Panaji, 9th August, 2023 (Sravana 18, 1945)

SERIES I No. 18

Reg. No. RNP/GOA/32/2021-2023

RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Town & Country Planning

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Notification

21/1/TCP/2021-23/Steering Committee/105

Whereas, the draft regulations, namely, the

Goa Land Development and Building

Construction (Amendment) Regulations, 2021

which the Government of Goa proposed to

make in exercise of the powers conferred by

sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 4 of the Goa

(Regulation of Land Development and Building

Construction) Act, 2008 (Goa Act 6 of 2008)

(hereinafter referred to as the “said Act”) so

as to further amend the Goa Land

Development and Building Construction

Regulations, 2010, were pre-published as

required by section 5 of the said Act vide the

Government Notification No. 21/1/TCP(A)/

/2021/Steering

Committee/993

dated

22-06-2021, published in the Official Gazette,

Series I No. 14 dated 01-07-2021, inviting

objections and suggestions from all persons

likely to be affected thereby within 30 days

from the date of publication of the said

Notification in the Official Gazette;

And whereas, the said Official Gazette was

made available to the public on 01-07-2021;

And

whereas,

the

objections

and

suggestions received from the public on the

said draft Regulations have been considered

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by the Sub-Committee appointed under

sub-section (2) of section 6 of the said Act and

submitted its report to the Steering Committee

constituted under sub-section (1) of section 6

of the said Act vide the Government

Notification No. 21/1/TCP/2018/SC/481 dated

22-02-2018, published in the Official Gazette,

Series II No. 48 dated 01-03-2018;

And whereas, the Steering Committee after

considering the report of the Sub-Committee

submitted

its

report

together

with

recommendations to the Government;

And whereas, the Government has

considered the report and recommendations

of the Steering Committee and approved the

same and directed the Chief Town Planner

(Land Use) to notify the Amendment

Regulations in the Official Gazette.

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers

conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of section

4 of the Goa (Regulation of Land Development

and Building Construction) Act, 2008 (Goa Act

6 of 2008) and all other powers enabling it in

this behalf, the Government of Goa hereby

makes the following regulations so as to

further amend the Goa Land Development and

Building Construction Regulations, 2010,

namely:—

1. Short title and commencement.— (1)

These regulations may be called the Goa Land

Development and Building Construction

(Amendment) Regulations, 2023.

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(2) They shall come into force on the date

of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Amendment of regulation 2.— In

regulation 2 of the Goa Land Development and

Building Construction Regulations, 2010

(hereinafter referred to as the “principal

Regulations”),—

(i) in clause (17), for the expression “Fire

and Life Safety as per National Building Code

2005”, the words “Part 4 of the National

Building Code of India 2016” shall be

substituted;

(ii) in clause (20A), for sub-clause (h), the

following sub-clause shall be substituted,

namely:—

“(h) “High Rise Building” means a

building 15 meters or above in height

(irrespective of its occupancy);”;

(iii) for clause (66), the following clause

shall be substituted, namely:—

“(66) “Fire resistant materials” means

and includes those materials serving

appropriate fire resistance rating as per

the relevant provisions of National

Building Code of India, 2016 as amended

from time to time and relevant Bureau of

Indian Standards (BIS) Codes.”;

(iv) clause (77) shall be omitted;

(v) after clause (86), the following clause

shall be inserted, namely:—

“(86A) “National Building Code of

India, 2016” means the National Building

Code of India, 2016 as amended from time

to time;”.

3. Amendment of regulation 3.6.2.— In

regulation 3.6.2 of the principal Regulations,

for clause (c), the following clause shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(c) In case of the buildings specified in

regulation 15.2.1, No Objection Certificate

from the Director of Fire and Emergency

Services shall be obtained by the owner

before applying for Construction License to

the Local Authority.”.

4. Amendment of regulation 3.11.— In

regulation 3.11 of the principal Regulations,

for clause (b), the following clause shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(b) Clearance from the Directorate of Fire

and Emergency Services before issue of

Occupancy Certificate shall be required for

the buildings specified in regulation 15.2.1.”.

5. Amendment of regulation 6A.5.— In

regulation 6A.5 of the principal Regulations,

for clause (2), the following clause shall be

substituted, namely.—

“(2) In case of building on stilts or

building with basements, the height of the

buildings shall be measured from the top of

the stilts/basement. However, if the building

height is 15 meters or more from the

ground. Fire and Life Safety Regulations

shall be applicable.”.

6. Amendment of regulation 13.10.— In

regulation 13.10, of the principal Regulations,

in clause (b), item (iii) shall be omitted.

7. Amendment of regulation 13.11.— In

regulation 13.11, of the principal Regulations,

for clause (c), the following clause shall be

substituted, namely.—

“(c) The requirements for installation of

Lifts, Escalators and Moving Walks shall be

as per provisions of part 8 of the National

Building Code of India 2016.”.

8. Substitution of regulation 15.— For

regulation 15 of the principal Regulations, the

following regulation shall be substituted,

namely:—

“15. Fire and life safety requirements:—

15.1.1. General Provisions:—

Buildings specified in regulation 15.2.1 shall

be planned, designed and constructed to

ensure adequate fire safety of the buildings,

property and inhabitants and this shall be

carried out in accordance with the provisions

of Part 4 of the National Building Code of India,

2016 except clauses 3.2 and 3.4.4 thereof and

any other provisions of the fire safety made in

these regulations. Fire Fighting requirement

arrangement and installations required in the

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building shall also be as per the provisions of

the Part 4 of the National Building Code of India,

2016. All the technical terms shall have the

meaning as defined in Part 4 of the National

Building Code of India, 2016 except the terms

which are defined in these regulations.

15.1.2. Notwithstanding anything contained

in regulation 4.2. (g) and 4.4.2 for high rise

buildings, the following provisions of means

of access and open spaces (set backs) shall

be ensured:

(a) The width of the main street on which

the building abuts shall not be less than 10

meters;

(b) The approach to the building and open

spaces on all its sides shall be not less than 6

meters in width, the layout for the same shall

be done to the satisfaction of the Directorate

of Fire and Emergency Services and the open

space shall be of hard surface capable of

taking the mass of fire engine weighing up to

45 tonnes. A turning radius of atleast 9 meters

shall be provided for movement of fire service

vehicles. The said open space shall be kept

free of obstructions and shall be motorable,

further no projections shall be allowed in the

said open spaces. In case of buildings with no

side set backs or setbacks with 1.5 meters or

less, a clear height of atleast 5 meters shall be

maintained below the bottom of lowest

structural member and the open space as

aforesaid shall be made available through the

building on all sides for movement of fire

service vehicles.

adequate width to allow easy access to the

fire service vehicles and in no case it shall

measure less than 6 meters. The entrance

gate shall fold back against the compound wall

of the premises, thus leaving the exterior

access way within the plot free for movement

of fire service vehicle. If the main entrance at

the boundary wall is built over, the minimum

clearance shall be 5 meters.

15.2. Requirement for Fire Dept Clearance:—

15.2.1.

The

NOC

from

Director,

Directorate of Fire and Emergency Services

shall be obtained by the Owner/Developer

before applying for construction license to

the local authority and also before applying

for occupancy certificate to local authority

in case of,—

(a) highrise buildings; and

(b) special building such as (i) hotel,

educational, institutional, business,

mercantile, industrial, storage, hazardous

and mixed occupancies, where any of these

buildings have floor area more than 500

square meter on any one or more floors;

(ii) educational building having height of

9 meters or above;

(iii) institutional building having height

of 9 meters or above;

(iv) assembly building;

(v) building, having area more than 300

square meter of incidental assembly

occupancy on any floor; and

(vi) building with two basements or more,

or with one basement of area more than 500

square meters.

15.2.2. Above buildings shall be as per Part

4 of the National Building Code of India, 2016.

15.2.3. Any alterations/modifications/

/renovation for floor area exceeding 500

square meters for all high rise buildings shall

also require No objection certificate from

Director, Directorate of Fire and Emergency

Services (DFES) before applying for license to

the local authority

15.3. Records, documents, application

forms, fees, fire drills and appointment of fire

officer at the premises, if any, shall be as

specified by the Directorate of Fire and

Emergency Services for issue of Clearance

(NOC).

15.4.Classification of Buildings Based on

Occupancy:

15.4.1. All buildings, whether existing or

hereafter erected shall be classified according

to use or the character of occupancies in the

following groups:

Group

Occupancy

Group A

Residential

Group B

Educational

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Group C

Institutional

Group D

Assembly

Group E

Business

Group F

Mercantile

Group G

Industrial

Group H

Storage

Group J

Hazardous

15.4.2. The above classification of buildings

is for the purpose of Fire and Life Safety and

the same is as per clause 3.1.1 of Part 4, of the

National Building Code of India, 2016. The

details of each occupancy and example of

buildings in each group are as per clause 3.1.2

to 3.1.10 and Mixed occupancy if any shall be

as per clause 3.1.1.2 and 3.1.11 of Part 4 of the

National Building Code of India, 2016.

15.5. Fire Resistance of various Types of

Construction/Building Components:—

The minimum fire resistance ratings of

structural and non-structural members for

various types of construction shall be as

specified in clause 3.3, of Part 4 of the National

Building Code of India, 2016 and to the

satisfaction of the Directorate of Fire and

Emergency Services.

15.6. Glazing:—

The glazing shall be in accordance with

provisions contained in section 8 of Part 6 of

the National Building Code of India, 2016. The

entire glazing assembly shall be rated to the

type of construction as given in Table I as

specified in clause 3.4.1 of Part 4 of the National

Building Code of India, 2016. The use of glass

shall not be permitted for enclosures of exits

and exit passageway.

15.7. Glass facade:—

Glass facade shall be in accordance with

clause 3.4.10.2 of Part 4 of the National Building

Code of India, 2016.

15.8. Occupant Load:—

15.8.1. For determining the exits required,

the number of persons within any floor area

or the occupant load shall be based on the

actual number of occupants declared, but

in no case less than that specified in Table

XXI. The occupant load of a mezzanine floor

discharging to a floor below shall be added

to that floor occupancy and the capacity of

the exits shall be designed for the total

occupancy load thus established.

15.8.2. The occupant load of each storey

considered individually shall be required to

be used in computing the number of means

of egress at each storey, provided that the

required number of means of egress is not

decreased in the direction of egress travel.

15.8.3. The capacity of any open

mezzanine/balcony shall be added to the

capacity of the floor below for the purpose

of determining exit capacity.

15.8.4. The assembly occupancies and

call centres shall be required to display,

limiting occupant load details positioned in

a conspicuous place near the entrance of

each of such respective occupancy to avoid

possible overcrowding and overloading to

the satisfaction of the Directorate of Fire and

Emergency Services. The display shall

preferably be engraved on a metal plate of

not less than 300 mm X 200 mm, with letters

of height and width not less than 50 mm,

with detail of occupancy, area and

occupancy load (see Sketch No. 10.).

TABLE-XXI

Occupant Load

Sr.

Group of Occupancy

Occupant Load

No.

Factor

(m2/person)

(See Note 1)

Group A: Residential

12.50

Group B: Educational

4.00

Group C: Institutional (see Note 2)

a) Indoor patients area

15.00

b) Outdoor patients area

10.00

Group D: Assembly:

a) Concentrated use without

fixed seating

0.65

b) Less Concentrated use without

fixed seating (see Note 3)

1.40

c) Fixed Seating

See Note 4

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d) Dining areas and restaurants

with seating and table

1.80

Group E: Business

10.00

Group F: Mercantile

a) Street floor and sales basement

3.00

b) Upper sale floors

6.00

c) Storage/warehouse and the like

20.00

Group G: Industrial

10.00

Group H: Storage (see Note 5)

30.00

Group J: Hazardous

10.00

Notes:

(1) Gross area shall be the area of the floor

within the inside perimeter of the outside

walls of the floor of the building under

consideration with no deductions for corridors

and passage-ways, stairs, closets, thickness

of interior walls, columns, lifts and building

shafts or other features. However the

proponent may consider the area including

the outside wall thickness, if he so desires. All

factors expressed are in gross area unless

marked net.

(2) Occupant load in dormitory portions of

homes for the aged, orphanages, insane

asylums, etc, where sleeping accommodation

is provided, shall be calculated at not less than

7.5 m2 gross floor area per person.

(3) These shall include gymnasium, table

tennis room, billiard room and other gaming

rooms, library, swimming pool and like.

(4) In case of assembly occupancy having

fixed seats, the occupant load shall be

determined by multiplying the number of seats

by 1.2.

(5) Car parking areas under occupancy

other than storage shall also be 30 square

meter per person.

15.9. Exit Requirements:—

15.9.1. Every building meant for human

occupancy shall be provided with exits

sufficient to permit safe escape of occupant,

in case of fire or other emergency as per

clauses 4.2 to 4.4.2.5 of Part 4 of the National

Building Code of India, 2016/this part of

regulations.

15.9.2. General Requirements:—

The following general requirements shall

apply to exits.—

(a) Unless otherwise specified, lifts,

escalators, moving walks and revolving

doors shall not be considered as exits and

shall not constitute any part of the required

exit.

(b) Every exit, exit passageway and exit

discharge shall be continuously maintained

free of all obstructions or impediments to

full use in the case of fire or other emergency.

occupancy shall be provided with exits

sufficient to permit safe egress of occupants

in case of fire or other emergency.

(d) In every building or structure, exits

shall

comply

with

the

minimum

requirements of this Part of regulations,

except those not accessible for general

public use.

(e) No building shall be so altered as to

reduce the number, width or protection of

exits to less than that required.

(f) For non-naturally ventilated areas, fire

doors with 120 minutes fire resistance

rating shall be provided and particularly at

the entrance to lift lobby and stair well

where a ‘funnel or flue effect’ may be

created, inducing an upward spread of fire,

to prevent spread of fire and smoke.

(g) Exits shall be so arranged that they

may be reached without passing through

another occupied unit/passage in others

control, if they pose challenge or restriction

in means of egress.

(h) Doors in exits shall open in the

direction of exit. In case of Group D

Assembly Buildings and Group C

Institutional Buildings (Subdivision C-1

Hospitals and sanatoria), exit door shall not

open immediately upon a flight of stair and

all such entries to the stair shall be through

a landing, so that such doors do not impede

movement of people descending from a

higher floor when fully opened (see Sketch

No. 8 A). While for other occupancies, such

doors shall not reduce the pathway in the

landing by more than half the width of such

staircase (see Sketch No. 8 B). Overhead or

sliding doors shall not be installed.

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(i) At least half of the required exit stairs

from upper floors (rounded to the next

higher number) shall discharge directly to

the exterior or through exit passageways.

(j) Unless otherwise specified, all the exits

and exit passageways to exit discharge shall

have a clear ceiling height of at least 2.4

meter. However, the height of exit door

shall be at least 2.0 meter (see Sketch No.

9.)

(k) Where changes in elevation of more

than 300 mm are encountered in the exits,

ramps or sloped surfaces shall be used with

handrails and floor finish materials that

contrast with the adjacent finish materials.

(l) The capacity of the means of egress

required from any storey of the building

shall not be reduced along the path of

egress travel until arrival to the exit

discharge.

(m) The lifts, escalators, moving walks,

turnstiles and revolving doors shall not be

considered in determining the required

capacity of means of egress for the

individual floors or the building.

(n) Turnstiles or similar devices that

restrict travel to one direction or that are

used to restrict unauthorized entry shall not

be so placed as to obstruct any required

means of egress. Alternative door openings

of required exit width shall be available

within 3 meter of such devices, if installed.

(o) Suitable means shall be provided so

that all access controlled exit doors,

turnstiles, boom barriers and other such

exits shall automatically operate to open

mode during emergencies like fire, smoke,

acts of terrorism, etc, so that people can

safely and quickly egress into safe areas

outside. If required, a master controlling

device may be installed at a strategic

location to achieve this.

(p) Penetrations into and openings

through an exit are prohibited except those

necessary like for the fire protection piping,

ducts for pressurization and similar life

safety services. Such openings as well as

vertical passage of shaft through floors shall

be protected by passive systems.

(q) Walking surfaces in exit access shall

comply with the following requirements for

smooth exit:

(i) Walking surfaces shall be nominally

levelled.

(ii) The slope of walking surface in the

direction of travel shall not exceed 1 in

20 unless the ramp requirements are met.

(iii) Slope perpendicular to the direction

of travel shall not exceed 1 in 48.

(iv) Walking surfaces shall be slip

resistant along the entire path of travel.

15.9.3. Number of Exits:— The minimum

required number of exits in a building shall

be determined based on occupant load (see

Table XXI as specified in regulation 15.8.1) and

width required per person (see Table XXII as

specified in regulation 15.9.5) as appropriate

to the type of exit for respective occupancies,

subject to complying with maximum travel

distance requirement (see Table XXIII as

specified in regulation 15.9.6).

15.9.4. Arrangement of Exits:—

(a) Exits shall be so located that the travel

distance on the floor shall not exceed the

distance given in Table XXIII as specified in

regulation 15.9.6.

(b) Travel distance shall be measured

from the most remote point within a storey

or a mezzanine floor along the natural and

un-obstructed path of horizontal or vertical

egress travel to the door to an exit.

access shall not exceed 6 meters for

educational, institutional and assembly

occupancies. For other occupancies, the

same shall be 15 meter (see Sketch No. 11.).

(d) Exits shall be placed as remote from

each other as possible and shall be

arranged to provide direct access in

separate directions from any point in the

area served.

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15.9.5. Capacity of Exits:—

(a) Exit capacity is the number of people

that can pass through a stairway, level

components (door and corridor) and ramps.

The total capacity of all the respective means

of egress serving a floor shall be sufficient

to allow egress of the entire population of

the floor.

(b) The unit of exit width, used to measure

the capacity if any exit, shall be 500 mm. A

clear width of 250 mm shall be counted as

an additional half unit. Clear width less than

250 mm shall not be counted for exit width.

components and ramps shall be determined

using the capacity factors in accordance

with Table XXII.

Note: If an exit doorway measures 1,000 mm

in clear width, it would be defined as providing

exit capacity for 1,000/6.5 occupants, that is,

153 persons (say 150 persons) and number of

such exit doorways can then be calculated

depending on the occupant load.

TABLE-XXII

Capacity Factors

Sr.

Occupancy Group

Width per Person mm

No.

Stairways

Level

Components

and Ramps

1 Residential (Group A)

6.5

2 Educational (Group B)

3 Institutional (Group C)

4 Assembly (Group D)

5 Business (Group E)

6 Mercantile (Group F)

6.5

7 Industrial (Group G)

8 Storage (Group H)

9 Hazardous (Group J)

(d) When calculating stairways, level

components and ramps and other exit

means, the capacity of the entire system

shall have to be based upon the minimum

capacity available from any part of the

system. The corridor, if so provided shall

also to be planned with consideration of exit

access adequacy for the number of

occupants. Further, the situation of doors

opening to an exit stairway shall be

considered. If the stairway provides an exit

capacity of 150 persons, and the doors

leading into the stairway provide an exit

capacity of 153 persons, the overall exit

system would be considered to provide the

minimum exit capacity of only 150 persons

afforded by the stairway. The exit planning

will be limited by the most restrictive exit

calculation under the means of egress.

(e) In the procedures for determining

required egress capacity, the number of

required means of egress is based on a floor-

by-floor consideration, rather than the

accumulation of the occupancy loads of all

the floors. However, the number of means

of egress cannot decrease as an occupant

proceeds along the egress path.

15.9.6. Types of Exit access and exits:—

Various types of exit access and exits are

doorways, corridors and passageways,

horizontal exits, internal staircases, exit

passageways, external staircases and ramps.

TABLE-XXIII

Travel Distance (Based on Occupancy and

Construction Type)

Sl.

Occupancy Group

Maximum Travel

No.

Distance (m)

Types 1

Types 3

and 2

and 4

Residential (Group A)

30.00

22.50

Educational (Group B)

30.00

22.50

Institutional (Group C)

30.00

22.50

Assembly (Group D)

30.00

Business (Group E)

30.00

Mercantile (Group F)

30.00

Industrial (Group G)

G-1, G-2

45.00

G-3

22.50

Storage (Group H)

30.00

Hazardous (Group J)

22.50

}

See

Note c

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Notes: (a) For fully sprinklered building, the

travel distance may be increased by 50

percent of the values specified.

(b) Ramp shall not be counted as an exit in

case of basements below the first basement

in car parking.

permitted.

15.9.7. Doorways:—

(a) Every exit doorway shall open into an

enclosed stairway or a horizontal exit of a

corridor

passageway

providing

continuous and protected means of egress

(see Sketch No. 12. on unaccepted

arrangement of doors in a stair).

(b) No exit doorway shall be less than

1,000 mm in width except assembly

buildings, where door width shall be not

less than 2,000 mm (see Sketch No. 13.).

Doorways shall not be less than 2,000 mm

in height (Doorway for bathroom, water

closet etc. shall not be less than 750mm in

width. However in case of disabled friendly,

the door widths in case of toilets shall be

as specified in Rights of Persons with

Disabilities Rules, 2017 as amended from

time to time, and for other uses they shall

be 1000mm or as per Rights of persons with

Disabilities Rules, 2017 whichever is

higher).

the side which they serve, without the use

of a key.

(d) Mirrors shall not be placed on exit

doors and in exits to avoid confusion

regarding the direction of exit.

(e) Revolving doors can be accepted as a

component in a means of egress where the

following requirements are fully complied

with, namely:—

(i) Doors shall be capable of collapsing

to a book fold position with parallel egress

paths, of width not less than 1,000 mm.

(ii) Doors shall not be located within 3

meters of the foot or top of stairs or

escalators. A dispersal area shall be

provided between the stairs or escalators

and the doors.

(iii) Each revolving door shall be

provided with a hinged door in the same

wall within 3 meters thereof, with same

exiting capacity.

(iv) Each revolving door shall be

considered as capable of exiting only 50

persons.

(f) All fire rated doors and assembly shall

be provided with certificate and labels

prominently indicating the manufacturer’s

identification, door details covering door

type, serial/batch number, month and year

of manufacture, fire resistance rating, etc.

The doors and assembly shall be certified

with all prescribed hardware such as

hinges, locks, panic bars, door closer and

door viewers.

(g) Access controlled doors – Access

controlled doors and electromagnetic doors

shall meet the following requirements,

namely:—

(i) Doors shall have fire rating as per

the requirements at the location of

installation.

(ii) Activation of the building automatic

sprinkler or fire detection system, if

provided, shall automatically unlock the

doors in the direction of egress, and the

doors shall remain unlocked until the

automatic sprinkler system or fire-alarm

system has been manually reset.

(iii) Loss of power to the part of the

access control system that locks the

doors shall automatically unlock the

doors in the direction of egress.

(iv) A manual release device shall be

provided in the readily accessible vicinity

of the egress door with a signage ‘PUSH

TO EXIT’ and when the same is operated,

it shall result in direct interruption of

power to the lock, independent of the

access control system electronics.

(h) Turnstiles– Turnstiles or similar

devices that restrict travel to one direction

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or are used to collect fares or admission

charges shall not be placed so as to obstruct

any required means of egress unless door

openings of required width are available

within 3 meters thereof and they shall be

disengaged through automatic or manual

intervention to allow egress in the direction

of exit.

(i) Doors in folding partition shall not be

treated as approved means of egress.

15.9.8. Corridors and passage ways:—

(a) Corridors and passageways shall be

of width not less than the calculated

aggregate width of exit doorways leading

from them in the direction of travel to the

exit (see table XXII and table XXIII as

specified in regulation 15.9.5 and 15.9.6

respectively.)

(b) In the case of buildings where there

is a central corridor, which is part of exit

access, the doors of rooms (except for rooms

having assembly occupancy) shall open

inwards to permit smooth flow of traffic in

the corridor.

15.9.9. Staircases:—

(I) General:

(A) The requirements of number of

staircases

shall

supplement

the

requirement of different occupancies as per

clause 6.1 to 6.9 of Part 4 of the National

Building Code of India, 2016.

(B) All buildings, as specified in

regulation 15.2.1 shall have a minimum of

two staircases. The actual number of

staircases

shall

comply

with

the

requirement of 15.9.3.

the level of exit discharge, to the exit

discharge, either,—

(i) directly, or

(ii) through an exit passageway, or

(iii) through a large lobby.

(D) At least 50 percent of the staircases

shall discharge as per (i) and/or (ii) above.

(E) The minimum width of tread without

nosing shall be 250 mm for staircase of

residential buildings. This shall be minimum

300 mm for assembly, hotels, educational,

institutional, business and other buildings.

The treads shall be constructed and

maintained in a manner to prevent slipping.

The maximum height of riser shall be 150

mm.

(F) The number of risers shall be limited

to 12 per flight. The staircases may be

internal staircases or external staircases.

(G) Only enclosed staircase including its

doorof required fire resistance and rating

shall be considered for the purpose of this

part of regulations (and shall have details

as per regulation 15.9.7 (f).

(II) Internal Staircases: The internal

staircases may be constructed with an

external wall, or otherwise, and shall comply

with the following requirements, namely:—

(a) Internal stairs shall be constructed of

non-combustible materials throughout, and

shall have fire resistant rating of minimum

120 minutes.

(b) A staircase shall not be arranged

round a lift shaft.

a supply, return or exhaust air system

serving adjoining areas. Any opening(s)

shall not be permitted in walls or in doors,

separating exits from adjoining areas.

(d) No flue chimney, electromechanical

equipment, air conditioning units, gas

piping or electrical panels shall be allowed

in the stairway.

(e) Notwithstanding the detailed

provision for exits in accordance with

Regulations 15.8 and 15.9. The following

minimum width shall be provided for

staircases for respective occupancies:

(i) Residential (A-2): 1.00 meters

(ii) Residential (A-1, A-3 and A-4): 1.25

meters

(iii) Residential Hotel (A-5 and A-6): 1.50

meters

(iv) Assembly: 2.00 meters

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Note: The width of stairs may be accepted

to be 1.50 meter in case of assembly

occupancy having less than 150 persons.

(v) Educational: 1.50 meters

(vi) Institutional: 2.00 meters

(vii) All other occupancies: 1.50

meters.

(f) A handrail shall be provided on one

side of the staircase of width less than 1,500

mm, and on both sides of the staircase of

width 1,500 mm and more. The projection

of handrail(s) in the staircase width shall not

be more than 115 mm.

(g) Handrails may project inside the

measured width by not more than 90 mm.

(h) The design of staircase shall also take

into account,—

(i) The minimum headroom in a

passage under the landing of a staircase

and under the staircase shall be 2.2

meters.

(ii) Access to exit staircase shall be

through a fire door of a minimum 120

minutes fire resistance rating.

(iii) Openings if any shall have a fire

rating of atleast 120 minutes. The

staircase shall be pressurized/Naturally

ventilated or cross ventilated as per

provisions of Table 6 of clause 4.4.2.5. of

Part 4 of the National Building Code of

India, 2016. For buildings having height

more than 30 meters they shall have cross

ventilation (through opposite/adjacent

walls or the same shall be ventilated

through the corridor) or pressurized.

(iv) No living space, store or other fire

risk shall open directly into staircase.

(v) The exit (including staircases) shall

be continuous from refuge floors or

terrace level, as applicable, to the level

of exit discharge.

(vi)

electrical

shafts/air

conditioning ducts or gas pipes, etc, shall

pass through or open in the staircases.

(vii) Lifts shall not open in staircase.

(viii)

No combustible material shall

be used for decoration/wall paneling in

the staircase.

(ix) Beams/columns and other building

features shall not reduce the head room/

width of the staircase.

(x) The floor indication board,

indicating the location/designated

number of staircase, respective floor

number and direction to exit discharge

shall be placed inside the staircase, on

the wall nearest to the fire door. It shall

be of size not less than 300 mm x 200 mm

(see Sketch No. 14.).

(xi)

Individual floors shall be

prominently indicated on the wall outside

the staircase and facing it.

(xii) All staircases shall terminate at the

level of exit discharge. The access to the

basement shall be by a separate

staircase. However, in case of separation

of stairs leading from ground (exit

discharge) to the upper floors and stairs

leading to the basement by fire protection

wall and both the stair flights are

accessible by separate entries, then

access to the basement need not be by a

separate staircase.

(xiii)

Scissors type staircases shall not

be treated as part of exit.

(III) Curved Stairs:—

Curved stairs shall not be treated as part

means of egress. However, these may be used

as part of exit access provided the depth of

tread is not less than 280 mm at a point 350

mm from the narrower end of the tread and

the smallest radius is not less than twice the

stair width.

(IV) External Staircases.— The external

staircases are the staircases provided on the

external wall/façade, which shall comply with

the following requirements, namely:—

(a) External stairs shall always be kept in

sound and usable condition.

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(b) All external stairs shall be directly

connected to the ground.

be separate and remote from the internal

staircase.

(d) Where an external staircase is

provided, it shall be ensured that the use of

it at the time of fire is not prejudiced by

smoke and flame from openings (for

example, windows, doors) in the external

face of the building. Care shall be taken to

ensure that no external wall or window

opening opens on to or close to an external

stair. If such openings exists within 3

meters from an external staircase, they shall

be protected with fire rated doors/window

assemblies with rating of at least 60

minutes.

(e) The external stairs shall be

constructed of non-combustible materials,

and any doorway leading to it shall have

minimum 120 minutes fire resistance.

(f)The light and ventilation for the

staircase shall be provided from an external

wall by providing openings of not less than

1/10th of the area of the staircase and such

openings shall be provided at each landing

stage. The openings shall have a fire rating

of atleast 120 minutes.

(g) No external staircase flight of steps

shall be inclined at an angle greater than

45 degrees from the horizontal.

(h) External stairs shall have straight

flight not less than 1,500 mm wide.

(i)Handrails, to be provided on both sides,

shall be of a height not less than 1,000 mm

and not exceeding 1,200 mm. There shall

be provisions of balusters with maximum

gap of 150 mm.

(V) Spiral Stairs:— The use of spiral

staircase shall be limited to low occupant load

and to a building not exceeding 9 m in height.

A spiral staircase shall be not less than 1,500

mm in diameter and shall be designated to

give adequate headroom.

15.9.10. Ramps:— (a) In addition to the

provisions contained in clause 6 of Part 4 of

the National Building Code of India, 2016,

ramps shall comply with all the applicable

requirements for staircases regarding

enclosure, capacity (see Table XXII as specified

in regulation 15.9.5) and limiting dimensions.

(b) The slope of a ramp shall not exceed 1

in 12 (8 percent).

slip resistant materials that are securely

attached. No perforations are permissible on

the ramp floors.

(d) Any changes in travel direction in ramp

shall be preceded by landings of 1.5 meters x

1.5 meters size.

(e) Ramps and intermediate landings shall

continue with no decrease in width along the

direction of egress travel.

(f) Outside ramps and landings shall be

designed to minimize water accumulation on

their surfaces.

(g) Ramps shall have landings located at the

top, at the bottom, and at doors opening onto

the ramp.

(h) Every landing shall be not less than 1,500

mm long in the direction of travel.

(i) Where the ramp is not part of an

accessible route, the ramp landings shall not

be required to exceed 1,250 mm in the

direction of travel, provided that the ramp has

a straight run.

(j) Handrails shall be provided on all ramps

on both sides (see regulation 15.9.9 (IV) (i)).

(k) The minimum width of vehicular ramp

to basement shall be 3.60m wide, atleast two

ramps shall be provided, located preferably

at opposite ends and the maximum gradient

of vehicular ramp shall be 1 in 8 (12.5%).

Note: Above requirements at (a) to (j) shall

not be applicable to basement car parking

ramps.

15.10. Fixed Fire Fighting Installations.—

These shall be provided in all buildings

depending upon the occupancy use and

height in accordance with the provisions of

clause 5 of Part 4 of the National Building Code

of India, 2016.

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15.11.

Miscellaneous.—

Wherever

applicable, Lightning protection of buildings,

Compartmentation, Smoke Control, and

Additional Occupancy Wise Requirements

shall be as per clause 3.4.6.5, 4.5, 4.6 and 6 of

Part 4 of the National Building Code of India,

2016. Fire Requirements for Basement and

Building Services shall be as per Annexure-

III, 27.III. Lightning Protection shall be

required for buildings specified in regulation

15.2.1 and also for buildings having Ground

or Stilt + 2 floors or more, or for buildings

having height 9 meters and above when

measured from adjoining Ground. Lightning

protection of building shall be installed to the

satisfaction of the Electricity Department.”.

9. Substitution of regulation 16.— For

regulation 16 of the principal Regulations, the

following regulation shall be substituted,

namely:—

“16. Facilities for the Persons with

Disabilities and elderly persons.—

16.1. All buildings and recreational

spaces including beaches under the

occupancies listed below at (i) to (vii) which

have access to the public, shall be provided

with facilities for persons with disabilities

and elderly persons.

(i) Assembly Building.

(ii) Business/commercial/office building/

/mercantile building.

(iii) Educational buildings.

(iv) Industrial buildings (Arrangement for

employees with disabilities are directly

related to the type of work they perform.

Arrangement for persons with disabilities

need not be considered in heavy

manufacturing Industry. Arrangement for

all persons with disabilities should be

incorporated into the design of new light

manufacturing factories where persons

with disabilities may be employed).

(v) Institutional buildings.

(vi) Residential buildings with 24 dwelling

units and more or having 2,000 sq. mts. of

built up area and more, at least 20% of the

number of units shall comply with the space

standards and facilities as per the

Harmonised Guidelines and Space

Standards for Barrier Free Built Environment

for Persons with Disability and Elderly

Persons.

(vii) Recreational (Playground, parks,

gardens and beaches).

16.2. The above occupancies shall provide

the following facilities, namely:—

(1) Every such building shall have easy

access to the main entrance through a ramp

with railing on both the sides as specified

in clause (3).

(2) Every such building shall have a lift

or separate approach through a ramp

intended for persons with disabilities to

each floor, provided that, the entrance door

width for such lift shall not be less than 90

cm and its minimum size should be 1500

mm wide by 1500 mm deep; wherever

possible 13 passenger lift to be provided,

which allows easy maneuverability of

wheel chair user, also the lift should have

Braille marking on buttons inside and

outside on the panels. It should have audio

announcement, the lift should have railing

on all three sides. In case lifts are provided

with touch screen panel, there should be

additional panel with physical button

having Braille marking.

(3) The maximum gradient of any ramp

approach intended for the persons with

disabilities shall not exceed 1 in 12 (for

details refer clause 7.2.2 of Harmonised

Guidelines and Space Standards for Barrier

Free Built Environment for Persons with

Disability and Elderly Persons) and shall be

finished with non-slippery material. The

minimum clear width of ramp shall be 120

cm. and provided with handrails on both

sides at 80 cm. height. The slope of all such

ramps shall be constant within a building

as far as possible. The ramp also should

carry tactile tiles as prescribed in the said

Harmonised guidelines.

(4) Entrance Landing: Entrance landing

shall be provided adjacent to ramp with the

minimum dimension 1800mm x 2000mm.

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The entrance landing that adjoins the top

end of a slope shall be provided with floor

materials to attract the attention of visually

impaired person’s (limited to coloured floor

material whose colour and brightness is

conspicuously different from that of the

surrounding floor material or the material

that emits different sound to guide visually

impaired persons. Finishes shall have a non-

slip surface with a texture traversable by a

wheel chair. Kerbs wherever provided

should blend to a common level.

(5) Corridor connecting the entrance/exit

for persons with disabilities:— The corridor

connecting the entrance/exit for persons

with disabilities leading directly outdoors

to a place where information concerning the

overall use of the specified building can be

provided to visually impaired persons either

by a person or by signs, shall be provided

as follows:—

(a) Guiding floor materials’ shall be

provided or device that emits sound to guide

visually impaired persons should be

installed.

(b) The minimum width shall be 1500mm.

slope ways shall be provided with maximum

slope of 1:12.

(d) Handrails shall be provided for ramps/

slope ways on both the sides of stair-ways.

(6) Stair-ways:— One of the stair-ways– near

the entrance/exit for the persons with

disabilities shall have the following

provisions:—

(a) The minimum width shall be 1350 mm.

(b) Height of the riser shall not be more

than 150 mm and width of the tread 300mm.

The steps shall not have abrupt (square)

nosing.

shall be limited to 12.

(d) Handrails shall be provided on both

sides and shall extend 300 mm on the top

and bottom of each flight of steps.

(7) Toilets General:

(7) (a) In all public buildings, one unisex

accessible toilet should be provided in each

toilet block in each floor. Apart from this all

toilet blocks must have one cubicle suitable

for use by persons with ambulatory

disabilities.

Note: (1) For small office buildings where the

floor area limits the provision of accessible

washrooms/toilets on each floor, one unisex

accessible washroom on ground level shall be

provided to serve the entire building. The

unisex accessible washroom/toilet should be

located adjacent to an accessible elevator.

Note: (2) Where an office building is sub-

divided among various tenants, unisex

accessible washroom/toilet should be

provided on each floor.

(7) (b) The unisex toilet should have:—

(i) The minimum size shall be 2200mm x

2000mm.

(ii) Minimum clear opening of the door

shall be 900mm and the door shall open

outward or have two way opening door or

a sliding type with a sliding/horizontal pull

bar at least 600mm long.

(iii) The layout of the fixtures in the toilet

should be such that there is a clear

maneuvering space of 1800mm x 1800mm

in front of water closet and wash basin in

the accessible toilet unit.

(iv) Centre of WC shall be located at a

distance of 460mm to 480mm from the

adjacent wall.

(v) There should be an adequate clear

floor space of atleast 1350mm depth and

900mm width both in front and on the

transfer side, adjacent to water closet.

(vi) Suitable arrangement of vertical/

horizontal handrails with atleast 50mm

clearance from wall shall be made in toilet.

(vii) The top of WC seat shall be 450-

480mm from the floor.

(viii) At least one sink (washbasin) in each

floor shall have a knee room of 70 cms high

under the sink and

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(ix) Locks if any, of such toilet doors shall

be of a type that can be opened from outside

in case of emergency.

(7) (c) One special W. C. at each floor in a

set of toilets shall be provided for the use of

persons with disabilities with essential

provision of washbasin near the entrance for

the persons with disabilities.

(i) The minimum size shall be 900 x 2000

mm.

(ii) Minimum clear opening of the door

shall be 900 mm and the door shall open

outward or have two way opening door or

a sliding type with a sliding/horizontal pull

bar at least 600mm long.

(iii) Suitable arrangement of vertical/

/horizontal handrails with minimum 50mm

clearance from wall shall be made in the

toilet.

(iv) The top of W.C. seat shall be 450-

480mm from the floor.

(v) At least one sink (washbasin) in each

floor shall have a knee room of 70 cms high

under the sink and 900mm width both in

front and on the transfer side, adjacent to

water closet.

(vi) Locks if any, of such toilet doors shall

be of a type that can be opened from outside

in case of emergency.

(8) Parking facilities:—

(a) Two accessible parking lot should be

provided for every 25 car parking spaces

or part thereof exclusively for persons with

disabilities with maximum travel distance

of 30 meters from the building entrance.

(b) The width of such parking bay shall

be minimum of 3.6 meters.

Specific sign boards should be available for

notifying reserve parking for persons with

disabilities in all building structures/

recreational spaces specified in regulation

16.1.

(9) Walks and paths:—

(a) Walks shall be smooth with hard level

surface suitable for walking and wheeling.

Avoid grates and manholes in walks. If

grates cannot be avoided, then bearing bar

shall be perpendicular to the travel path and

opening between bars shall not be greater

than 12 mm. in width.

(b) The walkway shall not cross vehicular

traffic.

(10) Other Special Treatments:—

(a) All obstructions and projections up to

a minimum of 2.1 metre height from the

finished floor level shall be avoided.

(b) Recoil doors shall be avoided,

wherever there is access to the general

public

provided at salient locations for facilitating

the persons with disabilities. Graphical and

simple, prominent signage as per standard

requirements of colour and contrast should

be provided.

(d) In the buildings meant for the

predominant use of the children, it will be

necessary to suitably alter the height of the

handrail and other fittings and fixture etc.

Note: Whatever not specifically specified

in these regulations shall be as per

Harmonised Guidelines and Space

Standards for Barrier Free Environment for

Persons with Disability and Elderly Persons

as issued by the Government of India and

as amended from time to time.”.

10. Substitution of Annexure-III.— For

Annexure-III of the principal regulations, the

following Annexure shall be substituted,

namely:—

“ANNEXURE-III

27.III.

1. Lift:— The requirements for lift shall be as per

provisions of section 5 of Part 8 of the National

Building Code of India, 2016.

2. Fire Lift:— The requirements for fire lift shall be

as per provisions of section 5 of Part 8 of the National

Building Code of India, 2016.

3. Basement:— As provided under Annexure-VI at

27.VI.

3.1 Requirements:— (a) Basement exits shall be

sufficient to provide for the capacity of the

basement as determined in accordance with

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15.9.3. In no case there shall be less than two

independent basement exits.

(b) Basements having incidental occupancies

to main occupancy shall be planned with exit

requirements of the basements for the actual

occupancy within the basement.

also there is direct approach from any occupancy

above to the basement, door openings leading to

the basement shall need to be protected with fire

doors with 120 min fire rating, except for exit

discharge doors from the basement.

(d) The basement shall be partitioned and in

no case compartment shall be more than 500 sq.

m. and less than 50 sq. m. area except parking.

Each compartment shall have ventilation

standards as laiddown in Regulations separately

and independently. The partition shall be made

in consultation with the Director, Directorate of

Fire and Emergency Services.

(e) The first basement (immediately below

ground level) can be used for services/parking/

other permissible services. Lower basement, if

provided, shall exclusively be used for car parking

only.

(f) Each basement shall be separately

ventilated. Vents with cross-sectional area

(aggregate) not less than 2.5 percent of the floor

area spread evenly round the perimeter of the

basement shall be provided in the form of grills or

breakable starboard lights or pavement lights or

by way of shafts. Alternatively a system of air

inlets shall be provided at basement floor level

and smoke outlets at basement ceiling level. Inlets

and extracts may be terminated at ground level

with starboard or pavement lights as before. But

ducts to convey fresh air to the basement floor

level have to be laid. Starboard and pavement

lights should be in positions easily accessible to

the firemen and clearly marked “SMOKE

OUTLET” or AIR INLET” with an indication of area

served at or near the opening.

(g) The staircase of basement shall be of

enclosed type having fire resistance of not less

than two hours and shall be situated at the

periphery of the basement to be entered at

ground level only from the open air and in such

positions that smoke from any fire in the basement

shall not obstruct any exit serving the ground and

upper storeys of the building and shall

communicate with basement through a lobby

provided with fire resisting self closing door of

one hour rating. In case of basement being used

as car parking only, the travel distance shall be

45 meters.

(h) In multi-storeyed basements, intake duct

may serve all basements levels, but each

basement and basement compartment shall have

separate smoke outlet duct or ducts. Mechanical

extractors for smoke venting system from lower

basement levels shall also be provided. The

system shall be of such design as to operate on

actuation of smoke, heat sensitive detectors/

/sprinklers, if installed, and shall have a

considerably superior performance compared to

the standard units. It shall also have an

arrangement to start it manually.

(i) Mechanical extractors shall have an internal

locking arrangement so that extractors shall

continue to operate and supply fans shall stop

automatically with the actuation of fire detectors.

Mechanical extractors shall be designed to permit

12 air changes per hour in case of fire or distress

call. However, for normal operation, only 12 air

changes or any other convenient factor can be

maintained. (i) Mechanical extractors shall have

an alternate source of power supply.

(j) Ventilating ducts shall be integrated with

the structure and made out of brick masonry or

RCC as far as possible and when this duct crosses

the transformer area of electrical switchboard, fire

dampers shall be provided.

(k) Kitchens working on gas fuel shall not be

permitted in basement/sub-basement.

(l) If cutouts are provided from basement to the

upper floors or to the atmosphere, all side cutout

openings in the basements shall be protected by

sprinkler heads at closed spacing so as to form a

water curtain in the event of a fire.

(m) Dewatering pump shall be provided in all

basements.

(n) Additional provisions shall apply to parking

structures of the closed or open type, within

buildings above or below grade as per Annex H

of Part 4 of the National Building Code of India,

2016.

4. All high-rise buildings having height above 200

meters shall have provision for a Helipad on the

terrace for specific requirements like landing of fire

equipment and support facilities or other

emergencies. The same shall be subject to approval

of the Airport Authority and Structural Safety from

Indian Institute of Technology/National Institute of

Technology.

5. Service Ducts/Refuse Chute:— Service Ducts/

Refuse Chute shall be as per Clauses 3.4.5.4 and

3.4.5.5 of Part 4 of the National Building Code of India,

2016.

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6. Electrical Services:— Electrical Services shall be as per Clause 3.4.6 to Clause 3.4.6.2 of Part 4 of the

National Building Code of India.

7. Staircase and Corridor Lights:— The staircase and corridor lighting shall be as per Clause 3.4.7 to 3.4.7.2

of Part 4 of the National Building Code of India, 2016.

8. Air-Conditioning:— Air-conditioning shall be as per Clause 3.4.8 to 3.4.9 of Part 4 of the National

Building Code of India, 2016.

9. Fire Dampers:— Fire Dampers shall be as per Clause 3.4.8.4 of Part 4 of the National Building Code of

India, 2016.

10. Boiler Rooms:— Boiler Rooms shall be as per Clause 3.4.9.2 of Part 4 of the National Building Code of

India, 2016.

11. Alternate Source of Electric Supply:— Alternate Source of Electric Supply shall be as per Clause 3.4.6.4

of Part 4 of the National Building Code of India, 2016.

12. Safety Measures in Electric Sub-Station:— Safety Measures in Electric Sub-Station shall be as per

Clause 3.4.6.3 to 3.4.6.3.2 of Part 4 of the National Building Code of India, 2016.

13. Control room:— Control room/Fire Command Centre shall be as per Clause 3.4.12 of Part 4 of the

National Building Code of India, 2016.”.

11. Amendment of Annexure-IV, 27.IV.— The ANNEXURE-IV, 27.IV of the principal Regulations

shall be omitted.

12. Amendment of Annexure-VI, 27.VI.— In Annexure VI, 27.VI of the principal Regulations

in clause (2),—

(i) for sub-clause (j), the following clause, shall be substituted, namely,

“(j) Fire and Safety requirements as applicable to each basement floor shall be as per

Annexure-III, regulation 27.III.”;

(ii) sub-clause (k) shall be omitted.

13. Amendment of Annexure-VII, 27.VII.— In Annexure VII, 27.VII of the principal Regulations,

in clause 7.3, in sub-clause (c), for the words “Chief Fire Officer”, the expression “Director,

Directorate of Fire and Emergency Services” shall be substituted.

14. Insertion of Sketches.— After Sketch No. 7 of the principal Regulations, the following

sketches shall be inserted, namely:—

“Sketch No. 8. A Door Location at Landing in Fire Exits

(see Regulation 15.9.2 (h))

Minimum Required Unobstructed Clearance with Door Leaf Encroaching on Landing In

Institutional and Assembly Buildings

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Notification

21/1/TCP/2021-23/Steering Committee/106

Whereas, the draft regulations, namely, the

Goa Land Development and Building

Construction (Amendment) Regulations, 2023

which the Government of Goa proposed to

make in exercise of the powers conferred by

sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 4 of the

Goa (Regulation of Land Development and

Building Construction) Act, 2008 (Goa Act 6

of 2008) (hereinafter referred to as the “said

Act”) so as to further amend the Goa Land

Development and Building Construction

Regulations, 2010, were pre-published as

required by section 5 of the said Act vide the

Government Notification No. 21/1/TCP(A)/

2021/Steering

Committee/675

dated

19-04-2023, published in the Official Gazette,

Series I No. 4 dated 27-04-2023, read with

Corrigendum No. 21/1/TCP(A)/2021/Steering

Committee/747 dated 03-05-2023, published

in the Official Gazette, Series I No. 5 dated

04-05-2023

inviting

objections

and

suggestions from all persons likely to be

affected thereby within 30 days from the date

of publication of the said Notification in the

Official Gazette;

And whereas, the said Notification and

Corrigendum were published in the Official

Gazettes and were made available to the

public on 27-04-2023 and 04-05-2023,

respectively;

And whereas, objections and suggestions

received from the public on the said draft

Regulations have been considered by the

Sub-Committee appointed under sub-section

(2) of section 6 of the said Act and submitted

its report to the Steering Committee

constituted under sub-section (1) of section 6

of the said Act vide the Government

Notification No. 21/1/TCP/2018/SC/481 dated

22-02-2018, published in the Official Gazette,

Series II No. 48 dated 01-03-2018;

And whereas, the Steering Committee after

considering the report of the Sub-Committee

submitted

its

report

together

with

recommendation to the Government;

And whereas, the Government has

considered the report and recommendations

of the Steering Committee and approved the

same and directed the Chief Town Planner

(Land Use) to notify the Amendment

Regulations in the Official Gazette.

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers

conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of

section 4 of the Goa (Regulation of Land

Development and Building Construction) Act,

2008 (Goa Act 6 of 2008) and all other powers

enabling it in this behalf, the Government of

Goa hereby makes the following regulations

so as to further amend the Goa Land

Development and Building Construction

Regulations, 2010, namely:—

1. Short title and commencement.— (1)

These regulations may be called the Goa

Land Development and Building Construction

(Amendment) Regulations, 2023.

(2) They shall come into force on the date

of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Amendment of regulation 2.— In

regulation 2 of the Goa Land Development

and Building Construction Regulations, 2010

(hereinafter referred to as the “principal

Regulations”),—

(i) in clause (52), after the word

“established”, the expression “and having

work experience atleast for a period of two

years under an Engineer/Structural

Engineer registered with the Town and

Country Planning Department or any local

authority. This experience shall only be

applicable to fresh pass out Graduate

Engineers only who have completed their

graduation within 05 years from the date

of application for registration and also

Experience certificate shall be to the

satisfaction of the registering authority”

shall be inserted;

(ii) in clause (52A), for the expression “3

years”, the expression “5 years” shall be

substituted;

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(iii) in clause (52B), for the words “two

years”, the words “five years” shall be

substituted.

3. Amendment of regulation 6A.3.1.— In

regulation

6A.3.1

the

principal

Regulations,—

(i) in clause (e), for the expression

“housing”, “10,000 sq. mts” and “2.50%”

the expressions “accommodation for

staff”,”5,000 m2” and “7.5%” shall be

respectively substituted;

(ii) in clause (i),—

(a) the existing paragraphs shall be

numbered as (i) and (ii) respectively and

after the paragraphs so numbered, the

following paragraphs shall be inserted,

namely:—

“(iii) Uses such as Agricultural

Research Centre/development centre/

Agricultural Educational Institute/

Educational Institute/Bio-Technology unit

shall be permitted provided that the plot

has minimum area of 2,00,000m2, the

maximum Coverage, FAR and height of

building permissible shall be 5%, 5% and

7.60m respectively.

(iv) Yoga or meditation centre shall be

permitted provided that the plot has

minimum area of 50,000m2, the

maximum Coverage, FAR and height of

building permissible shall be 5%, 5% and

7.60m respectively.”;

(b) in paragraph (ii) as so numbered,

for the word “dairy”, the expression

“dairy and processing units allied to

agro products” shall be substituted.

4. Amendment of regulation 6A.4.— In

regulation 6A.4 of the principal Regulations,—

(i) for the existing Note (4), the following

note shall be substituted, namely:—

“(4) Farm houses within A1 and A2

zones shall be permitted within

maximum permissible FAR and other

parameters as provided in Annexure–XI,

provided these lands are not classified

as “rice” (Paddy field) in Survey Records

and “forest”.”;

(ii) in Note (16), for the expression

“Further, at the time of approval of

development plans, minimum 6 meters

wide right of way should be available on

the site.”, the expression “Notwithstanding

minimum width of road in zones I-1 to I-3

and S-4/R-4 to S-1/R-1 specified in

regulation 6A.4, TABLE-VIII, the minimum

width of road requirements for buildings

shall be as per ANNEXURE-XII” shall be

substituted.

5. Amendment of regulation 10.— In

regulation 10 of the principal Regulations,

after clause (e), the following shall be

inserted namely:—

“(f) All new and renovated non-

residential buildings and other residential

buildings, Co-operative Housing Societies

and Colonies managed by Residents

Welfare Associations (RWAs), with parking

demarcated for more than 10 equivalent

car spaces (‘ECS’) shall have atleast 20% of

such ‘ECS’ to be made ‘Electric Vehicle

ready’ ECS spots with conduits installed

as per the GOA ELECTRIC MOBILITY

PROMOTION POLICY – 2021 as amended

from time to time.

Note: Independent house on single holding

shall be exempted from the above

regulation.”.

6. Amendment of regulation 12.4.—In

regulation 12.4 of the principal Regulations,

for clause (d), the following clause shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(d) The open spaces shall be used for

recreational and community purposes of

the occupants of the sub-divided plots and/

or for installations of public utilities,

provided that such installations do not

cover more than 5% of each of the open

space or they may cover by combining the

5% of each of the various existing/proposed

open space parcels within the existing/

/proposed sub-division layout and utilize

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in one bigger parcel of the existing/

/proposed sub-division open space, a

minimum of 3.00 metre setback from all

edges of the plot is kept and the maximum

height of any construction is restricted to

6.00 m only. In case of water tower, the

height restriction will not be applicable.”.

7. Amendment of regulation 12.6.— In

regulation 12.6 of the principal Regulations,

in clause (b), sub-clause (iii) shall be

omitted.

8. Amendment of regulation 12.7.— In

regulation 12.7 of the principal Regulations,

in clause (a),—

(i) for sub-clause (i), the following

sub-clause shall be substituted, namely:—

“(i) The owner shall be permitted to

propose any of the following amenities

in case of proposed sub-division as well

as existing sub-division to be revised as

per the requirement like schools,

community centers, commercial centers,

sports complexes, parking lots and

charging stations, health clubs, hospital,

nursing homes, dispensary, post office,

police station, electrical sub-station, ATM

of bank, library, open market, garbage

bins/MRF, assisted living and hospice

together, senior citizen housing and

orphanage, project affected persons

housing, water supply, electric supply

installations and includes other utilities,

services and conveniences.”;

(ii) in sub-clause (iii) after the word

“unchanged”, the expression “except for

amenities mentioned at (i) above.”.

9. Amendment of regulation 22.4. (a).— In

regulation 22.4. (a) of the principal

Regulations,—

(i) the existing provision shall be

numbered as clause (a);

(ii) after clause (a) so numbered and

before the note the following clause shall

be inserted, namely:—

“(b) Regularization of unauthorized

construction having an area of more

than 500 square metres, complying with

these regulations and built before

31-12-2020

may

done

recommendation of Town and Country

Planning Department or the Planning &

Development Authority by verifying that

the construction is carried out prior to

the cutoff date i.e. 31-12-2020, period of

construction shall be ascertained based

on documents like electricity bill, water

supply bill, tax receipts and other

evidences. Compounding fee shall be six

times the normal license fee for

regularization of these structures.”.

(iii) for the existing note, the following

Note shall be substituted, namely:—

“Note: Regularization of constructions may

be considered in the conservation zones, only

with the recommendation of the Conservation

Committee. Similarly, regularization in

Coastal Regulation Zone can be considered

only after obtaining approval from the Goa

Coastal Zone Management Authority.”.

10. Amendment of regulation 22.5.— In

regulation 22.5 of the principal Regulations,—

(i) after the word “regularization”, the

expression “, whichever is higher” shall be

inserted;

(ii) the following Note shall be inserted

at the end, namely:—

“Note: In case of increase in height of

buildings upto 5% or overall shift of position

of the building without reducing the setback

requirements by more than 5% and there is

no increase in additional floor area and is

complying with regulation 13.1(b) then the

levy of compounding fee/charges as

mentioned above shall not be applicable.”.

11. Substitution of Annexure-XI.— In

Annexure–XI of the principal Regulations,—

(i) in clause 2, for the expression “5%

subject to a maximum of 500m2 per

holding. The maximum area permissible for

a farm house irrespective of the area of

plot will be 500m2.”, the expression “10%

subject to a maximum built up area of

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1000m2 per holding. The maximum built up area permissible for a farm house irrespective

of the area of plot will be 1000m2 or 10% Coverage whichever is lower.” shall be substituted;

(ii) in clause 3, for the figure “5”, the figures “10” shall be substituted.

12. Substitution of Annexure-XII.— For Annexure–XII appended to the principal Regulations,

the following annexure shall be substituted, namely:—

“ANNEXURE – XII

27. XII

The requirement of minimum width of road for various residential buildings, commercial buildings

(Resort/hotels) and Industrial buildings with restrictions shall be as follows:

Minimum width of road and extent of units/floor area in respect of residential buildings

Minimum width of

No. of units

Total Maximum

existing road required

floor area of entire/

in meters.**

/all building

3 mts. or more, but public road

1 (single dwelling)

500 m2

PUBLIC ROADS

> 3 upto 4 mts.

2 units

400 m2

> 4 upto 5 mts.

4 units

600 m2

> 5 upto 6 mts.

8 units

1000 m2

6 mts. or greater

180 units

20,000 m2

8 mts. or greater

More than 180 units

> 20,000 m2

** The project proponents shall leave the road widening area as prescribed in the Regional Plan/Outline

Development Plan, and other roads not less than 6.0 mts. Most restrictive criteria among No. of units and

floor area shall be considered for fixing the minimum width of access.

Minimum width of road and extent of rooms/floor area in respect of Resorts/hotel buildings

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Sl. No.

Type of Occupancy

Total floor area of the

Number of rooms

**Minimum width of existing

building in sq. mts.

road required in meters.

Resorts/Hotel

Up to 2000

Above 2000

More than 40

** The project proponents shall leave the road widening area as prescribed in the Regional Plan/Outline

Development Plan and the Resorts/Hotels shall be allowed on proposed road widths of atleast 8.0 mts.

Most restrictive criteria among No. of rooms and floor area shall be considered for fixing the minimum

width of access.

Minimum width of access and extent of floor area and number of storeys in

respect of Industrial buildings

Sl. No.

Type of Occupancy

Total floor area of the

Number of storeys

**Minimum width of

building in sq. mts.

existing road required

in meters

(1)

Small Industry

1000

(2)

Small Industry

2000

(3)

others

Any area

As per permissible

height in Regulations

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** The project proponents shall leave the road widening area as prescribed in the Regional Plan/

Outline Development Plan and small industry buildings shall be allowed on proposed road widths of

atleast 10.0 mts. Most restrictive criteria among number of storeys and floor area shall be considered for

fixing the minimum width of access.

Note: Small scale industrial unit means an industrial unit carrying on small scale industry classified by

Government from time to time for this purpose, but does not include an industry included in first schedule

of the Factories Act, 1948.”.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.

Vertika Dagur, Chief Town Planner (Land Use) & ex officio Joint Secretary.

Panaji, 9th August, 2023.

_____

Notification

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In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 4 read with

sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Goa (Regulation of Land Development and Building

Construction) Act, 2008 (Goa Act 6 of 2008) and all other powers enabling it in this behalf,

the Government of Goa hereby makes the following regulations so as to further amend the

Goa Land Development and Building Construction Regulations, 2010, namely:—

1. Short title and commencement.— (1) These regulations may be called the Goa Land

Development and Building Construction (Amendment) Regulations, 2023.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Amendment of regulation 4.11.— In regulation 4.11 of the Goa Land Development and

Building Construction Regulations, 2010 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Regulations),

in clause (d), for the expression “Authority/Council/Panchayat”, the expression “Authority/

Council/Panchayat/Town and Country Planning Department” shall be substituted.

3. Amendment of regulation 6.1.1.— In regulation 6.1.1 of the principal Regulations, in

clause (a),—

(i) in the TABLE-V, the following entries shall be omitted, namely:—

“VP1

Area 4000m2 & above

As per S2/R2

VP2

Area 4000m2 & above

9.00 mts. including stilt”;

(ii) the existing note shall be numbered as (1) and after the note (1) so numbered, the

following note shall be inserted, namely:—

“(2) The Government on recommendation of the Town and Country Planning Board

shall grant additional height and FAR to the proposals on case to case basis in

consideration of the locational aspect, nature of development, use proposed, information

available and on any such other criteria, if required. Such relaxation shall however not

be relaxed for more than 20% permitted in the prevailing Regulations.”.

4. Amendment of regulation 6A.4.— In regulation 6A.4 of the principal Regulations,—

(i) in the TABLE – VIII,—

(a) for the entry “SPR (Special Residential)

10.00m

40%

200

3 .0 0m

24.00m”, the entry “SPR (Special Residential)

10.00m

40%

200

3 .0 0m

28.00m” shall be substituted;

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(b) for the entry “CS 10.00m 40%

250

10.00m 28.00m”, the entry “CS

10.00m 40% 250 10.00m 32.00m” shall be substituted;

the entry “SPC (Special Commercial) 10.00m 40% 300 10.00m 40.00m” shall

be substituted;

(ii) in the existing Note (20),—

(a) for the figures “20%”, the figures “30%” shall be substituted;

(b) after the expression “Annexure XIII”, the expression “No additional FAR, if provided

under any other regulations shall be applicable/availed by the project proponent, whoever

has availed of this 30% FAR, other than which is already available under floor area” shall

be inserted;

(iii) after Note (26), the following notes shall be inserted, namely:—

“(27) Permissions/clearances in zones SPR (Special Residential), CS and SPC (Special

Commercial) shall be subject to approval of the Government and fulfillment of the

requirement of fire safety by Directorate of Fire and Emergency Services.

(28) Incentives for Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) Certified Green Building: An

additional FAR of 10% may be granted with the approval of the Government, for Green

Building projects which will be pre-certified/provisionally certified by IGBC. All such

project proponents availing this additional FAR shall be issued Completion Certificate

with the approval of the Government post certification by IGBC and this IGBC Certification

shall be renewed every 5 years by IGBC.”.

5. Amendment of regulation 12.8.— The regulation 12.8 of the principal Regulations shall

be omitted.

6. Insertion of regulation 14.3.4.— After regulation 14.3.3 of the principal Regulations, the

following regulation shall be inserted, namely:—

“14.3.4. In Building Solutions for Common Telecommunication Infrastructure (CTI):

A. Multi dwelling units, commercial complexes, public buildings and Transport facilities:

1. New building constructions shall have to properly demarcate section (area) within

buildings and on roof tops for installing broadband/digital connectivity infrastructure/antenna.

These areas should have access to power supply for reliable, un-interrupted services.

2. Provisions of In-building Solutions (IBS) components in building premises:

(a) Entrance facilities (EF)/lead-in conduits: Minimum 1.2m x 1.83m space to be allocated

for each Telecom Service provider adjacent to the EF, if a separate space is required for

service providers.

Underground conduits/pipes to Main Distribution Frame room shall be through min

100 mm dia encased conduits.

(b) Main Distribution Frame (MDF)/Equipment Room: The minimum recommended size

for ER is 14m2 with L:W ratio between 1:1 to 2:1, with proper lighting for vision of equipments

and ventilation of room. This room shall be located at a level above from the Natural

Ground Level to avoid incidence of flooding. Necessary Electric distribution panels, isolaters,

sockets and earthing shall be provided as per specific requirements.

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Room with appropriate numbers and size (length x width) of Service/Telecom risers (vertical

shafts) for all multi-storeyed buildings w.r.t. the area proposed for Coverage (DUs/service

subscribers) with access door at each floor.

(d) Telecommunications Enclosures (TE): at each floor of a block or TR.

(e) (i) Telecom room space norm for buildings with built-up area (floor space) greater

than 465 sq. mts.

Sl.No.

Area* to be covered by IBS

Size of Telecom Room (all dimension in m)

Upto 465 sqmt

3.0 x 2.4

465.0 sqmt to 930.0 sqmt

3.0 x 3.4

More than 930.0 sqmt

Additional TR required with same space rooms

* usable floor space to be served.

(ii) Space requirements for smaller buildings with built-up area less than 465 sq. mts.

Sl.No.

Area to be covered by IBS

Space provisions (all dimensions in m)

Upto 93.0 sqmt

Wall cabinets, self-contained enclosed

cabinets

93.0 sqmt to 465.0 sqmt

Shallow Room (0.6 x 2.6)

Walk-in Room (1.3 x 1.3)

3. For the purpose of floor area calculation, the above said room area(s) of IBS components

in building premises shall be exempted as per sub regulation (63) (k) of regulation 2.

4. Occupancy certificate/Completion Order to a building shall be granted only after ensuring

that an undertaking is given by the Architect or Engineer or other professional who is

competent to submit application for issue of completion order/occupancy certificate under

GLDBCR-2010 certifying that building has ensured common access to all digital infrastructure

to all service provider at building level and in-building components are in accordance with

plan of creation of CTI.

B. At layout level (sub-division): (1) Layout plans should clearly indicate the telecom as

utility infrastructure lines. Telecommunication cables should be placed in a duct/pipe that

can be accessed at frequent service points with sufficient spare capacity to enable scaling

and future expansion and empty popes (large size hume popes/HDPE pipes) should be laid

before planting trees in order to accommodate additional infrastructure.

(2) Telecommunication cables should ideally be placed below the parking area or service

lane. Where this is not possible, the cables may be placed at the outer edge of the right-of-

way. Telecom boxes if required, should be placed after leaving 2m space for pedestrian path

(foot path).

(3) Final NOC for sub-division shall be granted after ensuing that an undertaking is given

by the Architect or Engineer or other Professional who is competent to submit application for

issue of NOC for sub-division under GLDBCR-2010 certifying that the layout has all the

Telecommunication cables to service provider in accordance with plan of CTI.

(4) For any other necessary detailing of building components and service installations with

respect to common Telecom/Digital Connectivity Infrastructure architects/engineers/planners/

/other professionals may be advised to refer the above said Addendum to Model Building