Haryana to grant CLU permission in 45 days

The Haryana government has decided to grant permission for change of land use (CLU) within 45 days, if the application is complete in all aspects.
Presently,CLUpermission is grantedwithin 60 daysin case of industries and 90 days inother cases.
An official spokesperson of Department of Town and Country Planning,nodal agency for ensuringregulated urban development of the state, said the decision willencouragethe people toobtain CLU permission and help reduce unauthorised construction that comes up without CLU.
Thedepartment grants CLU permission forresidential/ industrial/ commercial/institutional/ farm house/ recreational useunder the Punjab Scheduled Roads and Controlled Areas Restriction ofUnregulated Development Act, 1963 and its rules, 1965. The Act lays down thatCLUpermission is to be grantedwithin 60 daysin case of industries and 90 days inother cases.

In order to preventunauthorised construction and regulate planned urbandevelopment, the department declares controlled areas around towns and publicinstitutions and prepares their development plans underprovision of the PunjabScheduled Roads and Controlled Areas Restriction of Unregulated DevelopmentAct, 1963, he said.
At present one-fourth area of the state has been declared as controlled area.The CLUpermission is required before executing any project in thecontrolled area. The policies of thedepartment aim at encouraging a healthy competition among various privatedevelopers and public sector entities for integrated planned urban development, the spokesman said.