ROLE AND

IMPORTANCE
OF UDCPR

BY VINAYAK VIKAS KHARE | 1800701019

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U D C P R
● UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL PROMOTION REGULATIONS
ARE DEFINITE RULES, WHICH HAVE COME INTO EFFECT
FROM DECEMBER 2020.
● THEY ARE CRAFTED TO FACILITATE SMOOTH DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
ACROSS MAHARASHTRA.
● THESE KEY RULES ALSO AIM AT CURBING UNPLANNED DEVELOPMENT
AND STREAMLINING GENUINE DEVELOPMENT.
● THE CONSTRUCTION GUIDELINES DIFFERED WITH EVERY DISTRICT,
GRAM PANCHAYAT, MUNICIPALITY AND SO ON.
● THE RESULT WAS UNPLANNED DEVELOPMENT, ILLEGAL
ENCROACHMENTS IN SOME AREAS ACROSS MAHARASHTRA.
● UDCPR HIGHLIGHTS;
● FLOOR SPACE INDEX (FSI) RULES ARE RELAXED AND HIGHER FSI IS
ALLOWED THROUGH ANCILLARY FSI, WHICH INCREASED THE POTENTIAL
OF DEVELOPMENT.
● PUBLIC PARKING SLOTS NEAR METRO STATIONS, WILL GET SPECIAL
FSI INCENTIVES.
● COMPLETION CERTIFICATE WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM THE ARCHITECT
OR SURVEYOR. NO NEED TO GET IT FROM ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY.
● THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL BENEFITS INCLUDING PERMISSIBLE
BUILDING HEIGHT LIMIT, NO RESTRICTION ON ROOM SIZES,
REDUCTION IN PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENTS AND SO ON.
● PERMISSION TO REDEVELOPMENT OF 30+ YEARS OF BUILDINGS IN
NAVI MUMBAI.
● EVERY COMPONENT OF A HOME WILL HAVE A SET OF RULES. FOR
EXAMPLE, LEDGES FOR AIR CONDITIONING UNITS, CUPBOARD SPACE
AND PARKING SPACE WHICH WILL BE FSI FREE.
● LESS THAN 150 METERS OF PLOTS CAN BE DEVELOPED WITHOUT
SUBMITTING THE PLAN TO LOCAL BODIES.
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● THE GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA HAS ENACTED THE

UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CONTROL AND PROMOTION LAWS,
(UDCPR), TO STRENGTHEN AND PROMOTE UNIFORMITY IN THE
REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCTION RULES OF THE STATE.
● THIS ONE SET OF REGULATIONS WILL SUPERVISE EVERYTHING
FROM THE HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS TO THE WIDTH OF STREETS
AND THE NUMBER OF AMENITY SPACES.
● IT WILL HELP TO BOOST THE STOCK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROJECTS AND IMPROVE CONVENIENCE OF DOING BUSINESS AS
WELL AS ENABLE THE DEVELOPERS TO BETTER THEIR RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT.
● THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CONTROL AND PROMOTION
REGULATIONS (UDCPR BUILDING RULES) ARE
SANCTIONED BY THE STATE GOVERNMENT ACROSS THE
MAHARASHTRA STATE.
● THEY ARE ANTICIPATED TO PROMOTE STABILITY AND TO
STIMULATE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE STATE.
● THESE DEVELOPMENT CONTROL AND PROMOTION
REGULATIONS FOR MAHARASHTRA IS NAMED UNIFIED
DEVELOPMENT CONTROL AND PROMOTION REGULATIONS” –
UDCPR.
CASE STUDY ON HIGH RISE STRUCTURE IN WHICH UDCPR ARE APPLIED