PMRDA Permission Circular: What It Means for Buyers and Plot Owners in Pune's Fringe Villages

What happened?

Pune Pulse reported on 3 October 2026 that the regional planning body, PMRDA, has put out a fresh procedure for clearing residential construction on agricultural land in villages ringing Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad. These are areas that are urbanising quickly but have lacked a development plan.

According to Pune Pulse, the authority is still preparing a structural plan for the region. Until its draft is out, officials examining applications will also count roads that were pencilled in under the cancelled draft development plan. The report says files can now move even when a complete, joined-up road network does not yet exist.

Pune Pulse added that officers must look at roads in the approved Regional Plan, roads from the cancelled draft plan, classified roads and roads registered with owners' consent. Approval is to be considered only where the plot has an approach road of the required width. Where the road picture is unclear, the file goes up to senior officials. The circular applies immediately, and the report notes that UDCPR allows homes on farmland in peripheral belts measured from the edge of municipal corporations, councils and Nagar Panchayats.

Which sectors are affected?

• Villages in the PMRDA region near Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad
• Agricultural land converted to residential use
• Small developers and individual plot owners
• Peripheral belts around municipal corporations, councils and Nagar Panchayats

Potential impact

If the circular works as described, applications that were stuck for want of a development plan could start moving. That may add some small-scale housing supply in fringe villages over time and make paperwork on eligible plots cleaner. We would not read it as a price trigger: Pune's citywide average of 10500 per sq ft in our data is a very different market from farmland on the periphery.

The road condition cuts both ways. A plot without an approach road of the required width can still be refused, and unclear cases go to senior officials, so delays have not disappeared. Because the structural plan is still in draft, roads that count today could change later. Any effect on rents or prices in these villages is uncertain and will depend on how consistently the rule is applied.