Premium mixed-use core — retail, hospitality, corporate offices and civic plazas
The intent in establishing the City Center Zone
To create a vibrant, walkable downtown that anchors business, governance, culture and lifestyle at the heart of Dholera:
- Corporate offices and headquarters
- Premium retail and high-street
- Hospitality and convention centres
- Banking and financial services
- Cultural and civic institutions
- Mixed-use residential towers
- Food, beverage and entertainment
To encourage transit-oriented development with metro and BRTS integration.
To enforce high design quality, active street frontages and public plazas.
The following use premises will be permitted
- 01Corporate office and IT building
- 02Hotel, serviced apartment, banquet hall
- 03Shopping mall, departmental store
- 04Mixed-use residential-cum-commercial
- 05Multiplex, cinema and theatre
- 06Convention centre and exhibition hall
- 07Bank, ATM and financial institution
- 08Restaurant, café and food court
- 09Museum, gallery and cultural centre
- 10Civic offices and government building
Regulatory Notes
Stand-alone heavy industry, warehousing and noxious uses are prohibited. Minimum 30% of plot edge must remain active street frontage. Setback areas abutting public streets must be developed as paved plazas / arcades.
Urban Design Controls
All buildings on primary streets must adhere to a continuous build-to line. Ground-floor uses facing the street must be retail, food or active commercial — no blank walls or service entries on the primary frontage.
Plot-wise Development Norms
Comprehensive development control rules by minimum road right-of-way.
| SR NO | Minimum Road ROW (Metres) | Min. Plot Size | Maximum FAR | Maximum Ground Coverage as Percent of Plot Area | Maximum Building Height* | Minimum Setbacks (Front-Rear-Both Sides) | Permitted Use Premises | Conditional Use Subject to Special Permit from DSIRDA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 55m & above | 5000 sqm** | 5 | 0-10% | 150m | 10m-6m-6m-6m | Convention and Exhibition Centre; Sports Complex; Auditorium, Integrated Multimodal Passenger Transport Hub; Dormitories; Museum; Super speciality Hospital; Residential Multi-storey Apartments; Serviced Apartments, Petrol/CNG/LPG Pump and all uses given below | The following uses may be permitted subject to approval of a grant of permission on a case-by-case basis: • Cemeteries/ Burial Ground • Broadcasting towers and line-of-site relay devices for telephonic, radio or television communications. The following uses and structures shall be permitted as ancillary uses to the main use of the building provided their name, location and size (if applicable) is indicated in the site plan submitted for approval. 1. Part of a residence may be permitted for use as professional office for advocates, chartered accountants, architects, doctors, engineers or the like, or as a small scale home based workshop subject to the following conditions: • It is not located in a multi-storey apartment; • the number of employees do not exceed 10; • it does not involve installation and use of heavy machinery, and does not create |
| 4 | Above 10-20% | 126m | 9m-7m-6m-6m | |||||
| 3 | Above 20-30% | 32m | 8m-6m-6m-6m | |||||
| 2 | 25m & Below 55 | 1500 sqm | 2.5 | 40% | 20m | 8m-6m-6m-6m | Multi-level Parking; Office Complex, Retail Mall, Cinema Hall; Commercial Complex, Restaurants, Food Plazas and Food Streets; Other Retail; Public/ Govt Institutional Buildings, Training Centre; Art Gallery; Diagnostic/Radiology Centre; Hospital C and D; Health/Welfare Centre; Place of Worship larger than 1000sqm; Public Facility/Infrastructure/ | |
| 3 | Below 25m | 1500 sqm | 2 | 40% | 16m | 8m-6m-6m-6m | Utility Buildings; Petrol/CNG/LPG Pump. Restaurants, Food Plazas and Food Streets; Neighbourhood Retail Shop; Community Hall; Health Club; Dispensary; Place of Worship smaller than 1000sqm; | noise, vibration, fume or dust; • separate means of access and a designated parking area for staff and visitors is provided and marked on the site plan submitted for approval. 2. Devices for generation of non-conventional energy, such as solar panels, wind power 3. Servant quarters or lodging facilities for caretaker/security personnel. DSIRDA can grant special permission in height, FAR, Ground Coverage for Special Buildings (Star Hotels, Hospitals etc.) which have special privileges (under various Government Policies issued time to time) (in reference to Township, Special Regulations for Hospitals, Special Regulations for Hotels) |
* All measurements indicative — as per DSIRDA Development Control Regulations. Final approvals are subject to plan sanction by the competent authority.
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