{"id":14888,"date":"2020-08-17T11:37:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T06:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/?p=14888"},"modified":"2026-02-20T14:20:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T08:50:40","slug":"importance-of-sanctioned-plan-in-rera-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/importance-of-sanctioned-plan-in-rera-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Importance of Sanctioned Plan in RERA Act"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With the enforcement of the Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Act, 2016, it is incumbent on the part of developers to abide by the sanctioned plan, layout plan and specifications as originally approved by a RERA Authority. Also, the developers are supposed to stick to the specified nature of fittings, fixtures, and amenities agreed between the buyers and the developers. However, the provisions of RERA after having RERA Registration<\/strong><\/a> allow the developers to make minor changes or alterations in the layout, which may be necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is meant by the Sanctioned plan as per the Act?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to Section 2 (zq)<\/strong> of the RERA Act, 2016<\/strong>[1]<\/strong><\/a><\/sup>, the “sanctioned plan”<\/em><\/strong> means the site plan, service plan, building plan, parking and circulation plan, landscape plan, layout plan, zoning plan, and such other plan. It includes structural designs permissions such as environment permission and such other permissions, which is approved by the competent authority before the start of a real estate project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following Structural Changes cannot be made in Sanctioned\nPlan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Act specifies that any structural changes, including the following, do not come within the explanation of minor changes:-<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Sanctioned<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

However, any structural changes, including the changes mentioned earlier, maybe done in sanctioned plans and layout by the developers with the prior consent of at least 2\/3rd<\/em><\/strong> of the allottees<\/em><\/strong> who have agreed to take a unit in that apartment. Also, after the enactment of the RERA Act, an allottee is now entitled to claim compensation against any structural defect in the unit, which is brought to the notice of the developers within<\/strong> the period of 5<\/strong> years<\/strong> from the date of handling of possession. Any violation of the provisions of the Act can complain to the RERA authority. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read our article<\/b>:Functions and Powers of RERA Authority<\/a><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Provisions Regarding Sanctioned Plan  <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Section 11 (3) (a)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

According to Section 11 (3) (a)<\/em><\/strong> of the\nRERA Act, 2016, it is the duty of the Promoter that at the time of booking and\nissue of allotment letter shall be responsible for making available to the\nallottee, the sanctioned plans, and layout plans. It must go along with\nspecifications, approved by a competent authority, by a display at the site or\nsuch other place as may be specified by the regulations made by the Authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 4 (2) (d)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

According to Section 4 (2) (d)<\/em><\/strong> of the\nRERA Act, 2016, the Promoter has to enclose some documents while applying for\nthe registration of the project, which includes attaching the sanctioned plan,\nlayout plan and specifications of the proposed project or the phase thereof,\nand the whole project as sanctioned by the competent Authority. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 14 (1)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

According to Section 14 (1)<\/em><\/strong> of the\nRERA Act, 2016, the Promoter must adhere to the sanctioned plan and project\nspecifications for the proposed project as approved by the authorities. The proposed\nproject has to be developed and completed by the Promoter in accordance with\nthe sanctioned plans, layout plans, and specifications as approved by the\ncompetent authorities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 14 (2)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

According to the Section 14 (2)<\/em><\/strong> of the\nRERA Act, 2016, the Promoter is not allowed to make any modification in the\nsanctioned plan without the previous written consent of that flat owner. Any\nclause contained in any agreement, the contract will not prevail regarding the\nalteration of the sanctioned plan approved by the competent Authority.\nTherefore a promoter has no right to make any additions and alterations in the\nsanctioned plans without the prior written consent of the person owning that\napartment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, Section 14 (2) (ii)<\/em><\/strong> of\nthe RERA Act, 2016 clarifies that any alterations or additions in the\nsanctioned plan, layout plans of the entire project and the common areas of the\nbuilding, cannot be effected unless the developer obtains the prior written\nconsent of 2\/3rd of the allottees other than the Promoter who have agreed to\ntake apartments in such project. Thus, a developer is duly bound to adhere to\nthe approved plans during the construction and cannot deviate from the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 19(1) and 19(5)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The allottee under Section 19(1) and 19(5)<\/em><\/strong>\nof the RERA Act, 2016, is entitled to get the information pertaining to the\nPromoter’s sanctioned plan and layout plan for the real estate project. Failure\non the part of a promoter to provide the information and details of the\nsanctioned plan, then allottee must have a right to withdraw from the project.\nThe Promoter must be liable to pay the entire amount paid by the allottee with\nthe applicable interest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion           <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before implementation of the RERA Act,\n2016, there were concerns regarding the imposition of terms, which allowed\ndevelopers to alter, revise, and amend the original layout\/plans per their\nconvenience. In cases like these, the helpless allottees who had their funds\nblocked were left with the no option but to adhere to such one-sided\npro-developers terms and conditions.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, after the introduction of the RERA Act, 2016, the home buyers finally took a breath of relief and were feeling safer with its provisions. The Corpbiz<\/strong><\/a> has elaborate knowledge about the RERA registration and helps the consumer to file the RERA complaint<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read our article<\/b>:\nDetail analysis about RERA Act 2016\n<\/a><\/mark><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the enforcement of the Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Act, 2016, it is incumbent on the part of developers to abide by the sanctioned plan, layout plan and specifications as originally approved by a RERA Authority. Also, the developers are supposed to stick to the specified nature of fittings, fixtures, and amenities agreed between […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":14896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[182],"tags":[881],"acf":{"service_id":"102"},"authorName":"Soumya Bajpai","authorImageUrl":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/0.jpg","authorDescription":"Soumya has done LLB (Hons) and has a 2+years experience in writing. Her main interest is in reading judgments, new enactments and amendments taking around in law. She always strives to bring the best to work that she does.","postViews":9588,"readingTime":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14888"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14888"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71205,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14888\/revisions\/71205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}