Building Usage

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
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

Data given in the table is sample data for reference.

Procedure

Data Definition

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 to 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 once 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
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

Configuration Data Templateconfiguration-data-template-building-usage-type_v1.xlsx - 10KB

Sample Datasample-configuration-data-building-usage-type.xlsx - 10KB

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