Tag: Goa Land Development and Building Construction Regulations

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Bombay HC: Higher FAR Approvals Await Case Outcome

Sure, here’s a rewritten version of the content: PANAJI: On Wednesday, the Bombay High Court indicated that all approvals for additional Floor Area Ratio (FAR) and height granted by the Town and Country Planning (TCP) would hinge on the resolutions of ongoing petitions before the court. The court instructed that the TCP board must include a clause in these approvals, emphasizing that the applications would be contingent upon the outcomes of the petitions. Final hearings for these petitions, which challenge the amendments to the Goa Land Development and Building Construction Regulations from August 2023, have been scheduled for June 15.…

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HC Issues Notice to Goa’s Planning Dept on Building Rule Changes

PANAJI: The Bombay High Court on Thursday issued notices to the Town and Country Planning (TCP) Department and its scrutiny committee regarding amendments to the Goa Land Development and Building Construction Regulations, 2010. These changes enable the Goa government to approve applications for relaxations on height and floor area ratio (FAR) restrictions, diverging from the current standards outlined in the regulations. The division bench comprising Justices Bharti Dangre and Ashish S. Chavan issued the notice in response to a petition from the Goa Foundation and residents from Margao, Panaji, Chimbel, and Pernem. The petition challenges the building relaxations granted to…