<p>Bengaluru: Layouts measuring 4,000 square metres and above must set aside 10-15% of space for parks, the Karnataka government has said in new regulations to control realty development in urban and rural areas outside the jurisdiction of a planning body.</p><p>The Karnataka Town and Country Planning (Development of Land in areas other than Local Planning Areas) Regulations, 2025 were notified recently. </p><p>These regulations apply to urban and rural areas where Local Planning Area has not been declared under the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act. These regulations are aimed at curbing unauthorised layouts. Earlier this year, Chief Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/siddaramaiah">Siddaramaiah</a> had issued a diktat that no illegal layouts should mushroom in the state.</p>.No more illegal layouts, says CM Siddaramaiah on 'B' khata drive.<p>Under the new regulations, the minimum extent of land in a layout whose original plot is being sub-divided should be 1,010 sqm, roughly the size of four tennis courts. For a group housing project, the minimum extent will be 500 sqm in a single-plot layout.</p>. <p>Single-plot layouts up to 4,000 sqm must have a minimum area of 15% for parks. This will be 10% if the layout is above 4,000 sqm. </p><p>In layouts with sub-divided plots, the minimum park area should be 15% (1,010 to 4,000 sqm), 10% (4,000 to 20,000 sqm) and 10% (above 20,000 sqm), as per the regulations. Such layouts above 4,000 sqm can have 5-10% of area under commercial use. </p><p>The developer will be allowed to sell 40% of sites in the first stage and the remaining 60% in the second stage.</p><p>After receiving provisional approval, the developer will have three years to all development works. This can be extended by one more year, for which a fee will be charged. </p><p>"If the development works are not completed within four years from the date of sanction of provisional plan issued to take up development works...the Local Authority shall forfeit the corner and intermediate sites mortgaged to it and complete the development works," the regulations state.</p><p>The regulations also state that roads, parks, vehicle parking space, civic amenity areas and other such infrastructure would be relinquished to the Local Authority. "The Local Authority shall maintain the parks in accordance with the Karnataka Parks, Play-fields and Open spaces (Preservation and Regulation) Act, 1985 and the civic amenity sites shall be allotted as directed by the government," the regulations state.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: Layouts measuring 4,000 square metres and above must set aside 10-15% of space for parks, the Karnataka government has said in new regulations to control realty development in urban and rural areas outside the jurisdiction of a planning body.</p><p>The Karnataka Town and Country Planning (Development of Land in areas other than Local Planning Areas) Regulations, 2025 were notified recently. </p><p>These regulations apply to urban and rural areas where Local Planning Area has not been declared under the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act. These regulations are aimed at curbing unauthorised layouts. Earlier this year, Chief Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/siddaramaiah">Siddaramaiah</a> had issued a diktat that no illegal layouts should mushroom in the state.</p>.No more illegal layouts, says CM Siddaramaiah on 'B' khata drive.<p>Under the new regulations, the minimum extent of land in a layout whose original plot is being sub-divided should be 1,010 sqm, roughly the size of four tennis courts. For a group housing project, the minimum extent will be 500 sqm in a single-plot layout.</p>. <p>Single-plot layouts up to 4,000 sqm must have a minimum area of 15% for parks. This will be 10% if the layout is above 4,000 sqm. </p><p>In layouts with sub-divided plots, the minimum park area should be 15% (1,010 to 4,000 sqm), 10% (4,000 to 20,000 sqm) and 10% (above 20,000 sqm), as per the regulations. Such layouts above 4,000 sqm can have 5-10% of area under commercial use. </p><p>The developer will be allowed to sell 40% of sites in the first stage and the remaining 60% in the second stage.</p><p>After receiving provisional approval, the developer will have three years to all development works. This can be extended by one more year, for which a fee will be charged. </p><p>"If the development works are not completed within four years from the date of sanction of provisional plan issued to take up development works...the Local Authority shall forfeit the corner and intermediate sites mortgaged to it and complete the development works," the regulations state.</p><p>The regulations also state that roads, parks, vehicle parking space, civic amenity areas and other such infrastructure would be relinquished to the Local Authority. "The Local Authority shall maintain the parks in accordance with the Karnataka Parks, Play-fields and Open spaces (Preservation and Regulation) Act, 1985 and the civic amenity sites shall be allotted as directed by the government," the regulations state.</p>