Check list of documents to be uploaded along with Online PPA

What the CMDA checklist covers

The Check list of documents to be uploaded along with Online PPA sets out the material required for an online PPA application to CMDA. Requirements vary according to the site, ownership, applicant, proposed development and whether the proposal is an HRB or NHRB.

Ownership and land records

The CMDA checklist requires applicants to upload:

• Form B and Form C, signed by the owner and all professionals.
• A topographical survey sketch showing site boundaries, road width at 10 metre intervals and specified surrounding landmarks, signed by the Architect.
• Ownership documents and link documents from prior to 5.8.75 to the current date where the site is not part of an approved layout, approved subdivision, registered layout or approved site.
• Patta, PLR or TSLR for every survey number in the names of the present owners.
• FMB records for all survey numbers. If unavailable online, the FMB must be attested by a revenue official not below Deputy Tahsildar.
• A current Encumbrance Certificate and any earlier approved plan, layout, subdivision, regularisation or site approval.

For multiple survey numbers, applicants must provide a survey number wise chronological document flow chart and a combined FMB sketch attested by an eligible revenue official.

Applicant and professional documents

A power holder must provide a registered GPA authorising the application and relevant land transfers. A power of attorney executed abroad must be completed through a foreign embassy and adjudicated. A company applicant must provide its authorising company resolution.

The uploads also include a current legal opinion from the Government Pleader, the Architect's registration certificate, and CMDA registration certificates for the Structural Engineer, Geo Tech Engineer, Construction Engineer and Quality Auditor.

Technical records and undertakings

Depending on the proposal, required material includes:

• A demolition plan where a building exists.
• STP design sufficiency certification and separate swimming pool forms and affidavit.
• A PWD vetted structural design report and drawings for an HRB before DC advice.
• Undertakings covering CCTV cameras, solar panels, NOC conditions, fire vehicle access, parking, pergolas and compliance with TNCDBR 2019.
• An undertaking from the applicant and Structural Engineer on basement slabs carrying firefighting vehicles.

Information required in plans

Plans must clearly show boundaries, setbacks, road widths, street alignment, entry and exit, projections, basement areas, ramps, water storage, waste storage, ventilation, accessible facilities, rainwater harvesting, fire escape stairs and solar systems. Sections and elevations must show existing and formed ground levels and building heights.