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The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has approved a policy granting redevelopment rights to old, built-up two-storey residential units on par with vacant plots, addressing a long-standing demand from residents of ageing housing schemes such as Naraina Vihar. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Delhi Lieutenant Governor and DDA Chairman Taranjit Singh Sandhu, which also approved the Master Plan for Delhi 2047 and a land-use change for a metro depot in Narela Sub-City. The Master Plan, previously being developed as MPD-2041, has now been renamed MPD-2047 to align with the central government's Viksit Bharat 2047 vision, and will be sent to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for final notification.
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has approved a policy allowing the reconstruction and redevelopment of old, DDA-built two-storey dwelling units on individual plots, granting them redevelopment rights on par with vacant residential plots for the first time.
The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Delhi Lieutenant Governor and DDA Chairman Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Wednesday, which also saw the authority approve the Master Plan for Delhi 2047 (MPD-2047) and clear a land-use change to enable construction of a metro depot in Narela Sub-City.
The redevelopment policy addresses a long-pending demand from residents and public representatives across several older DDA housing schemes, including Naraina Vihar, where two-storey units developed under the 1962 Master Plan for Delhi are now more than 50 years old and, in many cases, structurally deficient. While vacant residential plots in Delhi have long had clear redevelopment guidelines under prevailing Master Plan norms, built-up two-storey units on individual plots had lacked a uniform framework, leaving residents of these older colonies without a defined route to reconstruct their homes.
Under the newly approved policy, such built-up units will now be granted redevelopment rights equivalent to those available to vacant plots. Reconstruction will remain subject to plot size, prevailing planning provisions, structural safety certification, applicable building bye-laws, floor area ratio, ground coverage, height restrictions and fire safety norms, among other conditions. The policy has been extended beyond Naraina Vihar to cover all similarly placed DDA housing schemes across the city facing comparable structural ageing issues.
Alongside the redevelopment policy, the authority approved the Master Plan for Delhi 2047, which will guide the capital's development over the coming decades. The plan was previously being prepared as MPD-2041, following the expiry of the earlier MPD-2021, but has now been renamed MPD-2047 to align with the central government's broader Viksit Bharat 2047 vision. The DDA said the plan adopts an integrated approach spanning housing, economic growth, mobility, environmental sustainability, infrastructure, heritage conservation, urban regeneration and citizen-centric governance, in view of Delhi's population being projected to grow significantly by 2047. The plan will now be forwarded to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for final approval and formal notification.
The meeting also cleared a change of land use for 19.63 hectares in Narela Sub-City, converting the area from recreational and public-and-semi-public use to transportation use, to enable development of a metro depot for the Rithala-Kundli corridor. This proposal, too, will be sent to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for final Gazette notification. The metro depot is expected to improve connectivity between North West Delhi, Rohini, Narela and Haryana, reduce travel time, support DDA's upcoming residential projects and the proposed university hub in Narela, and attract further investment to the area.
In a separate move aimed at easing compliance requirements, the authority approved amendments to the Unified Building Bye-Laws (UBBL), 2016, in line with the central government's broader deregulation push to improve ease of doing business. The amendments seek to remove the prior requirement of obtaining No Objection Certificates from the Delhi Pollution Control Committee, the Chief Inspector of Factories, the Delhi Jal Board and the Forest Department for building plan approvals, a step intended to reduce procedural delays and speed up project clearances.
The report did not specify a timeline for when the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is expected to notify either the Master Plan for Delhi 2047 or the Narela land-use change, nor did it detail the specific floor area ratio or height limits that will apply to redevelopment under the new two-storey unit policy.
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