* Fee as per guideline rate of 5%

* Minimum 30 feet road mandatory

* Cost of getting A-Khata is around ₹3 lakh

All plots under BBMP, BDA are legal

B-Khata will be A Khata; get all the facilities

Kere Manjunath ಕೆರೆ ಮಂಜುನಾಥ್

Bengaluru: B-Khata plots under BBMP and BDA will get all facilities along with A-Khata, for which a fee of 5% of the guideline rate will have to be paid.

The corporation will stop the process of issuing B-Khata in BBMP limits, and A-Khata will be available for all existing B-Khata plots or buildings. If the people of a plot or a block apply to the corporation to issue A-Khata for their plots, it will examine everything and take action. Under the guidance of Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, all these rules have been formulated by the officials of the BBMP Urban Planning Department and its proposal has been submitted to the government.

The private road next to the B-khata plot should be at least 30 feet. Otherwise, the owners of the plots on both sides should agree to give up the deficient area equally on the road and register it. That is, if there are B-khata plots on a 25-foot road, the remaining five feet should be left by the plots on both sides and two and a half feet each. This will be the first criterion. 

Once the 30-foot road is fixed, that road will be declared a public road as per rules 225-226 of the BBMP Act. The owners of the B-khata plots have to pay a fee of 5% of the guideline rate fixed under the Registration and Stamp Act to the BBMP. The fee for a 30-foot x 40-foot plot with a guideline rate of ₹5,000 is about ₹3 lakh. Along with this, there are other expenses of about ₹25,000. After paying this, the A-khata will be available. All the facilities of the corporation, including the building plan, and the facilities of BESCOM and Jal Board can be obtained.

All the plot holders with B-khata on the survey numbered land can apply together or separately. BBMP urban planning officials informed that the process will be completed and all the documents, including A-khata, will be provided to those who apply.

If there is a 30-foot road, no registration is required. If a fee of 5 percent is paid as per the guideline rate, the remaining processes will take place. If the road with B-khata plot is maintained by BDA or BBMP, then the BBMP officials will declare the road a public road after the application is submitted. Due to this, the name of the old owner in the plat will change. No one will be able to claim it as their property in the future.

This facility is available only for a single plot of 20 guntas or 20 thousand square feet. If there is a single plot of more than this, it is mandatory to have 15 percent garden and at least 30 feet of road. Revenue layouts can also regularize all their plots under this system. There is no need for a land conversion process.

If a building has been constructed on a B-khata plot, they will also get an A-khata and a map. If there is a situation where it is not possible to leave a 30-foot road, the plot will get an A-khata. However, the building will be recorded as unauthorized.

There are about 3.5 lakh B-khata plots under the BBMP and BDA limits, all of which are expected to get A-khata and be regularized.

Setback: Regularization up to 15 percent

A proposal is before the state government to regularize setback violations in buildings constructed under BBMP limits up to 15 percent.

BBMP has submitted a proposal to exempt residential building setback rules. Currently, a 5% violation can be regularized in the setback. This will be increased to 15%.

In addition, there is a proposal to exempt residential buildings built on small plots from the setback rules. When constructing a residential building on a plot with a width of 20 feet from the road side, a three-foot space (setback) should be left only in front. In plots up to 30 feet, there is no need to leave space behind the building. When constructing a building on a plot from 30 feet to 40 feet, space should be left around it according to its size. The BBMP has submitted a proposal to the government to amend the zoning rules in this regard.

Ground floor reserved for parking; permission for 4th floor

It will be made mandatory to reserve the ground floor of a building for parking in the city.

BBMP is giving permission to ground floor and three-storey (G+3) buildings. Henceforth, the ground floor should be limited to parking. If it is used in any other way, BBMP has made a rule to disconnect the BESCOM and water board connection.

Buildings with ground floor reserved for parking will be allowed to build a fourth floor (G+4) with the same setback. This facility will be available for buildings up to 21 meters high.

Those who have already built G+3 buildings, if they completely reserve the ground floor for parking, will also be allowed to build another floor. BBMP urban planning officials said that it has been decided to implement such a system to reduce parking on the road.

Park mandatory in apartments

It will be mandatory for apartments built in the area of ​​2,000 square meters to 10,000 square meters under BBMP and BDA to develop 15 percent of the land as a Park.

In this regard, the Urban Development Department has issued a draft notification amending Section 13-E of the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act and changing the zoning rules of the Revised Master Plan-2015.

A park has been made mandatory in the layouts of dozens of sites, and similarly, such a change has been made mandatory in apartments with hundreds of houses, said urban planning officials.

In addition to the garden in 15 percent of the land, the setback has been increased to 6 meters. This will allow space to be reserved for growing plants and trees around the apartments. These measures are being taken to retain rainwater in the city and control flooding in the Rajakaluves.

In the case of non-residential, mixed-use apartments, the garden area has been fixed at 10 percent and the parking area at 5 percent.

Buildings between 55 square meters and 2,000 square meters will be charged a garden construction fee instead of allocating land for the garden. 5 percent of the guideline rate will have to be paid as a fee. The draft notification states that the planning authority should maintain a separate escrow account to receive this fee. There is a 30-day period to file objections.