The Full Form of GDCR is‍ General Development Control Regulation.

If a use of a building or part of a building is deemed to be Unauthorized Use solely on account of a Building Use Permission not having being obtained prior to use being made of the building or part of a building and if the said use of building is in conformity with Development Regulations prescribed in respective competent authority General Development Control Regulations, the Owner may apply for a Building Use Permission.

Financial penalty for undertaking building which is in conformity with Development Control Regulations prescribed in relevant General Development Control Regulations of the competent development authority, but which has been undertaken without applying for a Development Permission, shall be fifteen times the scrutiny fees that is leviable on the Building‐unit, as the case may be.