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Questions
- What is CMDA?
- What is Development?
- What is Planning Permission?
- How do you obtain Planning Permission?
- What are the documents to be attached to the application?
- With whom should you file the application?
- On what basis is Planning Permission issued?
- Will the site be inspected?
- How long does it take to get a decision?
- What are your rights if you are aggrieved by the decision?
- What happens if you do not apply for Planning Permission at all?
- Should you pay a License fee / Development Charge?
- What is your obligation as a Developer within the CMDA?
Answers
- Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority is a statutory organization of the Tamil Nadu Government. Its responsibility is among other, to regulate all physical developments within Chennai Metropolitan Area on planned lines. For this purpose CMDA has prepared a Master Plan which designates the land use permissible in every part of the Chennai Metropolitan Area.
- Development, as per the Town and Country Planning Act, 1971, means carrying out of any building, engineering, or other such operations on, over or under land and includes making any change in the use of Control Rules forming part of the Master Plan. (Booklet available on sale at CMDA).
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE DCR (AMENDED UPTO SEPTEMBER 2004)
- Before you undertake any development you have to obtain Planning Permission from the CMDA, which is must under the Town & Country Planning Act. The permission is valid for 3 years from the date of issue. Planning Permission once issued can be renewed for another period of 3 years by an application within the validity period of issued Planning Permission.
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