The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has clarified that the transfer of amenities land in private housing schemes will be determined strictly under the regulations that were in force at the time layout plans were approved.
The decision was taken during a meeting at the CDA headquarters, chaired by the Member Planning and Development, to address confusion arising from varying interpretations of housing regulations over the years, officials said.
According to the clarification, planning standards for amenities, parks, graveyards, and roads have evolved across different regulatory regimes since 1992. As a result, sponsors of private housing schemes will now be required to transfer Amenity and Public Building Areas in proportion to the regulatory framework applicable to each approved phase of a project.
The CDA stated that where a housing scheme was approved in parts under different sets of regulations, the transfer obligation will apply separately to each portion. Only the land approved during a specific regulatory period will be subject to the standards applicable at that time.
Explaining the decision, officials said that if a phase of a housing scheme was approved between 1992 and 2020, the sponsor will be required to transfer the full amenities land for that phase. However, extensions or revised layouts approved under later regulations will be governed by the reduced transfer percentages introduced in subsequent rules.
The clarification was issued by the Capital Development Authority to remove inconsistencies in implementation and prevent disputes during future approvals.
Officials said the move is aimed at standardising enforcement of planning rules, ensuring transparency, and bringing uniformity in the approval process for private housing schemes across Islamabad.
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The National Police Foundation has flouted these laws blatantly,allowing City school to construct a school building on land earmarked for a public park. The honorable IHC had decreed the building to be demolished to create a public park but even after over half a year,the matter is pending compliance ,in contempt of the court orders. Actually the CDA is scared of Police uniform and is continuing to ignore court orders.
Let us see who is more important for CDA , contempt of the honorable court orders or the Police and Ministry of Interiors’ pressure.
What I understand from the latest decision is that CDA wants to resolve the issue of illegal construction on the land reserved for parks, roads etc, in the original LOPs of private housing schemes.
Now those who built buildings on the amenity land will provide in proportion land to CDA in the same private society.
If this is the case then the issue will be resolved in the largest interest of then owners, CDA (regulator) and those who purchased the constructed buildings. It will help in standardizing future policy as well.