Lahore: The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has notified its Land Use Rules 2020, a news source reported on August 30. According to the notification, the authority has classified land in Lahore into 10 categories. These include residential, commercial, mixed-use, industrial, institutional, peri-urban, special development zone, agriculture, open space & recreational, and notified area.
The notification issued for LDA Land Use Rules 2020 further classified land into the broad categories of permitted use, permissible use, and prohibited use. As per the details revealed, the residential land in the city would have permitted use for construction of:
House
Apartment building
Graveyard
Horticulture nursery
Parking & playground
Old age home or orphanage
Urban farm
Urban forest
On the other hand, the permissible use for residential area includes the construction of:
Corner or neighbourhood shop
Convenience shop
Place of worship
Rehabilitation centre for the differently-abled persons
Day-care centre and pre-school
Primary & junior school, coaching centre or academy for educational purpose
Secondary & higher secondary schools
College & university
Hospital
Dispensary
ATM
Indoor sports facility
Community centre or club
Guest house
Poly-clinic
Parking plaza or parking site
Area development project
Library
Diplomatic enclave or diplomatic office
Government or semi-government office
The notification indicated the following permitted use for commercial area in Lahore:
Residential apartment
Multi-storey building
Mixed-use building
Court or tribunal comprising of land not less than 2 kanals
Shopping mall
Shops or group of shops
Departmental store
Meanwhile, the permissible use for commercial area includes the construction of:
Theatre
Auditorium
Cinema, Cineplex, or multiplex
Concert hall, exhibition hall, or cultural institution
Furthermore, LDA has prohibited the use of industrial area for storing, packing, cleaning, pursing, preparing, and manufacturing of blasting powder, fireworks, sulphur, gun powder, nitro-compounds, ammunition, dynamite, explosives, phosphorous, bombs, gases, mercury, or any type of hazardous or obnoxious material.
In regards to the Land Use Rules 2020, the civic agency held a seminar for various stakeholders. The aim of the event was to gather inputs, suggestions, and objections from the public pertaining to the rules introduced. LDA Chief Town Planner Tariq Mahmood assured the stakeholders that the authority would deliberate upon their input and present it to the governing body.
