PMRDA Clears Residential Development on Agricultural Land in Pune Fringe Areas, 15% Premium Applicable
PMRDA has cleared the way for residential development on agricultural land in designated fringe areas around Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal corporations, seven municipal councils and two nagar panchayats under its jurisdiction with immediate effect following a circular issued by the PMRDA Metropolitan Commissioner. Under UDCPR-2020 provisions, residential use is permitted on agricultural land within two kilometres of municipal corporation limits, one kilometre from municipal council limits and 500 metres from nagar panchayat limits, subject to payment of a 15 percent premium on Annual Statement of Rates and fulfilment of road connectivity and other planning requirements. The new procedure specifies that PMRDA will consider roads shown in the approved Regional Plan, roads from cancelled draft Development Plans, existing roads on the ground and roads proposed with landowner consent while processing development permissions. Internal roads proposed as part of a development must be connected to adjoining plots or the existing road network with Lonavala Municipal Council excluded from the circular's scope.
PMRDA Metropolitan Commissioner said the decision is aimed at addressing rapidly increasing development pressure in fringe areas adjoining Pune's urban limits and ensuring that growth happens in a planned and coordinated manner rather than through unauthorised and unplanned construction. The authority said the procedure will also help develop a coordinated road network in these areas. For thousands of landowners in Pune's expanding fringe belt who have been sitting on agricultural land with uncertain development prospects, the PMRDA circular provides the regulatory clarity needed to pursue legitimate residential development. However urban planning experts and residents of already-stressed fringe areas will be watching closely to ensure the new permissions actually lead to planned coordinated growth rather than accelerating the unregulated sprawl that has already overwhelmed infrastructure in many of Pune's rapidly growing outskirts.
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