Terrace attached to my flat
TREVOR
(Querist) 22 July 2014
This query is : Resolved
Please can you advise as per Rules, if every Terrace(2 nos) in a CHS, attached to my flat for my personal use can be covered by way of a PVC / Tin sheet roof to protect from sun/rain etc:-
Can these Terraces be enclosed by fixing Grills for safety / security reasons
Can these Terraces be enclosed with sliding windows for safety / security reasons.
I would like to know the rules of the Municipal corporation & I live in Navi Mumbai.
I have 2 terraces & 1 Balcony for my 2 BHK flat. I was told by the experts in the industry that Terraces cannot be covered with a flexible Tin / PVC roofing, nor can they be enclosed with Grills / Sliding windows, whilst Balconies can be done after getting due approval from the Govt Bodies.
In my CHS, almost 22 flats have put up flexible roofs / Grills for these so called open terraces without seeking any approvals. Now that I have decided to put a sliding window for my open terrace, the society does not approve.
I spoke to the senior Govt Official, who has given me the following information & says that should a complaint reach them in writing, they will be forced to initiate action by way of removal of all flexi roofing's / all grills & all sliding windows for the Terraces as these Terraces MUST be always kept open to the sky & they just cannot give any approval. If it was termed as a balcony in the approved drawing then permission could be given & that too not by the Municipal authority but by the Town Planning Officer-Navi Mumbai.
The NMMC job is defined to only remove unauthorized structures should a complaint reach them in writing.
Kindly advise if the information that was shared by the official is correct & if there is any hope in pursuing this case.
Thank You Sir.
Devajyoti Barman
(Expert) 22 July 2014
You can fix temporary shade over the open roof for protection from light and rain.
However no grill or sliding window can be constructed.
ADV-JEEVAN PATIL, MUMBAI
(Expert) 22 July 2014
Information given is reliable n I wud further supplement that ensure no one report to NMMC or TPO.
ajay sethi
(Expert) 22 July 2014
you would need society permission to install PVc roof to protect from rains . no enclosures can be done without society / BMC permission
