Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
On the publication of the existing land use map under section 15- (a) no person shall institute or change the use of any land or carryout any development of land for any purpose other than that indicated in the existing land use map without the permission in writing of the Director; Provided that the Director shall not refuse permission if the change is for the purpose of agriculture; *As amended vide Himachal Pradesh Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act 1992 (Act No.10 of 1992). **As amended vide Himachal Pradesh Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act 1994 (Act No.16 of 1994). ***As amended vide Himachal Pradesh Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act 2015 (Act No. 14 of 2015). Freezing of land use 15 (b) no local authority or any officer or other authority shall, notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, grant permission for the change in use of land otherwise than as indicated in the existing land use map without the permission in writing of the Director. *(c) no Registrar or the Sub-Registrar, appointed under the Indian Registration Act, 1908, shall, in any planning area constituted under section 13, **“in any special area or any deemed planning area as specified in sub-section (3a) of section 1” register any deed or document of transfer of any sub-division of land by way of sale, gift, exchange, lease or mortgage with possession, unless the sub-division of land is duly approved by the Director, subject to such rules as may be framed in this behalf by the State Government: Provided that the Registrar or the Sub-Registrar may register any transfer,- (i) where the land is owned by a person and the transfer is made without involving any further divisions; (ii) where the partition/sub-division of land is made in a Joint Hindu Family; (iii) where the lease is made in relation to a part or whole of a building; (iv) where the mortgage is made for procuring the loans for construction or improvements over the land either from the Government or from any other financial institution constituted or established under any law for the time being in force or recognized by the State Government. 17.(1)As soon as may be, after the declaration of a planning area, the Director shall, within such time as may be necessary, prepare, after consultation with local authorities concerned, if any, and submit to the State Government an interim development plan for the planning area or any of its parts and such other area or areas contiguous or adjacent to the planning areas as the State Government may direct to be included in the Interim Development Plan. (2) The interim development plan shall- (a) indicate broadly the land use proposed in the planning area; (b) allocate broadly areas or sector of land for- (i) residential, industrial, commercial or agricultural purposes; (ii) open spaces, parks and gardens, green belts, zoological gardens and play grounds; (iii) public institutions and offices; (iv) such special purposes as the Director may deem fit; (c) lay down the pattern of National and State highways connecting the planning area with the rest of the region, ring roads, arterial roads and the major roads within the planning areas; (d) provide for the location of airports, railway stations, bus terminal and indicate the proposed extension and development of railways and canals; (e) make proposals for general landscaping and preservation of natural areas; (f) project the requirement of the planning area of such amenities and utilities as water, drains, electricity and suggest their fulfillment; Interim Development Plans * As amended vide Himachal Pradesh Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act 1981 (Act No.14 of 1981). ** As amended vide Himachal Pradesh Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act 2015 (Act No.14 of 2015). 16 (g) propose broad based regulations for sectoral development, by way of guidelines, within each sector of the location, height, size of buildings and structures, open spaces, court-yards and the use to which such buildings and structures and land may be put *“including regulations for facade control and sloping roof conforming to the hill architecture and environs”; (h) lay down the broad based traffic circulation patterns in a city; (i) suggest architectural control features, elevation and frontage of buildings and structures; (j) indicate measures for flood control, *“and protection against land slide”, prevention of air and water pollution, disposal of garbage and general environmental control. (3) Subject to provisions of the rules made under this Act for regulating the form and contents of the interim development plan any such plan shall include such maps and such descriptive matters as may be necessary to explain and illustrate the proposals in the interim development plan. (4) As soon as may be, after the submission of the interim development plan, under sub-section (1) the State Government may either approve the interim development plan or may approve it with such modification as it may consider necessary. (5) The State Government shall publish the interim development plan as approved under sub-section (4) in the Official Gazette. The interim development plan shall come into operation from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette and shall be binding on all local authorities functioning within the planning areas.