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Section 31: Permission for construction of' building for commercial or institutional purposes

The West Bengal Panchayat (Gram Panchayat Administration) Rules, 2004State Rules of West Bengal · 1973

(1) TheGramPanchayat shall not accord permission for erection of a structure or construction of a building for commercial or institutional purposes or for establishing a factory or workshop or warehouse or godown,- (a] in a predominantly residential area, or

(b) on a road or an approach passage having a width measuring less than five metres.

(2) There shall be a front set-back of not less than one and one-fifth metres for a structure or building referred to in sub-rule (I).

(3) The maximum building coverage of a structure or building referred to in sub-rule (I) shall be three-fifth of the total plot area.

(4) In the case of a proposed building on a total land measuring between four thousand square metres, and twenty­ five thousand square metres, the Gram Panchayat shall be handed over management and control of not less than one-sixteenth of the total land accommodating public facilities like power sub-station, public transport terminal. garbage vat and such other facilities; for plots measuring more than twenty-five thousand square metres, the Gram Panchayat shall be handed over one-tenth of the total land for such purposes.

(5) Subject to the provision of this rule, erection or construction of a building for commercial or institutional purposes, shall be governed by the rules applicable for construction of a building for residential purposes.

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ActThe West Bengal Panchayat (Gram Panchayat Administration) Rules, 2004
Section31
Marginal notePermission for construction of' building for commercial or institutional purposes
JurisdictionState of West Bengal
StatusIn force as published by the source

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