(1) All applications for land development permission or construction licenses for building submitted, before the date of commencement of regulations framed under section 7, shall be considered as per the law applicable before the commencement of this Act.
(2) (a) In respect of areas, which are not declared as planning areas under section 18 of the Goa Town and Country Planning Act, 1974 (Act 21 of 1975), no objection certificate shall be necessary to be obtained from the Town and Country Planning Department from planning point of view.
(b) Any application for land development or construction of building received by the Panchayat/Municipal Council/Municipal Corporation shall be forwarded by the concerned authority to the respective district level/taluka level office of the Town and Country Planning Department for obtaining no objection certificate from planning point of view.
(3) The Town and Country Planning Department shall consider the applications for issuing of No Objection Certificate if it is satisfied after such scrutiny of plan and/or site inspection, deemed to be necessary, that the proposed land development and/or construction of building is in conformity with:—
(a) Regional Plan for the State in force and the Outline Development Plans/Zoning Plans in force prior to 16th May, 2007.
(b) Planning and Development Authority (Development Plan) Regulations, 2000, published in the Official Gazette, Extraordinary No. 3, Series I No. 22, dated 28th August, 2003, with exception of regulations governing farm houses:
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Provided that —
(a) no land development shall be permitted in any areas having gradient of more than 25%;
(b) farm houses shall be permitted only in plots with minimum area of 4,000 square meters and coverage 2.5 % and F.A.R. 5 and height 5.5 meters, following the guidelines issued by the Town and Country Planning Department;
(c) the F.A.R in the areas regulated as per Surface Utilization Plans of Regional Plan shall be 80.