Last Updated: 29.08.24

The final Heritage Regulations  for Satara Municipal Council were published by the state Urban Development Department (UDD) on January 9, 2013.

On close examination of the regulations, BEAG found several omissions and errors and pointed these out to the UDD as the HCC had not then been constituted.

When the HCC was constituted in 2016 , BEAG drew the attention of the HCC to the errors. The HCC directed the Chief Officer of the Satara Municipal Council to initiate action under the MRTP Act (Section 37) and to incorporate BEAG’s suggestions for corrections and inclusions. But no action was taken by the Satara Municipal Council.

BEAG then made a detailed comparative analysis of five final heritage regulations in force within Satara district—the councils of Mahabaleshwar, Panchgani, Satara and Wai, and the non-municipal areas of Mahabaleshwar Regional Plan areas, all of which are within Satara district, have one HCC but differing heritage regulations.

BEAG presented its comparative report to the HCC at its meeting on September 13, 2019.

The HCC accepted BEAG’s corrections and suggested changes. The HCC will be communicating its decision to the state government, which will then need to follow the process specified in the MRTP Act to have BEAG’s corrections and suggested changes incorporated into the Development Control Regulations.