FAQ

No. The Planning Permission is issued by the Town and Country Planning Department and it is different from the building license. A developer needs to obtain both.

You have to apply to the concerned Local Planning Authority or Municipal Corporation or Town Panchayat or Village Panchayat, which would based on the power delegated to them either issue the planning permission themselves or refer to the office with jurisdiction for issue of planning permission.

Up to 2000 Sq.ft for commercial building (G+1) or 4000 Sq.ft for Residential building restricted to G+2, No delegation for approval of layouts. Office of the Member Secretary, Local Planning Authority/ Regional Deputy Director/ Member Secretary, New Town Development Authority Ordinary building and Special building Upto 25000 Sq.ft., School building without restriction on area

Industrial building/ installation without restriction on the floor space. Layout : Up to 5 acres in urban areas 10 acres in rural areas. All buildings not falling in the above categories are approved by the Directorate.

Plan areas are those areas in Tamil Nadu other than CMDA areas, wherein the Department of Town and Country Planning has prepared Master Plan which are duly approved by the Government.

Non-Plan areas are those areas other than plan areas within the jurisdiction of DTCP, which do not have an approved master plan.

The Planning Permission is valid for 3 years and it can be renewed for another period of 3 years on the application before one month of the expiry of the first permission.

Plan area is the one wherein Master Plan for entire area with zonation (namely: Residential, Commercial, Educational, Public and Semi Public, Industrial and Agricultural) has been done by this department. Any development in these areas should conform to the zoning and in case development is not conforming to zonation reclassification will have to be obtained from the Government.

In Non-Plan areas, the technical sanction of Directorate has to be obtained and if the development is in a wet land the NOC from the District Collector is a prerequisite.

Any kind of construction, for Residential, Commercial, Industrial and Institutional and formation of layouts require planning permission.

The building construction can be one of the following types viz. ordinary building, special building, Group Development and Multi storeyed building.

Yes. These forms can be obtained from the Local Planning Authority or other offices of the Town and Country Planning Department or these can be downloaded from this website.

If all the documents are submitted as per the check list and plans are as per norms, Planning permission may be issued within a maximum of 45 days.

Yes. Under Sec.47 (A) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971, Planning permission is required in both plan and non-plan areas.

Reclassification forms (duly filled) along with the required documents as mentioned in the website is to be submitted to the concerned Local Body or Local Planning Authority/ New Town Development Authority, after due scrutiny the same would be forwarded to Government for orders by the Directorate.

• A. Notary Public attested copy of documents. (Sale deed/ lease deed/ power of attorney).
• B. T NOC in Original from Tahsildar
• C. Encumbrance Certificate for 13 Years
• D. Site Plan
• E. Topo Plan (500 mts.)
• F. Chitta, Adangal, Patta/ A.Register, TSLR

Ordinary building is the building upto 2 floors and with less than 4 dwelling units in case of residential and in the case of commercial building the floor areas is less than 300 m2.

Special building means: Residential:-

• A. More than 2 floors not exceeding 4 floors inclusive of ground floor not more than G+3 (or) basement/ Stilt + 4 floors total height should be less than 15 m
• B. Building with more than 4 dwelling units
• Encumbrance Certificate for 13 Years
• C. Others:- A building accommodating Commercial (or) Industrial (or) Institutional (or) Combination of such activities exceeding a floor area of 300 m2.

Group Development means a development accommodating residential, commercial or institutional building in two or more blocks of buildings in a particular site irrespective of whether these structures are interconnected or not.

Multi-storeyed building means a building exceeding 4 floors (including ground floor or if this ground floor is used for parking under stilts, stilts floor + 4 floors) whose height is 15 m or more.

On approval of planning permission the charges to be paid including Development Charges for development of land - Maximum Rs.25/ sq.m Development Charges for Building - Maximum Rs50/ sq.m Centage Charges – Rs.300 for per plot Scrutiny charges – Rs.100/- per application I & A Charges:-

After issuing of Planning Permission the plans are to be returned to the respective Local bodies from where the applicant can collect the planning permission and building license.

Special Building:

Group Development:

1. The Spaces between any two blocks of G+1 building shall be 3.5 m for the Ventilation purpose and shall not be used for any other purpose.
2. The Spaces between any two blocks of G+1 building which is used as an access way. The minimum space of 6 m shall be maintained.
 

Multi-Storeyed Building:

No. Approval of layouts is issued only by the Town and Country Planning Department. Therefore, buyer should insist on approval by DTCP.

The banks would not sanction loan for construction. The building that you would construct will be an un-approved building and it may be at any time be locked and sealed/ demolished by this department.

The extent of land Up to 5 acres in respect of Corporation, Municipality and Town Panchayat and a Maximum extent of 10 acres in respect of rural areas.

The extent of proposed layout: above 5 acres in respect of Corporation, Municipality and Town Panchayat and above 10 acres in respect of rural areas.

The applicant can get the approved layout plan from the local body.

If it was decided to reject the application on merits, letter of intimation, clearly expressing the grounds for such rejection, will be sent to the Local Planning Authority, local body and to the applicant.

If decision taken to return the application owing to deficiency of information, non-satisfaction of rules/norms and other obvious reasons that are recorded in the scrutiny report, the proposal will be returned stating the reasons to the local body with copies marked to Local Planning Authority and the applicant.

On scrutiny of applications if it was found that some particulars are still required and a decision taken at higher level to give some time to the applicant to furnish such particulars a letter will be sent to the applicant requesting him to furnish such particulars with in such time period and if the applicant submits the required additional particulars within specified time limit due scrutiny of additional particulars will be carried out.

Required action will be taken to reject / return the application if the applicant fails to submit within the specified time period.

Professional Registration certificate issues by DTCP office Professionals need to pay the fees amount to get enrolled through payment gateway integration.

Professional with specified details will be registered in SWP.

Processing

• The Professional details are updated to a profile
• District should be loaded from the master created earlier
• Captcha required in registration form
• Professional registration is valid for Five years
• Fees will be paid through payment gateway
• Professional can update the personal details in same section
• Professional can upgrade the grade after obtaining the required experience by paying the fees.
• After submitting, Professional will be intimated to show all original the document in concern DTCP office for final approval.
• Concern authority can Approve / reject the Professional registration.

Professional renewal is valid for Five years

Need to register himself/herself in the “New Professional Registration”

Registration process for professionally registered engineers is to make the name available in the list and cannot be used for application Procedures.

If Land Type is Wet then NOC should be from District Collector and if it is dry then NOC from JD from Agriculture department for Non Planned area.

Steps to be followed:

On an Android, tap and hold a location on the map to show latitude and longitude in the Search bar.
On iPhone or iPad, tap and hold a map location, then drag the information panel up to view latitude and longitude.
On a computer, right-click any map location to display latitude and longitude on a pop-up menu. Search for a location. If you want to find the latitude and longitude of your current location, you can skip this step, as Google Maps will mark your current location with a blue dot when you open the app. Otherwise, search for a location by address or landmark. Press and hold a location on the map. This drops a pin at the selected location and opens additional information about it.
Make sure you're not pressing and holding a location that is labelled. You can zoom in closer by pressing two fingers together on the map and dragging them away from each other (reverse-pinch).
Find the latitude and longitude in the search bar (Android) or on the info panel (iOS). If you're using an iPhone or iPad, swipe up on the info panel at the bottom of the screen to display the coordinates—you'll see it under the pushpin icon. On an Android, the coordinates appear in the search bar at the top of the screen.
The latitude and longitude are written as coordinates. For example, 33.1761477, -116.0010831.
The first coordinate is latitude, which measures the distance north or south from the equator. The second coordinate is longitude, which measures the distance east or west from the prime meridian.

Applicant can upload the Call for particulars documents in "Additional Documents".

• Total Built up area below 10,000 Sq.Ft file will be moved to Local Body Office.
• Total built up area above 10,000 Sq.Ft and less than 40,000 Sq.Ft should be moved to District Office.
• Total built up area greater than 40,000 Sq.Ft should be moved to Head Office.

Minimum area should be 0.50sqm.

Distance block should overlap on building foot print for each block that is, building foot print and distance block will be defined the same. Refer image below for your reference.

With regards to parking extract, driveway should be closed polyline and all car parking should be closed polyline. Queries related to two-wheeler driveway, kindly do refer updated user manual and draw a closed polyline. Also dimension should be marked.

Naming the floors is incorrect in the drawing , name basement as -1, stilt as 0 and so on.

Both built up area and built up area deduct should be in the same colour and the necessary changes to be made in the drawing.

Open the pdf file and Right click on the Question Mark showing the Validity Unknown. Click on Show Signature Properties. Click on Show Signer's Certificate & Select Trust. Click Add to Trusted Identities & Click OK.

INTERNAL_VEHICULAR_ACCESS_DIST should be defined in a single polyline showing internal vehicular access for corresponding block in the site.

Since it is a hostel, it will not come under Residential as Hostels come under Commercial land use only.

For EXIT_DOOR and EXIT_STAIR layer, there should not be any spaces in layer description for all blocks & floors.