Chennai: Soon, submit building plan proposals on the internet for CMDA approval

By C Shivakumar  |  Express News Service  |   Published: 31st May 2017 05:36 AM  |  

CHENNAI: You can now submit your building plan proposals online for approval by Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority from next month.

Sources indicated that CMDA is now conducting a test run of the software, developed for online submission of Planning Permission Application (PPA) by National Informatics Centre.

It is learned that the software has been uploaded, and planners in the multi-storied building and area plans unit (special buildings) have been directed to make use of the system to familiarise themselves.
The decision to start ‘online submission and processing of PPA’ from the first week of June was taken following directives issued by the chief secretary, who chaired a meeting on ‘Ease of Doing Business’.
Under the theme, it has become imperative for the State to decide the PPA within 45 days under the single-window clearance.

The success of online submission of PPA depends on implementation of the Tamil Nadu Common Building Rules, National Building Code 2016 as well as Real Estate Regulatory Act, which will ensure responsibility and accountability to planning permission applicants.
The State government has also prepared a blueprint to frame ‘Tamil Nadu Common building Rules, 2016’ for local bodies, in accordance with the provisions of the Model Building bye-laws.

The Common Building Rules for entire Tamil Nadu will mean that there won’t be different sets of development rules for corporations, municipalities, town panchayats and panchayats.

Now, there will be 60 sets of development rules, which will govern the entire State. The new building rules also have several new clauses like the need to get occupancy certificate and completion certificate. Official sources say that without implementation of common Building Rules, the online approval of PPAs will be a non-starter.

Not an easy task

Until now, people had to queue up at the Thalamuthu Natarajar Maligai, headquarters of Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority, to submit building plan approvals.
In 2009, the regulatory body first thought of doing away with manual submission