Table B.1: Chapterwise Basic Planning Definitions
| Sr. No. | Particular | Definitions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapter 3: Pla | n Formulation | ||
| 1 | Agriculture | Includes horticulture, farming, raising of crops, fruits, vegetables, flowers, grass, fodder, trees or any other kind of cultivation, dairy, animal husbandry, breeding and keeping of live-stock, including cattle, horses, donkeys, mules, pigs, fish, poultry and bees; and use of land which is ancillary to the farming of land or any other agriculture purposes, but shall not include the use of land attached to a building for the purposes of a garden to be used alongside such building. | Model Regional and Town Planning and Development Law |
| 2 | Amenities | Include roads and streets, open spaces, parks, recreational grounds, playgrounds, water and electric supply, street lighting, sewerage, drainage, public works and other utilities, services and conveniences. | Model Regional and Town Planning and Development Law |
| 3 | Development | The carrying out of building, engineering, mining or other operations in, on, over or under land or the making of any material change, in any building or land, or in the use of any building or land and includes sub-division of any land. | Model Regional and Town Planning and Development Law |
| 4 | Development Plan | A plan for the development or redevelopment or improvement of an area within the jurisdiction of a Planning Authority and includes a Regional Development Plan, a Metropolitan Development Plan, Area Development Plan, Town Development Plan, Zonal Development Plan, District Development Plan, or any other plan or scheme prepared under relevant Act by whatsoever name known. | Bihar Urban Planning and Development Act, 2012 |
| 5 | Disposal | Discharge, deposition or dumping of any liquid or solid waste onto land or water so that it may enter the environment. | National Urban Sanitation Policy, City Sanitation Plan Manual |
| 6 | Domestic sewage | All forms of wastewater derived from residential properties, as well as black water and grey water from commercial and institutions buildings. | National Urban Sanitation Policy, City Sanitation Plan Manual |
| 7 | Floor Space Index | The quotient or the ratio of the Total Covered area of all floors to the total area of the plot, multiplied by 100. | Bihar Urban Planning and Development Act, 2012 |
| 8 | Infrastructure | Any project, public amenity or public utility or service, which is required for smooth, productive and efficient functioning of the Planning Area such as trunk infrastructure, access from or to the nearest major road, bulk supply of drinking water (surface water and ground water with trunk line), power (electric substation and network), health, education facilities, transport (major roads such as national highways, state highways, major district roads, other district roads, , bridges, bypasses and underpasses), common effluent treatment plants (CETP), sewage treatment plant (STP), solid waste disposal system and receptacles, communication network, sectorial shopping markets, institutional buildings, malls and multiplexes, cinema halls, community halls, open air theatres, playgrounds, civic and cultural facilities, public parking areas etc. | Bihar Urban Planning and Development Act, 2012 |
| 9 | Land Use | The major use for which a land is being used on any specified date. | Bihar Urban Planning and Development Act, 2012 |
| 10 | Local Authority | A municipal corporation or committee or board or district board or other authority legally entitled to, or entrusted by the government with the control or management of a municipal or local fund or which is permitted by the government to exercise the powers of a | Model Regional and Town Planning and Development Law |
| local authority, and includes a town improvement trust; and a local authority is a "Local Authority Concerned" if any land within its local limits falls in the area of a plan prepared or to be prepared under relevant Act. | |||
| 11 | Plan | The statement of proposals, policies and development briefs for securing, promoting and regulating development in a Planning Area, and includes a map or maps or sets of documents or all of them. | Bihar Urban Planning and Development Act, 2012 |
| 12 | Planning Area | A territorial unit demarcated and declared by the Government for the purposes of planning under relevant Act and shall be known by such name as the Government may decide. | Bihar Urban Planning and Development Act, 2012 |
| 13 | Public Place | Any place or building which is open to the use and enjoyment of the public whether it is actually used or enjoyed by the public or not and whether the entry is regulated by any charge or not. | Bihar Urban Planning and Development Act, 2012 |
| 14 | Residence | Includes the use for human habitation of any land or building or part thereof, the use of gardens, grounds, garages, stables and out-houses, if any, appertaining to such land or building, and "Residential" shall be construed accordingly. | Model Regional and Town Planning and Development Law |
| 15 | Sanitation | Interventions (usually construction of facilities such as latrines) that improve the management of excreta and promote sanitary (healthy) conditions. | National Urban Sanitation Policy, City Sanitation Plan Manual |
| 16 | Scheme | A Development scheme and includes a plan or plans together with the descriptive matter, if any, relating to such a scheme. | Model Regional and Town Planning and Development Law |
| 17 | Septage | Mixture of wastewater and sludge removed from a septic tank during cleaning operations. | National Urban Sanitation Policy, City Sanitation Plan Manual |
| 18 | Septic tank | A form of on-plot sanitation for the anaerobic treatment of sewage/black water. | National Urban Sanitation Policy, City Sanitation Plan Manual |
| 19 | Sewage | A mixture of wastewater from all urban activates from residential, commercial properties. It may also contain a component of industrial wastewater. | National Urban Sanitation Policy, City Sanitation Plan Manual |
| 20 | Sewerage | A network of interconnected sewers in an area, district or town. | National Urban Sanitation Policy, City Sanitation Plan Manual |
| 21 | Utility | Services such as roads including approach roads, bridges, bypasses and underpasses, street lights, water supply system, sewerage system, storm water drainage system, electrical network, communication network, sewage treatment plants, percolation wells, solid waste disposal system, collection, treatment, discharge and disposal of industrial, institutional and township waste, gas pipeline, common effluent treatment plants (CETP), spaces for informal services, and any other as may be delineated by the Government. | Bihar Urban Planning and Development Act, 2012 |
| 22 | Wastewater | Liquid waste from households or commercial or industrial operations, along with any surface water/storm water. | National Urban Sanitation Policy, City Sanitation Plan Manual |
| 23 | Wastewater treatment | A combination of physical, chemical and biological processes to remove suspended solids, dissolved pollutants, and pathogens and render the water harmless to the environment. | National Urban Sanitation Policy, City Sanitation Plan Manual |
| Chapter 4: Resource Mobilisation | Chapter 4: Resource Mobilisation | Chapter 4: Resource Mobilisation | |
| 1 | Accommodation Reservation | Allows the land owners to develop the sited reserved for an amenity in the development plan using full permissible FSI/FAR on the plot subject to agreeing to entrust and handover the built-up area of such amenity to the local authority free of all encumbrances and accept the full FAR/FSI as compensation in lieu therefore. | UDPFI Guidelines |
| 2 | Accrual Concept | Occurrence of claims and obligations in respect of incomes or expenditures, assets or liabilities based on happening of any event, passage of time, rendering of services, fulfilment (partially or fully) of contracts, diminution in values, etc., are recorded even though actual receipts or payments of money may not have taken place. | Administrative Staff College of India, (Regional Capacity Building Hub) |
| 3 | Bilateral Organizations | Government agencies or non-profit organizations based in a single country while the agencies provide aid in other countries. | -- |
| 4 | Bio-medical waste | any waste generated during diagnosis, treatment or immunization of human beings or animals or in research activities pertaining thereto or in the production or testing of biologicals. | Municipal Bill |
| 5 | Budget grant | The total sum entered on the expenditure side of a budget estimate under a major head and adopted by the Municipality, and includes any sum by which such budget grant is increased or reduced by transfer from or to other heads in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules and the regulations made thereunder. | Municipal Bill |
| 6 | Building | a structure constructed for whatever purpose and of whatever materials, and includes the foundation, plinth, walls, floors, roofs, chimneys, fixed platforms, verandas, balconies, cornices or projections or part of a building or anything affixed thereto or any wall (other than a boundary wall of less than three metres in height) enclosing, or intended to enclose, any land, sign or outdoor display-structure but does not include a tent, shamiana or tarpaulin shelter. | Municipal Bill |
| 7 | Citizen's charter | The document declaring the functioning, obligations, duties and commitments of a public authority for providing goods and services effectively and efficiently with acceptable level of standards, time limits and designation of public servants for delivery and grievance redress. | Citizen's Bill |
| 8 | Dwelling House | A masonry building constructed, used, or adapted to be used, wholly or principally for human habitation. | Municipal Bill |
| 9 | e-Government | Use Information Communication Technology to organize and manage the government administrative processes, specifically the interactive procedures between government and public. | e-Government: Singapore Study |
| 10 | FDI | Investment by non-resident entity/ person resident outside India in the capital of an India economy. | FDI Circular |
| 11 | Grants-in-aid | Grants-in-aid are payments, transfers or devolution of funds, in cash or in kind, in the nature of donations or contributions by one government (grantor) to another government, body, institution or individual (grantee). | Indian Government Accounting Standard (IGAS), 2007 |
| 12 | Industrial township | Such urban area or part thereof as the Governor may, having regard to the size of the area and the municipal services being | Municipal Bill |
| provided or proposed to be provided by an industrial establishment in that area and such other factors as he may deem fit, by notification, specify to be an industrial township. | |||
| 13 | Land | "Land" includes benefits to arise out of land, and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth. | The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 |
| 14 | Land Acquisition | The acquisition of land for some public purpose by a government agency from individual landowners as, authorised by the law, after paying a government-fixed compensation to cover losses incurred by landowners from surrendering their land to the concerned government agency. | Wikipedia |
| 15 | Local Bodies | Panchayati Raj Institutions and Urban Local Bodies under the provisions of Article 243 and Article 12 of the Constitution. | Indian Government Accounting Standard (IGAS), 2007 |
| 16 | Multilateral organisations | International organisations whose membership is made up of member governments, who collectively govern the organisation and are its primary source of funds and spend it on projects in various countries. | -- |
| 17 | Service | All goods and services, including functions, obligations, responsibility or duty, to be provided or rendered by a public authority. | Citizen's Bill |
| 18 | Transferable Development Right (TDR) | A process of making available certain amount of additional built up area in lieu of the area relinquished or surrendered by the owner of the land whose land or a part thereof, is required for public purposes such as construction and widening of roads, development of parks, playgrounds, green area civic amenities, recreational uses, urban infrastructure, implementation of development control and Zoning Regulations and conservation of heritage sites or such other purposes as Government may notify so that he can use the extra built up area either himself or transfer it to another person for a consideration. | Bihar Urban Planning and Development Act, 2012 |
| Chapter 7: Sustainability Guidelines | Chapter 7: Sustainability Guidelines | Chapter 7: Sustainability Guidelines | |
| 1 | Accessibility | The ability to reach desired goods, services and activities. | Ministry of Urban Development, 2008 |
| 2 | Buffer Zone | Buffer zones are areas created to enhance the protection of a conservation area, often peripheral to it, inside or outside. Within Buffer zones, certain legal and/or customary restrictions are placed upon resource use and/or is managed to reduce the negative impacts of restrictions on the neighbouring communities | http://www.biodiversity-z.org/areas/10/A-Z of Areas of Biodiversity Importance |
| 3 | Climate Change | A change in the state of the climate that can be identified (e.g., by using statistical tests) by changes in the mean and/or the variability of its properties and that persists for an extended period, typically decades or longer. | Global Warming Policy Foundation, IPCC |
| 4 | Coastal Area/ Zone | The coast is a unique environment where land, sea and atmosphere interact and interplay continuously influencing a strip of spatial zone defined as coastal area/ zone.Coastal area/zones are the areas having the influence of both marine and terrestrial processes. | Coastal Zones of India, ISRO, 2012 |
| 5 | Deforestation | The direct human-induced conversion of forested land to non-forested land. | http://wwwCBD.int/doc/publications/cbd-ts-43-en.pdfUNFCCC - Marrakech Accords |
| 6 | Disaster | A catastrophe, mishap, calamity or grave occurrence in any area, arising from natural or man-made cause, or by accident or negligence which results in substantial loss of life or human suffering or damage to, and destruction of, property, or damage to, or destruction of, environment, and is of such a nature or magnitude as to be beyond the coping capacity of the community of the affected area. | The Disaster Management Act, Ministry of Law and Justice, 2005 |
| 7 | Disaster Management | A continuous and integrated process of planning, organising, coordination and implementing measures which are necessary or expedient for-prevention of damage or threat of any disaster;mitigation or reduction of risk of any disaster or its severity or consequences;capacity-building;preparedness to deal with any disaster;prompt response to any threatening disaster situation or disaster;assessing the severity or magnitude of effects of any disaster;evacuation, rescue and relief;rehabilitation and reconstruction | The Disaster Management Act, Ministry of Law and Justice, 2005 |
| 8 | Ecological Sanitation | A form of dry sanitation that involves separation of faeces and urine in order to facilitate recycling of nutrients in local agricultural systems. | Manual City Sanitation Plan Preparation (CSP), National Urban Sanitation Policy |
| 9 | Mitigation | "Mitigation" means measures aimed at reducing the risk, impact or effects of a disaster or threatening disaster situation | The Disaster Management Act, Ministry of Law and Justice, 2005 |
| 10 | Eco-Sensitive Zones | The extent of eco-sensitive zones as following:Many of the existing protected areas have already undergone tremendous development in close vicinity to their boundaries. Some of the protected areas actually lying in the urban setup (Eg. Guindy National Park, Tamil Naidu, Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Maharashtra, etc.). Therefore, defining the extent of the eco-sensitive zones around protected areas will have to be kept flexible and protected area specific. The width of the eco-sensitive zone and type of regulations will differ from protected area to protected area. However, as a general principle the width of the eco-sensitive zone could go up-to 10 Kms around a protected area as provided in the Wildlife Conservation Strategy-2002.In case where sensitive corridors, connectivity and ecologically important patches, crucial for landscape linkages, are even beyond 10 Kms width, these should be included in the eco-sensitive zone.Further, even in context of a particular protected area, the distribution of an area of eco-sensitive zone and the extant of regulation may not be uniform all around and it could be of variable width and extent. | Guidelines for declaration of Eco-Sensitive Zones Around National Parks and Wild Life Sanctuaries, MoEF, 2011 |
| 11 | Environmentally sensitive zone/ area | Environmental sensitive zones may be defined as areas with identified environmental resource with 'incomparable values' which require special attention for their conservation. All Earthquake/landslide prone, cliffs and environmentally hazardous area, areas adjacent to fault lines, areas with slope higher than 45 degree (NBC, 2005), flood plain, wetlands and areas adjacent to major drainage lines for general guidance, other areas identified by State Disaster Management Authority to be included in the environmentally sensitive areas. | National Environmental Policy, 2006; NBC, 2005, and Aizwal Master Plan |
| 12 | Preparedness | "Preparedness" means the state of readiness to deal with a threatening disaster situation or disaster and the effects thereof | The Disaster Management Act, Ministry of Law and Justice, 2005 |
| 13 | Sustainable Development | Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. | Brundtland Commission, 1987 |
| Chapter 8: Simplified Planning Techniques | Chapter 8: Simplified Planning Techniques | Chapter 8: Simplified Planning Techniques | |
| 1 | GIS (Geographical Information System) | A system which provides computerized mechanisms for integrating various geo information data sets and analysing them in order to generate information relevant to planning needs in a context. | Indian Space Research Organisation |
| 2 | Mapping | Representation of earth's pattern as a whole or part of it on a plane surface with conventional signs, drawn to a scale and projection so that each and every point on it corresponds to the actual terrestrial position. | UDPFI Guidelines |
| 3 | Primary Data | Data collected for the first time and is always given in the form of raw material and original in character. | -- |
| 4 | Remote Sensing | Science of acquiring information about the Earth's surface without actually being in contact with it. | National Remote Sensing Centre |
| 5 | Secondary Data | Second hand data initially collected by some other investigator for other purpose but used by an investigator for his/her own purpose later. | -- |
| Chapter 9: Infrastructure | Chapter 9: Infrastructure | Chapter 9: Infrastructure | |
| 1 | Adult Education Centre | A premise having the facility of formal education and training to adults with flexible timings. | Master Plan for Delhi, 2021 |
| 2 | Anganwari | Anganwari as space provision at residential housing/ neighbourhood level is a centre to provide service for children of 0-6yrs age, pregnant women, feeding mothers, etc. under the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS). | Master Plan for Delhi, 2021 |
| 3 | Artificial Recharge | Artificial recharge to ground water is a process by which the ground water reservoir is augmented at rate exceeding that under natural conditions of replenishment. | Rain water Harvesting Techniques, Ministry Of Water Resources Central Ground Water Board, 2003 |
| 4 | Banquet hall | A premise to hold small public gatherings, community functions, marriages etc. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 5 | Burial ground | A premise with facilities for burying of dead bodies. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 6 | Bus Terminal | A premise used by public transport agency to park the buses for short duration to serve the population. It may include the related | Study on Zoning |
| facilities for passengers. | Regulation, TCPO, 2004 | ||
| 7 | Central/State Government Office | A premise used for the offices of Central/State Government. | Study on Zoning Regulation, TCPO, 2004 |
| 8 | Civil defence and home guards etc. | A premise having facilities for offices and other functions of civil organization for internal defence. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 9 | Continuous Water Supply/24-7 Water Supply | 24-7 supply is achieved when water is delivered continuously to every customer of the service 24 hours a day, every day of the year, through a transmission and distribution system that is continuously full and under positive pressure throughout all of its pipelines and networks. | Guidance Notes for Continuous Water System, MoUD, 2009 |
| 10 | Convenience Shopping centre | A group of shops in residential area serving a population of about 5000 persons and if required for 2,000 persons in hill residential areas | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 & Study on Zoning Regulation, TCPO, 2004 |
| 11 | Crèche and Day care Centre | A premise having nursing facilities for young children during day time. The center may be managed by an individual or an institution on commercial or non-commercial basis. | Study on Zoning Regulation, TCPO, 2004 |
| 12 | Cremation ground | A premise with facilities of performing last rites of dead bodies by burning. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 13 | Crematorium | A premise with facilities for last rites of the deceased. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 14 | Decentralised Wastewater Management | The collection, treatment, and disposal/reuse of wastewater from individual homes, clusters of homes, isolated communities, industries, or institutional facilities, as well as from portions of existing communities at or near the point of waste generation | Guidelines For Decentralized Wastewater Management, MoUD, 2012 |
| 15 | Dharamshala and its equivalent | A premise providing temporary accommodation for short duration on no profit basis. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 16 | Dhallao and Dustbin | A premise used for collection of garbage for its onward transportation | Study on Zoning Regulation, TCPO, 2004 |
| 17 | District Centre | A group of shops in residential area serving a population of about 500000 persons. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 18 | District Meter Area | The term district metering is used to describe the method whereby flow meters are installed on all major supply lines and strategic points within the distribution system. | O & M Manual, Kolkata Metropolitan Water & Sanitation Authority |
| 19 | Disaster management centre | A premise having facility of disaster emergency, backup, hospital facility, training centre for disaster preparedness, wireless communication etc. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 20 | Dispensary | A premise having facilities for medical advice and provision of medicine, managed by public or charitable institutions. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 21 | Dispensary for pet animal and birds | Premises having facilities for medical advice and provision of medicines to pet animals and birds, managed by public/private or charitable institutions. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 22 | District police office and battalion | A premise having facilities for the offices and paramilitary forces. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 23 | Electric Sub-Station | A premise having electrical installation and transformer for distribution of power. | Study on Zoning Regulation, TCPO, 2004 |
| 24 | Effluent | The wastewater that flows out of a treatment system (in this case septic tank) or supernatant liquid discharged from the septic tank. | Advisory Note: Septage Management In Urban India, MoUD, 2013 |
| 25 | Exhibition-cum Fair Ground | A premise having facilities for the exhibition and display and other cultural activities for a group of participants. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 26 | Farm house | A dwelling house on a farm. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 27 | Fire post | Premises with lesser degree of facilities for firefighting. The post may be attached to specific premises with fire prone activities. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 28 | Fire station | A premise having facility for firefighting for a catchment area assigned to it. It may include residence of essential staff. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 29 | Fire training institute | A premise having facilities of training for emergency times in case of fire, building collapse etc. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 30 | Gas Godown | A premise having the facility of wholesale storage of LPG, godown, etc. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 31 | GauShala/ Dairy farm | A premise with facilities for rearing and processing of dairy products. It may have temporary structure for sheds of animals and birds. | Study on Zoning Regulation, TCPO, 2004 |
| 32 | General and head post office with administrative office | A premise with facility for postal and telecommunication to and from a number of post offices attached to it. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 33 | Government Land | Land owned by the Central/State/Local Govt. | Study on Zoning Regulation, TCPO, 2004 |
| 34 | Hospital | A premise providing medical facilities of general or specialised nature for treatment of indoor and outdoor patients. It may be managed by public, private or charitable institution. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 35 | Hotel | A premise used for lodging of 15 persons or more. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 36 | Informal Unit | Retail/service unit, stationary or mobile, work place without roof including small Khokhas on roadside | Study on Zoning Regulation, TCPO, 2004 |
| 37 | International convention centre | A premise having all facilities for international /national conferences, meetings, symposium etc. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 38 | Jail | A premise with facilities for detention, confinement and reform of criminals under the law. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 39 | Library/ reading room | A premise having a large collection of books for reading and reference for general public or specific class. | Study on Zoning Regulation, TCPO, 2004 |
| 40 | Local shopping centre | A group of shops in residential area serving population of 15,000 persons. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 41 | LPG godown including booking office | A premise for the booking, storing and supply of LPG to local population. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 42 | Multipurpose community hall, barat ghar | A premise having an enclosed space for various social and cultural activities. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 43 | Municipal Solid Waste | According to MSW Rules 2000, MSW includes commercial and residential wastes generated in municipal or notified areas in either solid or semi-solid form excluding industrial hazardous wastes but including treated bio-medical wastes. | Toolkit for Solid Waste Management, Ministry of Urban Development, 2012 |
| 44 | Night Shelter | A premise having the facility for providing the night accommodation to individuals without any charges. It may be run by local government or voluntary agencies. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 45 | Nursing Home/ Maternity home/ Polyclinic | A premise having medical facilities for indoor and outdoor patients having upto 50 beds. It may be managed by a doctor or a group of doctors. In case of polyclinic, it shall be managed by a group of doctors. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 46 | Old Age Home/ Care Centre for Physically/ Mentally Challenged | A premise having the facility of caring and training boarding and lodging of the elderly/ physically/ mentally challenged. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 47 | Observatory & Weather Office | A premise with facilities for research and development of data relating to weather and forecasting thereof. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 48 | Orphanage | A premise having the facility of boarding of children who are bereaved of parents. It may or may not have educational facilities. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 49 | Park | A premise used for recreational/leisure activities. It may have on it related landscaping, parking facilities, public toilet, fencing etc. It will include lawns, open spaces, green etc. | Study on Zoning Regulation, TCPO, 2004 |
| 50 | Play Ground | A premise used for outdoor games. It may have on it landscaping, parking facilities, public toilet, etc | Study on Zoning Regulation, TCPO, 2004 |
| 51 | Police firing range | A premise having facilities for firing practice of the paramilitary forces. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 52 | Police Line | An area having facilities for work and residential accommodation of paramilitary forces. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 53 | Police post | A premise having facility for a local police post of a temporary nature or on smaller scale as compared to a police station. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 54 | Police station | A premise having facilities for offices of local police post. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 55 | Police training institute/ college | A premise having facilities for training of paramilitary forces. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 56 | Primary health centre/family welfare | A premise having facilities for treating indoor and outdoor patients having upto 10-15 beds. It may be managed by a public or charitable institution on non-commercial basis. It includes family welfare centre and maternity home. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| centre/Diagnostic Centre | |||
| 57 | Primary School | A premise having educational and playing facilities for students upto V standard. | Study on Zoning Regulation, TCPO, 2004 |
| 58 | Radio and TV Station | A premise with facilities for recording, broadcasting and transmission of news and other programmes through the respective medium. It may include some hostel accommodation for guest artists, transmission facilities like towers, etc. | Study on Zoning Regulation, TCPO, 2004 |
| 59 | Rain Water Harvesting | Rain water harvesting is the technique of collection and storage of rain water at surface or in sub-surface aquifers, before it is lost as surface run-off. | Rain water Harvesting Techniques, Ministry Of Water Resources Central Ground Water Board, 2003 |
| 60 | Recreational Club | A premise having the facility for recreation with indoor sports, swimming pool, outdoor sports, socializing and gathering space for small functions with restaurant. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 61 | Regional MSW Facility/Management | A 'Regional MSW Facility' means a waste management facility or system of any kind (whether in relation to collection, transportation, treatment or disposal of MSW or a combination of any or all of them), which collects, manages or receives or disposes (as the case may be) MSW from more than one Authority. | Municipal Solid Waste Management on a Regional Basis, Ministry of Urban Development |
| 62 | Retail Shop | A premise for sale of commodities directly to consumer with necessary storage | Study on Zoning Regulation, TCPO, 2004 |
| 63 | Research and Development Center | A premise providing facilities for research and development in any specific field. | Study on Zoning Regulation, TCPO, 2004 |
| 64 | Restaurant | A premise used for serving food items on commercial basis including cooking facilities. It may have covered or open space or both for sitting arrangement. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 65 | Street | Any means of access, namely, highway, street lane, pathway, alley, stairway, passageway, carriageway, footway, square, place or bridge, whether a thoroughfare or not, over which the public have a right of passage or access or have passed and had access uninterruptedly for a specified period, whether existing or proposed in any scheme, and includes all bunds, channels, ditches, storm-water drains, culverts, sidewalks, traffic islands, roadside trees and hedges, retaining walls, fences, barriers and railings within the street lines. | National Building Code: 2005 |
| 66 | Secondary School | A premise having educational and playing facilities for students from VI to X standard. | Study on Zoning Regulation, TCPO, 2004 |
| 67 | Senior Secondary School | A premise having educational and playing facilities for students from X to XII standard. | Study on Zoning Regulation, TCPO, 2004 |
| 68 | Septage | The settled solid matter in semi-solid condition usually a mixture of solids and water settled at the bottom of septic tank. It has an offensive odour, appearance and is high in organics and pathogenic microorganisms. | Advisory Note: Septage Management In Urban India, MoUD, 2013 |
| 69 | Septic tank | An underground tank that treats wastewater by a combination of | Advisory Note: |
| solids settling and anaerobic digestion. | Septage Management In Urban India, MoUD, 2013 | ||
| 70 | Sludge | The settled solid matter in semi-solid condition - it is usually a mixture of solids and water deposited on the bottom of septic tanks, ponds, etc. | Advisory Note: Septage Management In Urban India, MoUD, 2013 |
| 71 | Technical Training Centre/ Institute, Nursing and Paramedic Institute | A premise with facilities for training in discipline of technical nature. It includes technical school and industrial training institute. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 72 | Traffic and police control room | A premise of temporary structures having facilities for managing of traffic and law & order related issues. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 73 | Transit Oriented Development | "Transit Oriented Development is essentially any development, macro or micro that is focused around a transit node, and facilitates complete ease of access to the transit facility, thereby inducing people to prefer to walk and use public transportation over personal modes of transport. | UTTIPEC, Delhi Development Authority, 2012 |
| 74 | Unaccounted-for Water / Non-Revenue Water | Unaccounted-for Water (UFW) is the difference between the quantity of water supplied to a city's network and the metered quantity of water used by the customers. | Manual on Water Supply and Treatment, CPHEEO, 1999 |
| 75 | University Campus | A premise having an educational institution designed for instruction, examination, or both, of students in many branches of advanced learning, conferring degrees in various faculties, and often embodying colleges and similar institutions. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 76 | Veterinary hospital for pet animal and birds | A premise having medical facilities for indoor and outdoor treatment of pet animal and birds. It may be managed by a public or charitable institution or on community basis. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 77 | Veterinary Institute | A premise having educational and playing facilities for students of undergraduate and post graduate in veterinary courses along with research facilities under a university. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 78 | Weekly market | An area used once in a week by a group of informal shop establishments in the form of a market. These markets shift from one area to another on different days of the week. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 79 | Wholesale Trade | A premise from where goods and commodities are sold and delivered to retailers. The premise includes storage, godown and loading & unloading facilities. | Study on Zoning Regulation, TCPO, 2004 |
| Chapter 10: Simplified Development Promotion Regulations | Chapter 10: Simplified Development Promotion Regulations | Chapter 10: Simplified Development Promotion Regulations | |
| 1 | Clinic | A premise with facilities for treatment of outdoor patients by a doctor. | Master Plan for Delhi: 2021 |
| 2 | Floor Area Ratio (FAR) | The quotient obtained by dividing the total covered area (plinth area) on all floors by the area of the plot, FAR = Total covered area of the floors/Plot area | National Building Code: 2005 |
| 3 | Group | Housing for more than one dwelling unit, where land is owned | National Building Code: |
| Housing | jointly (as in the case of cooperative societies or the public agencies, such as local authorities or housing boards, etc) and the construction is undertaken by one agency. | 2006 | |
| 4 | Habitable Room | A room occupied or designed for occupancy by one or more persons for study, living, sleeping, eating, and kitchen, if it is used as a living room, but not including bathrooms, water-closet compartments, laundries, serving and store pantries, corridors, cellars, attics, and spaces that are not used frequently or during extended periods. | National Building Code: 2007 |
| 5 | Open Spaces | An area, forming an integral part of the plot, left open to the sky. | National Building Code: 2008 |
| 6 | Parking Space | An area enclosed or unenclosed, covered or open, sufficient in size to park vehicles, together with a drive-way connecting the parking space with a street or alley and permitting ingress and egress of the vehicles. | National Building Code: 2009 |
| 7 | Post office | A premise with facility for postal communication for public use | Master Plan for Delhi : 2021 & Study on Zoning Regulation, TCPO, 2004 |
| 8 | Poultry farm | A premise with facility for rearing and processing of poultry products. It may have temporary structures for sheds of birds. | Master Plan for Delhi : 2021 |
| 9 | Residential Flat | Residential accommodation for one family/ household as part of group housing. | Master Plan for Delhi : 2021 |
| 10 | Residential plot- Housing | A premise for one or more than one dwelling unit and may have on it one main building block and one accessory block for garages and service personnel. | Master Plan for Delhi : 2021 |
| 11 | Service Apartment | A premise fully furnished, serviced and self-contained with meal preparation used for short-term corporate and accommodation | Master Plan for Delhi : 2021 |
| 12 | Mumty | A structure with a roof over a staircase and its landing built to enclose only the stairs for the purpose of providing protection from weather and not used for human habitation | National Building Code: 2005 |
| 13 | Tower like structures | Structures shall be deemed to be tower like structures when the height of the tower like portion is at least twice the height of the broader base at ground level. | National Building Code: 2005 |
Source: As given