Delhi Master Plan 2021: DDA unveils key provisions

To promote planned land use to meet the increasing demand for land and better infrastructure, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) unlocks land in a controlled way through various master plans. The authority has reserved around 66,000 hectares of land for urbanisation in the Master Plan Delhi- 2021.

White Paper for the MPD-2021

A White Paper has been prepared to give an insight into the key provisions of the Master Plan Delhi 2021 (MPD-2021) and the major challenges that the real estate stakeholders will have to consider, revealed a real estate services firm Cushman and Wakefield.

The MPD 2021 causes an important change wherein the developer entity’s role has been considered in the process of land acquisition and development in Delhi. The much awaited change has been implemented by including the policy of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in the framework of the new land policy.

To meet the mounting demand of the urban population by 2021, the DDA will soon unlock the reserved land chunks and plans to achieve a controlled and sustainable development. The development authority has liberalized its land policy by which it allows developers to acquire land directly from the farmers/land owners.

Key provisions given in the White Paper:

-Optimum utilization of available resources
-Both Public and Private land assembly, development and housing (role of developer entity)
-Policy to define the path for development of the newly unlocked land
-Public participation through Decentralized Local Area Planning (LAP)
-Plan implementation and monitoring through Performance Oriented Planning and Development
-Marked as a low density zone
-Development options in the zone include farmhouses and country homes
-Incentivised redevelopment with additional floor area ratio (FAR)
-Policy aimed at regularizing unauthorized colonies

Delhi to grow twice its size

On the basis of the White Paper prepared for the MPD-2021, Cushman and Wakefield assesses that the size of Delhi would almost double from 82,300 hectares to 148,300 hectares.

The land area unlocked through the new plan is larger than the area of land allowed through the earlier master plans. Hence, the market constituents are left with a great opportunity to participate in supplying properties within the nation’s capital.

The White Paper also lists out the complexities involved in the policy changes made in the new master plan compared to the older ones.

One third land area for residential purpose

A zone wise analysis of the land unlocked in the master plan, respite offered to the stakeholders and also the riders for private participation have been made available in the White Paper. It states that 33 percent of the land released is reserved for residential land use, 26 percent is earmarked for green belts and three percent is kept for commercial land use.

It has been estimated that there would be a development of around 4,357 million square feet across various segments through private participation. Roughly it can be expected that around 1.45 million new housing units would be developed over the next decade in Delhi. The possibility of achieving this by 2021 has been analyzed by observing the historical occurrences and development patterns that has been tracked in the past in the real estate segment.

Zone-wise development

The zones of Dwarka and Narela have been planned for development while the remaining zones are yet to see development. These zones are likely to provide potential source of business for developers, landlords and farmers, funds and financial institutions, contractors, etc. Apart from this, development in these zones will also offer numerous housing options to individual buyers, investors and occupiers.

The first Master plan for Delhi was enforced in 1962, which failed to keep pace with the rapid urbanization of the city. Therefore, it was updated and revised later in 1981 and 2001. It is hoped that the new master plan is expected to overcome many issues that were faced in the earlier plans.