BMA to relax building rules around Rama IX park

[Thaivisa News]

Bangkok:- The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s City Planning Department is planning to relax the rules that prohibit constructions of high-rise buildings around the King Rama IX Park, the director of the department said.

Wanchai Thanomsak, director of the BMA’s City Planning Department, said the department had received complaints from people near the park that the areas around the park have become an important economic zone of Bangkok so the rules should be changed.

As a result, the department sees that the people’s rights may be restricted too much if they are prohibited from constructing tall buildings in the areas around the park.

Wanchai said currently the areas around the park, including the areas in Nong Bon and Prawes districts, are under the rules of the Building Control Act of 1979.

The rules enacted under the act defined several layers of zones around the park that control the constructions of buildings for the sake of green environment.

For example, the areas next to the park are allowed to have only single houses. Wanchai said his department plans to relax the rules to allow the contractions of twin houses, townhouses and commercial buildings as well.

The areas around the park are allowed to have buildings not higher than 15 meters, 23 meters and 45 meters respectively depending on the layers. Wanchai said his department plans to relax the rules to allow the height in line with the suitability of the areas.

He said his department would take about one month to study how to relax the rules and the amended rules will be submitted to the Bangkok Council for approval.

[NeverSure]

Fact: Some people there have properties which if restricted to small buildings would be far less valuable than they would be if restrictions were removed.

Speculation: Those people aren't Low So Anyporns imported from Isaan to work as store clerks.

Speculation: Enough tea money will get a Hi So just about anything in Thailand.

Same ole.

[ChrisY1]

Yes agree with NeverSure......someone in the BMA has mates (or promises of heavy brown paper bags) who want to build condos here.........and I'm sure we'll be seeing the same major players going for the sites!!

[natway09]

They must have completed their purchases of the land by now.

[SoFarAndNear]

There are a lot Villas around that place. I mean houses at least 400-500 sqm big...

[h90]

Fact: Some people there have properties which if restricted to small buildings would be far less valuable than they would be if restrictions were removed.

Speculation: Those people aren't Low So Anyporns imported from Isaan to work as store clerks.

Speculation: Enough tea money will get a Hi So just about anything in Thailand.

Same ole.

Remember the land Thaksins wife bought. Before selling it they put a restriction on building height on it. Makes the land cheap. She buys it at a fair market price.

Afterwards the restriction will be removed and the land is worth triple. If someone else would have bought it the restriction wouldn't been removed.

That is basically the elite is stealing from the Low So Somchais, because the land is sold way under the market value. And it will continue as long as the poor believe that it is kind when they receive 500 Baht for the vote.....

[Srikcir]

BMA is not capable of making legally sustainable actions!

2014-12-03

A court ruled for neighbors that the luxurious 214 room Aethas Hotel in Soi Ruamrudee, which has a connected 18-story serviced apartment and already in service, will have to be demolished as it had been built illegally as the soi is not 10 meters wide as claimed by a former Bangkok governor and a former Pathum Wan district chief, who approved the construction. The defendants will appeal to BMA no doubt because BMA gave tacit approval for the hotel and apartments.

Now BMA is looking to relax building rules on another project. Project owners should not trust BMA for building permits that rely on "relaxed building rules" but rather seek some higher authority that cannot be overruled by the courts. BMA discretion cannot stand against a lawsuit. It would be better that BMA refuse the permits and the project owners sue BMA in court for a sustainable decision.