Guidelines to examine applications for CLU

by Haryananewswire

CHANDIGARH, JAN 8 

Haryana Town and Country Planning Department has issued policy guidelines to examine applications for grant of Change of Land Use (CLU) permission to set up retail outlet for Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Petroleum Natural Gas (PNG) station in Haryana.  

        While stating this today, a spokesman of the department said that minimum size of the plot for a CNG or PNG station should be 50 m x 30 m so that two gas compressors and upto 8 dispensers could be installed at the station. He said that this would accommodate more CNG equipments and would efficiently cater to the vehicles of all sizes. However, in case of recommendation from Gas Distribution Company regarding suitability of the site for setting up of CNG or PNG station, the same would be considered on the site area proposed by Gas Distribution Company, he added. 

        He said that the canopy as well as the buildings to be used for ancillary activities like sales-room, toilets and control panel room shall be allowed upto 7 m with two stories. He said that minimum distance from the buildings and outer boundaries to the gas storage unit or tank shall be governed by the Code of Oil Industry Safety Directorate-OISD 179 and Gas Cylinder Rules, 2004. At present, for total gas storage units upto 4500 litres, the minimum distance from buildings and boundaries should be 2.5 meters, between 4500 and 10,000 litres it should be four metres and between 10,000 and one lakh litres, the minimum distance should be 10 metres.

        He said that the siting distances norms from the road junction and other fuel filling station including CNG and PNG station shall be adopted as per Indian Road Congress (IRC) norms.  He said that commercial use shall be permissible, for which covered area shall not exceed three per cent of the total permissible ground coverage which is 35 per cent. The zoning parameters other than these shall be same as applicable in case of petrol pumps.