Step 34 of 35 · record SIR-DEV-02 · stage 8

Obtain Building Use (BU) / occupancy permission from DSIRDA

Every person, unit or developer in the SIR must obtain DSIRDA approval after completion and before use of the premises. Without BU the building cannot lawfully be occupied. This step is owned by Dholera Special Investment Regional Development Authority (DSIRDA). A statutory fee is published for it. No timeline is stated in the source. Source type: OFFICIAL, value date GSIR Act 2009; checklist as published on dholera.gujarat.gov.in, captured 2026-08-04.

34SIR-DEV-02

Record id: SIR-DEV-02
Stage: 8. Dholera SIR development permission · Dholera SIR - building use permission
Step number: 34 of 35
Office or portal: Dholera Special Investment Regional Development Authority (DSIRDA)
Online or offline: Offline
Statutory basis: Section 15(4)(b), Gujarat Special Investment Region Act, 2009; General Development Control Regulations of DSIRDA
Prerequisites listed: 16
Source type: OFFICIAL

OFFICIAL No blog source used
Source: doc_174.pdf pages 1-2 (the 24-item BU scrutiny checklist, read from the Gujarati text layer); GSIR Act 2009 page 17: 'Every person, unit or Developer or any other stakeholder in Special Investment Region shall be required to get the plans of the building approved by the Regional Development Authority before commencing any construction and shall obtain the approval of the Regional Development Authority necessary and incidental thereto, after the completion and before the use of such premises.'
Official page: https://dholera.gujarat.gov.in/for-bu/43
Value date: GSIR Act 2009; checklist as published on dholera.gujarat.gov.in, captured 2026-08-04
Local artefact: doc_174.pdf (2-page DSIRDA BU scrutiny checklist)

What this step achieves

Every person, unit or developer in the SIR must obtain DSIRDA approval after completion and before use of the premises. Without BU the building cannot lawfully be occupied.

The form named in the official source

Completion form / prescribed application form, assessed against the DSIRDA BU scrutiny checklist published at 'Checklist - For BU'

Statutory fee

A scrutiny fee is required - the checklist has a line for the fee amount deposited with a receipt number and date - but THE AMOUNT IS BLANK on the published form.

Timeline stated in the source

Not stated No timeline stated in any source examined

Why this is empty. No timeline is stated for this step in any source examined for this register. Where a statute prescribes a period it is recorded; where it does not, this register leaves it null rather than quoting a turnaround time from a non-official source.

Prerequisite documents

True copy of the previously approved lay-out, the approved building plan and the development permission
7/12 extract
Undertaking bond forms 2(a), 2(b), 2(c) and 2(d)
Proof of registration of the professionals on record: C.O.W., S.D., architect/engineer and developer
Working drawing signed and stamped by the registered engineer / architect
Structural drawing signed and stamped by the registered structural engineer
Sewer charge paid or payable where the site falls in a TP scheme
Lift use licence
Fire NOC
Airport NOC
Environment clearance
Site photographs
Completion plan consistent with the site condition, the earlier approval and the GDCR
Revised non-agricultural order for the land where required
Structural stability certificate from the structural engineer
Five-year insurance for the construction

Notes recorded with this step

Document list is translated from the Gujarati checklist; item numbering follows the published form.

Declared gaps that touch this step

Gap 10: DSIRDA development permission (Form C) fee and BU scrutiny fee: NOT PUBLISHED. Form No. C carries no fee clause and the BU checklist has a blank line for the scrutiny fee amount. The DSIRDA General Development Control Regulations (DP Report 2 / GDCR) at https://dholera.gujarat.gov.in/dp-report-2/35 was not among the local artifacts and may carry a fee schedule; it was not retrieved. Recorded as null.

How we know

Every figure above is quoted from the source named in the record slip, with its value date. Nothing on this page has been converted, rounded, averaged or carried across from another state or another year. Where the source is silent, the page says so and links to the declared gap that records what was searched.

Citation: doc_174.pdf pages 1-2 (the 24-item BU scrutiny checklist, read from the Gujarati text layer); GSIR Act 2009 page 17: 'Every person, unit or Developer or any other stakeholder in Special Investment Region shall be required to get the plans of the building approved by the Regional Development Authority before commencing any construction and shall obtain the approval of the Regional Development Authority necessary and incidental thereto, after the completion and before the use of such premises.'
Value date: GSIR Act 2009; checklist as published on dholera.gujarat.gov.in, captured 2026-08-04
Status: OFFICIAL. Blog source used: no. Last verified: 2026-08-04.