Chennai Corporation : Check Building Plan Status Online

Name of the Organization : Corporation of Chennai(chennaicorporation.gov.in)
Type of Facility : Check Building Plan Status
Home Page : https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/
Location : Chennai

Building Plan Application Form(Down loadable) : www.indianjobtalks.in/uploads/2762-BuildingPlanApplication.pdf

Building permission Rules / Procedure :
(1) All the developments in the City like (i) Building construction for various purposes such as residential, Commercial (Commercial Complexes, Hospitals except Theatres), industrial and School buildings etc. (ii) Sub divisions of plots where the No. of plots are less than 8 plots and extent of the land is less than 3000 meter square (iii) Layouts of lands which can’t be covered by sub-division, are needs to be approved by two acts called T&CP Act(Tamil Nadu Act 35 of 1972, 1974) and CCMC Act. Section 56 of T&CP Act & Sections 234 & 238 of CCMC Act are the sections which necessitates of getting approval for all the developments in the city.

(2) For the city the above two acts are being enforced by two different departments (i) CMDA (ii) Chennai Corporation. CMDA is enforcing the T&CP Act by rules called Development Control Rules and the Chennai Corporation is enforcing CCMC Act governed by building Rules revised upto 1972.

(3) Chennai Corporation is issuing building permits to all the buildings including CMDA`s special buildings, multi-storey buildings and layouts after taking over the land left over for road portion and the land reserved for open space reservation etc. after the planning permits issued by CMDA.

(4) In addition to the above building permits the Chennai Corporation, Town Planning Dept. is issuing planning permits also by enforcing T&CP Act following Development Control Rules under the delegation powers given by CMDA for certain categories (i) ordinary buildings in residential i.e. the buildings with Ground + one floor with four dwelling units (4 Kitchens) (ii) ordinary buildings in commercial i.e Ground Floor + One Floor within 3000 sq. meter (iii) Industrial and School buildings of unlimited area and (iv) sanctioning layouts upto 2 hectares.

(5) The Chennai Corporation is sanctioning both planning permit and building permits for only the categories mentioned in para 4. Applications can be add for these categories in the respective zonal offices of Corporation of Chennai directly.

Get more details : https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/