Unified Development Control and Promotion Regulations (DCR)

After a three years long wait, developers who were waiting for the new unified development control and promotion regulations (DCR) will commence work on new projects, with the Maharashtra Government issuing the gazette notification on the unified DCR for municipal corporations, planning authorities, special planning authorities, municipalities and nagar panchayats excluding Mumbai civic body, NAINA, MIDC, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust and other authorities.”

“The standardized rules will leave little scope for misinterpretation by authorities,” he added. The new rules are likely to bring uniformity in width of roads, size of rooms, etc, which is a positive step. Height of buildings will vary, depending on the plot size and its FSI potential.

“Thane, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Aurangabad, Nashik, Nagpur, Solapur and Kolhapur would come under the ambit of the new rules. Real estate developers who plan multi-city projects will have the advantage of referring to only one DCR, this will simplify the process,”