Preamble

1. The main purpose of these Master Plan Zonal Regulations, which are integral part of the Bangalore Master Plan-2031, is to ensure that all development activities are undertaken under the aegis of the said Master Plan and to guide the same in accordance with planning norms and standards. The development regulations have been simplified, rationalized and streamlined with a view to-

 being development friendly,

 promoting in achieving the optimum built form with minimal building parameters,

factoring in the costs required to be recouped in part for the implementation of the Revised Master Plan, and

 taking into consideration the metropolitan dimension of Bengaluru and helping in sustaining it.

2. The rationalized land uses and zoning of activities allow individual development activities on the basis of people-activities-places philosophy- the Revised Master Plan-2031 is pro-deǀelopment ǁith safeguaƌds and conditionalitLJ͛s of alloǁing ceƌtain higheƌ order activities, so that these are neither in conflict or contradictory to the zoning of development regulations nor contradict town planning norms and principles.

3. The land development and development promotion stipulations should have development-friendly regulations consisting of: zoning stipulations based on functional criteria; the land development stipulations encompassing all types of land development; and lastly but not the least – rationalizing and simplifying the building promotion activities and stipulations in respect of Bengaluru Metropolitan Area (jurisdiction of BDA).

4. The land use categorization is therefore not a rigid one but one that allows compatible uses and those activities that require higher level of planning inputs, site and locational requirements and scrutiny, and many of the activities are grouped under permissible by the Authority.

5. The Zoning Regulations specially focus on promoting land aggregation in order to ensure the planned development and better planning and execution of infrastructure facilities. The necessary provisions have also been made to ensure integration of various subdivisions/ layouts and development plans.

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