TOI Article by M J Kamalkar proposed municipal budget and committee to acquire and preserve historic buildings, assess endangered structures, and recommend actions.

Historian and photographer, Foy Nissen submitted a Heritage List with 90 building entries to the Bombay Municipal Committee.

The subcommittee to identify historically, architecturally or aesthetically significant buildings and propose legislation for their conservation and preservation.

The establishment of Heritage Committee in Bombay strengthened the legal standing of heritage regulations and set a precedent for similar efforts in other cities.

Heritage Committee Chairman Jamsheed Kanga submitted the list to GoM for review and Municipal Corporation consideration in development decisions.

The GoM gazetted the Heritage List, granting legal status to the listed buildings and precincts for consideration in development decisions under Section 46 of MRTP Act.

Reg. 33(7) permitted the redevelopment of A-category cessed buildings in Mumbai’s Island City with an FSI of 2.5 or rehab FSI plus incentives, whichever was higher.

The gazetting of Draft DC Reg. 67 provided statutory backing to the Heritage List making conservation an integral part of Mumbai’s planning framework.

Heritage structures were categorized into different grades, outlining the implications of DCR No. 67 on each. The process also invited suggestions and objections (S/O) from stakeholders.

The GoM sanctioned DCR 67, granting legal protection to heritage structures. A Government Memorandum dt. 26 Apr 1995 was introduced to refine its provisions

The GoM sanctioned the Heritage List for Greater Bombay through Resolution No. DCR/1090/3197/RDP/UD-11, granting them legal recognition and protection.

The GoM mandated that reconstructed buildings in ‘A’ Ward must conform to the prevailing height of surrounding structures to preserve the heritage character.

The Government of Maharashtra issued a corrigendum to DCR 67

Established by MMRDA to support heritage conservation across MMR and registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 and the Public Trust Act, 1950.

The GoM amended DCR 67, clarifying its scope, objectives, and development provisions for Grade II heritage buildings. The modification also permitted extensions in Grade IIA buildings.

The Heritage List was expanded to include Gorai and Manori gaothans, along with several structures of historical and cultural significance.

In 2005, the MMR-HCS updated Mumbai’s 1995 heritage list, adding 948 structures and 47 precincts, including sites from the western suburbs and eastern suburbs.

The Government amended Reg. 67 of the DCPR, extending its applicability to Grade II heritage buildings under redevelopment schemes covered by Regulations 33(6) to 33(10)

The Existing Land Use Plan (ELU) was published by BMC. However, it excludes the boundaries of the heritage buildings and precincts.

The RDDP focused on FSI and removed restrictions on redevelopment and development of buildings as well as diluted the regulations.

The revised DCR 33(7) for redevelopment of cessed buildings in the Island City allowed an FSI of 3.00 on the gross plot area or the FSI needed for tenant rehabilitation plus incentive FSI as per Sr. No. 5(a), whichever was higher.

The permissible FSI for the redevelopment of cessed buildings in the Island City was set at 3.00 on the gross plot area or the FSI required for rehabilitating existing tenants, plus incentive FSI as specified in Sr. No. 5(a), whichever is higher.