The Noida Authority has amended Master Plan 2031 to create a planning route for pending five per cent developed residential plots promised to farmers whose land was acquired for the city’s development. The provision allows such plots to be planned on land adjoining the existing population of villages in the Noida area.
The amendment changes Clause 7.3.1 of the zoning regulations. A new entry, 10.7, has been added under the floating use category, along with a new condition numbered 8. According to the Noida Authority, the change is intended to help resolve cases in which the planning of five per cent residential plots remains pending.
The five per cent developed residential land provision applies to farmers whose land was acquired by the authority. The authority said that planning for most of these plots has already been completed, but some cases are still unresolved. The remaining cases have become difficult to plan because a large part of the city has already been developed under the existing Master Plan 2031.
Under the amended provision, land adjoining the existing village population can be considered for planning the five per cent residential plots. The change does not immediately complete the allotment process. It creates a provision in the master plan through which the authority can examine and plan the remaining plots in locations connected to existing village settlements.
The authority will invite objections and suggestions from members of the public on the proposed amendment. After that process is completed, the matter will be sent to the state government. The proposal will therefore require the completion of the public consultation process and subsequent consideration by the government before the amended planning route can be implemented.
The change addresses a planning constraint created by the near-completion of urban development in the Noida area. As land-use planning has progressed under Master Plan 2031, identifying suitable locations for the remaining farmer plots has become more difficult. The authority’s amendment links the pending land-allotment issue to the existing village settlements, where adjoining land has now been identified as a possible planning option.
The five per cent plot issue has remained tied to the way Noida’s urban expansion has transformed acquired agricultural land into planned residential, commercial and infrastructure zones. The latest amendment places the pending farmer allotments within the master plan’s zoning framework rather than treating them only as individual allotment cases.
The authority has said the amendment could help resolve the pending cases, but the supplied report does not specify the number of farmers or plots still awaiting planning. It also does not provide a timeline for the public objections, the government’s consideration or the eventual allotment of individual plots. The next formal step is the invitation of public objections and suggestions on the proposed change.
