PANJIM: The Town and Country Planning (TCP) Department has notified the processing fee and the rate of fee for change of zone for those seeking change of zone of their land.
Processing fee is fixed at Rs 5,000 for upto 500 square metres of land and for land above 500 square metres, the processing fee is fixed at Rs 10,000.
For change of zone to settlement zone or sub-zone settlement (commercial), the rate per square metre of land is Rs 50 for land below 500 square metres and Rs 1,000 per square metre for land above 500 square metres.
Fees for change of zone to industrial zone varies from Rs 200 to Rs 500 per square metre based on the area to be converted.
For institutional areas, the rate varies from Rs 150 per square metre to Rs 250 square metre based on area to be converted.
The Goa Town and Country Planning (Change of zone of land in the Regional Plan or the Outline Development Plan) Rules, 2024, as per 39 A of TCP Act specifying the fees have been notified and will come into effect from the June 18, the date of notification.
It may be noted that in March this year the TCP Department had notified the change of zone of land in the Regional Plan or the Outline Development Plan (ODP) Rules, 2024.
The change of zone applications could be done as per the newly-introduced Section 39, Form ‘A’. The rules had also specified the fees to be paid for the conversion.