Building Usage

Owned by Anjoo Narayan
Oct 01, 2020
3 min read

Introduction

The Building Usage data allows States/ULBs to classify the buildings based on occupancy types, sub-types and its actual usage. Permits and approval process are dependent on the Usage type. The Data Table provides the details required to configure the Building Usage types. Refer to the National Bye-Laws to view the prescribed list of usage types.

Data Table

Sr. No.

Usage Code*

Usage Name* (In English)

Usage Name* (In Local Language)

Sub Occupancy Code*

Sub Occupancy Name

Sr. No.

Usage Code*

Usage Name* (In English)

Usage Name* (In Local Language)

Sub Occupancy Code*

Sub Occupancy Name

1

A-AF-AH

Apartment type

अपार्टमेंट प्रकार

AF

Apartment/Flat

2 

A-AF-FR

Family residential

परिवार आवासीय

AF

Apartment/Flat

3 

A-AF-RF

Residential flat

आवासीय फ्लैट

AF

Apartment/Flat

Note: The above table contains sample data for reference.

Procedure

Data Definition

Sr. No.

Column Name

Data Type

Data Size

Is Mandatory?

Description

Sr. No.

Column Name

Data Type

Data Size

Is Mandatory?

Description

1

Usage Code

Alphameric

7

Yes

Unique Code for listed Usage name. It can be a combination of alphabets and numbers

2

Usage Name (In English)

Text

64

Yes

Type of usage of the building to be mentioned here

3

Usage Name (In Local Language)

Text

64

Yes

Type of usage of the building to be mentioned here

4

Sub Occupancy Code

Alphameric

7

Yes

Sub Occupancy code to be mentioned here. Maps the Building Usage details to specific sub occupancy type

5

Sub Occupancy Name

Text

64

No

Sub Occupancy Name to be mentioned here. Maps the Building Usage details to specific sub occupancy type

Steps to fill data

  1. Download the data template attached to this page.

  2. Refer to the ‘Data Definition’ section of this document to understand the headers in the template sheet, their data type, size, and definitions.

  3. Reach out the person who shared the template for further details or to clear your doubts. Identify if the State/ULB has a provision for capturing pipe size for connections.

  4. Identify all the building usage and its mapping with sub occupancy and then fill into the template.

  5. Go through the checklist to verify the data. Make sure that each and every point mentioned in the checklist is covered.

Checklist

The checklist is a set of activities to be performed one the data is filled into a template to ensure data entry requirements are met. These activities have been divided into 2 groups as given below.

Common Checklist

This checklist covers all the activities which are common across the entities.

Sr. No.

Checklist Parameter

Example

Sr. No.

Checklist Parameter

Example

1

Make sure that each and every point in this reference list has been taken care of

Checklist

Entity Specific Checklist

There is no separate entity-specific checklist for this entity.

Attachments

  1. Configuration Data Template - Usage Type

2. Sample Configuration Data - Usage Type