resources and services. It is expected to generate about 17 Lakh housing units for 76 lakh people. In order to promote affordable housing, FAR of 15% over and above the maximum permitted residential FAR has also been allowed for EWS/ affordable housing. This will meet all the goals of Housing for All. Out of a total of 17 lakh housing units, more than 05 lakh housing units will be for the economically weaker sections of the society.

The new developments under the land pooling policy shall adhere to the mandatory green building standards as directed in the Delhi Master Plan (MPD) and building bye-laws by organizing policies like maximum use of recycled water for non-potable purposes, storage of rainwater, double pipeline, zero waste technology, etc. Minimum 10% of all energy use shall be renewable through solar power or through other renewable energy sources.

Keeping in mind the goal of ‘Ease of Doing Business’ the complete process of development by Developer Entities/Organization will be through the Single Window System, which has been launched in February 2019, within the given time period. Through this portal available on DDA’s website, Expression of Willingness would be encouraged for participation in the policy.

Under this new policy, single owner/multiple co-owners are required to register online and make payment of prescribed charges/fees, based on which a unique registration ID shall be provided to the applicant for future use.

The Khasra/land details and other uploaded documents shall be checked by DDA from the respective departments/custodian of the records. On joining/pooling of minimum 70% adjacent land of the sector and on completion of verification of revenue records, DDA will issue a Notice to agreed landowners of the sector, to form a single association called the Consortium. Under the policy terms, the consortium formed will be asked to prepare an Implementation Plan in discussion with all agreed landowner and sign a lawful contract agreement with them before applying to DDA as a single entity for initiating development within the sector.

The portal will continue open for a period of 6 months to assure maximum participation/pooling in the named sectors so that planning and execution of infrastructure can be initiated in a combined way.

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