CITIZENS CHARTER

Housing and Urban Development Department

 DEPARTMENT OF TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING

807, ANNA SALAI, CHENNAI – 600 002.

The Commissioner of Town and Country Planning, 807, Annasalai, Chennai 2, accords technical sanction to the layout , advises on appeal against the orders on the refusal of building plans by the local authorities and forward to the Government with the recommendations on the request application of change of Master Plan land use. Regarding the Detailed Development Plan change of land use, the Commissioner accords sanction. 

The department does not entertain any application directly from the public for the above mentioned activities. It entertains application of the individuals only through Local Authorities namely, Local Bodies, Town Panchayat/Panchayat Union/Municipality/Corporation and this department offices namely Regional Deputy Director of Town and Country Planning, Local Planning Authorities. Three types of applications are available. 

1.Form to get technical sanction to the layout --- ANNEXURE I

2.Form of the appeal against the orders of the refusal of  Building plan by the local authorities.-- ANNEXUREII

3.Form for change of land use in the existing use of Master --ANNEXURE III&IV Plan and Detailed Development Plan areas to other uses.

1. APPLICATION FORM TO GET TECHNICAL SANCTION TO THE LAYOUTS PROCEDURE :

1. The applicant should submit application to the local body along with the Form No.1.

2. The local body or Local authorities in turn scrutinize and forward the same to the Commissioner of Town and Country Planning, Chennai to get technical sanction.

3. If the layout application does not fulfill all the requirement either it may be returned or refused.

4. After the approval of office copy of the layout map, the applicant is requested to pay at the rate of Rs.100/- per plot through State Treasuries/District treasuries/State Bank of India (Treasury Branch, Chennai) as Centage Charges. After receiving the centage charges and after handing over the layouts road and parks to the concerned local bodies, approved layout map shall be sent to the local body, from the local body the applicant may get approved maps.

PAYMENT OF CENTAGE CHARGES:

HEAD OF ACCOUNT : 

0217 – Union Development – 03 IDSMT – 800. Other receipts – A.A. Director of Town Planning. 

1. Collection of payments for services rendered (0217-03-800 AA 0102).For this, the forms to be used are given in Annexure I (both English and Tamil version).

2. APPLICATION FORM FOR THE APPEAL AGAINST THE ORDERS OF THE REFUSAL OF BUILDING PLAN BY THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES:

PROCEDURE: 

1.The applicant should submit application to get licence to construct building along with the plan and other documents either to local body or to the Local Planning Authority. 

2. If the two authorities rejects the building licence for the construction activity on technical grounds the applicant may refer an appeal against the orders of the local body or Local Planning Authority through submission of appeal application. The appeal building plan should be submitted to the Commissioner of Town and Country Planning through local body and Local Planning Authority.

3. FORM FOR CHANGE OF LAND USE IN THE EXISTING MASTER PLAN AND DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN INTO OTHER USES 

Zoning Regulations are prescribed for the consented or approted Master Plan and Detailed Development Plan areas of Master Plan, he should submit application to the Secretary, Housing and Urban Development, Chennai-9, through Local Body/Local Planning Authority, Commissioner of Town and Country Planning, Chennai. For variation of D.D.Plan, he should submit application to the Commissioner of Town and Country Planning. A Payment of chalan for Rs.2500/- as publication charges should accompany along with the application. After proper scrutinies, the local authorities should forward the applications along with the checklist form. The checklist application form is given in the Annexure III and IV.