UDCPR 2020 / Chapter 5, Additional provisions for regional plan areas

5.9.1 Regulations for planning areas of growth centres at sector – R - i.e. i) Lonavala – Karla - Malvali

UDCPR 2020 as amended to 30.01.2025

And ii) Kune – Pangaloli - Kurwande and surrounded area which is a part of Pune Metropolitan Development Authority area, shall be as per the following Regulations.

i) REGULATIONS FOR LONAVALA - KARLA - MALAVALI PLANNING AREA OF SECTOR - R OF REGIONAL PLAN OF PUNE REGION No plots in these zones shall be less than 500 sq.m. provided that smaller plots in these zones admeasuring not less than 300 sq.m. existing before the date of publication of regional plan shall be recognized for the purpose of granting development permissions, provided further that plots directly abutting on Mumbai - Pune road shall not admeasure less than 1000 sq.m. Development in such 1000 sq.m. plot, shall be governed by development control rules in Lonavala Development Plan, applicable to 10 are zone. Built up areas, number of storeys, tenements, marginal open spaces and room sizes, the maximum built up areas, the maximum number of storeys, the maximum number of tenements, the minimum marginal open spaces and the minimum room sizes permissible in these zones shall be as indicated in the statement annexed hereto. As regards rules for layout plots and group housing schemes and buildings of various users other than residential including industrial, other items of building construction, such as balcony, sanitation, height, ventilation and parking etc. and all other such regulations which are not explicitly covered above shall be governed by development control regulations for these items incorporated in Development Plan of Lonavala as amended from time to time and subject to these regulations.

 Sr.     Plot Size     Maxi-        Max.        Max.        Min. marginal open     Min.          Min.       Min. sizes
 No.      group        mum          no. of        no              space           Habi-          sizes      for shops
                       built       storeys        of                              table           for        & other
                        up                      tena-                             room          kitchen       rooms
                       area                     ments                              sizes                        for

commer- cial use

 1       Between       25%      Ground           2          3.0    2.5    3.0    9.0          7.5 sq.m.     15 sq.m.
         300                    plus                        m.     m.     m.     Sq.m. m      m             with no
         sq.m. m                one                                              with no      with no       side less
         and less               floor                                            side less    side less     than 3.0
         than                   only                                             than 3.0     than 2.5      m.
         500 sq.m                                                                m.           m.
 2       500           25%      Ground           4          4.5    3.0    4.5
         sq.m. and              plus                        m.     m.     m.
         above                  one

upper

1) A ground floor on stilts or columns without enclosing walls (except retaining walls, where such floor is constructed by cutting the sloping ground) intended to be used as parking space shall not be counted as ground floor.

2) In case of classified roads, the minimum marginal open spaces to be observed from roads, shall be as prescribed above or as prescribed by Government from time to time under the ribbon development rules, whichever is more.

3) Sr.No.1 is applicable to the plots existing on or before the date of publication of the notification of sectioning of regional plan in the official gazette.

ii) REGULATIONS FOR KUNE - PANGALOLI - KURWANDE PLANNING AREA OF SECTOR - R OF REGIONAL PLAN OF PUNE REGION - Development in this area shall be governed by the regulations applicable to 10 Are zone in the Lonavala Regional / Development Plan. The maximum built up areas, the maximum number of storeys, the maximum number of tenements, the minimum marginal open spaces and the minimum room sizes permissible in these zones shall be as indicated in the statement annexed hereto. As regards rules for layout plots and group housing schemes and buildings of various users other than residential including industrial, other items of building construction, such as balcony, sanitation, height, ventilation and parking etc. and all other such regulations which are not explicitly covered above shall be governed by development control regulations for these items incorporated in Development Plan of Lonavala as amended from time to time and subject to these regulations.

  Sr.      Plot Size     Maxi-         Max.          Max.          Min. marginal open           Min.        Min. sizes
  No.       group        mum           No. of        No. of              space                habitable    for kitchen
                        built up      storeys        tena-                                   room sizes
                         area                        ments        Road   Side    Rear

side

     1    Between         25%        Ground             2          4.5    3.0     4.5        9.0 sq.m.     7.5 sq.m.
          500 sq.m.                  plus                          m.     m.      m.         with no       with no
          and less                   one                                                     side less     side less
          than                       floor                                                   than 3.0      than 2.5
          1000                       only                                                    m.            m.

Sq.m.

     2    1000            25%        Ground             4         4.5     3.0     4.5      11     sq.m.
          sq.m. and                  plus                         m.      m.      m.       with       no
          above                      one                                                   side     less
                                     upper                                                 than 3.0 m.

1) A ground floor on stilts or columns without enclosing walls (except retaining walls, where such a floor is constructed by cutting the sloping ground) intended to be used as parking space shall not be counted as ground floor.

2) In case of classified roads, the minimum marginal open spaces to be observed from roads, shall be as prescribed above or as prescribed by Government from time to time under the ribbon development rules, whichever is more.

3) Sr.No.1 is applicable to the plots existing on or before the date of publication of the notification of sanctioning of regional plan in the official gazette.

To see how 5.9.1 and the rest of UDCPR apply to a particular plot, with the clause behind every figure, open Citiwise.

The text of the Unified Development Control and Promotion Regulations for Maharashtra State, as amended to 30.01.2025. The notification of the Urban Development Department, Government of Maharashtra, is the authoritative text.