Introduce land pooling, mixed land use: Housing policy
Lucknow- The recent draft prepared for state urban housing and habitat policy 2013 suggests introduction of mixed land use and pooling scheme in the state.
The housing and urban planning department believes that mixed land usage and land pooling will encourage urban development.
The old housing policies had made provisions for segregated or compartmentalized land use. In these policies, the residential projects, commercial buildings, institutions, official units, recreational facilities, etc were situated at far distant places. Thus, travelling to these places was time consuming for residents.
The new housing policy suggests compact land use where all necessary facilities such as schools, offices, markets, banquet halls, banks, etc will be located within one boundary of a site or building. Mixed land use is permissible on 18 metre and wider roads.
It took over five years to prepare this new draft. Many discussions and consultations from experts of the housing sector were evolved in the preparation of draft. It aims for affordable housing for urban poor and sustainable growth of cities.
The draft proposes to allocate 10 percent to economically weaker sections and low income groups on all housing schemes on area within 2,000 square metres. Earlier, it was applicable on area above 3,000 sq mts.
The draft also earmarks a certain percentage for each facility. It is 10 percent for community and recreation facilities, 10 percent for industrial (non-manufacturing and non-polluting), 20 percent for retail, 25% for offices and institutional facility and the remaining 35 percent for residential.
Another major proposal of draft is to introduce “Land Pooling scheme” in the state. Many states have opted Land Pooling Scheme (LPS) for a systematic and planned development. Some states which have implemented this scheme are Gujarat, Maharashtra, Haryana, etc.
This scheme will allow owners of underdeveloped adjoining lands to come together and pool their land. The pooled land can be used for constructing public facilities like roads, parking, green spaces and others. Owners who have pooled their land can retain a part in the same developed site. This concept of land pooling will not only help to develop pooled land but also facilitates owners with a well developed and bigger site with higher prices than earlier.
Around 45 percent of the pooled land will be utilized to created parks, roads, open spaces, garbage dump, dispensaries, post offices, etc. And 20 percent will be used for providing facilities like electricity connection, drainage and sewerage to each plot.
According to the officials, the draft is expected to be approved by the cabinet by April 2013.
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