State Act

The Kerala Town and Country Planning Act 2016

63. Interim Development Orders and the restrictions after notifying the intention to prepare Plans.—(1) 6[xxxx] With the general object of controlling interim development of land included in any planning area in respect of which 7[intention to prepare a Master Plan or a Detailed Town Planning Scheme has been notified] under this Act, the Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Town Panchayat, Village Panchayat or Joint Planning Committee, as the case may be, may prepare Interim Development Orders and forward the same to the Government for sanction. 1[Note:—The expression ‘interim development’ means development during the period between the date of notification of intention in the Gazette to prepare a Plan and the date of publication of the draft Plan in the Official Gazette under this Act.] (2) Government may, in consultation with the Chief Town Planner, approve the Interim Development Orders forwarded to it under sub-section (1) with or without modifications. 2[The fact of approval of the Interim Development Order shall be notified in the Gazette.] (3) The main intention of the Plan shall be stated clearly in the Interim Development Orders and it may also provide for all or any of the following, namely:— (a) circulation network and building lines; (b) space standards; (c) prohibiting the erection or re-erection of any building or construction of any road or making of any excavation or permitting development of land either unconditionally or subject to any condition specified in the order; (d) limiting the number of buildings, regulating the size, height, design and external appearance of buildings; (e) restricting the manner in which buildings may be used; and (f) prohibiting building operations or regulating such operations in respect of such matters as may be prescribed. (4) The restrictions imposed by the Interim Development Orders shall cease to operate with the 3[publication of notice of the Plan in the Official Gazette inviting objections and suggestions thereon under the provisions of the Act:] 4[xxxx]