Online PPA, Layout Proposal
CMDA issued the Online PPA, Layout Proposal checklist as official guidance on the ownership records, layout drawings and supporting documents that applicants must upload for an online layout proposal application. It applies to landowners, power holders, companies, architects, registered engineers and developers involved in submitting a proposal to CMDA.
What the checklist covers
The CMDA Online PPA, Layout Proposal checklist identifies three groups of material required for an online layout proposal: evidence of rights over the property, a proposed layout drawing complying with TNCDBR, 2019, and other supporting documents.
Property ownership and land records
The CMDA Online PPA, Layout Proposal checklist requires applicants to upload:
- Property documents and link documents from before 5.8.75 to the current date where the site is not part of an approved layout, approved subdivision, regularised layout or approved site.
- Notarised copies where documents are unavailable on the website.
- A survey number wise chronological document flow chart for land containing multiple survey numbers, with each scanned document uploaded against the relevant entry.
- Patta, PLR or TSLR for every survey number in favour of the present landowners.
- FMB records for all survey numbers. If unavailable online, the FMB must be attested by a revenue official not below the rank of Deputy Tahsildar.
- A combined FMB sketch, similarly attested, where the site contains more than one survey number.
- An up to date Encumbrance Certificate, current legal opinion from a Government Pleader in the prescribed format, and any earlier approval for the site.
A power holder must provide a registered GPA containing authority to apply to CMDA and, where needed, to gift road, OSR, SA or link road land. A company applicant must provide a company resolution authorising the application.
Layout drawing requirements
The proposed layout drawing must show site dimensions based on both the FMB and actual site conditions, differences in area, setbacks, road widths, street alignment and links to the existing road network. It must also show:
- One per cent public purpose area for TNEB and the Local Body.
- Ten per cent OSR area where the site exceeds 10,000 square metres.
- Existing HT or LT tower lines, if present.
- Surrounding details within a 500 metre radius.
- Nearby burial or burning grounds, brick kilns, water bodies, channels and canals, with distances from the site.
Other supporting documents
The CMDA Online PPA, Layout Proposal checklist also calls for signed Forms A and C, an architect signed topographical survey, professional registration certificates, the CMDA registration certificate for registered developers, required undertakings, and applicable NOCs. A Local Body road status certificate is required if the site abuts an unformed road or mud road.
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Common questions
What ownership records must I upload for each survey number?
Upload the Patta, PLR or TSLR in favour of the present landowners and the FMB for every survey number. For multiple survey numbers, also provide a chronological document flow chart and a combined FMB sketch attested by a revenue official not below the rank of Deputy Tahsildar.
Can a power of attorney holder submit the layout proposal?
Yes. The applicant must upload a registered GPA authorising the power holder to apply to CMDA, together with the required property schedule and authority concerning road, OSR, SA or link road gifting where needed.
When must the drawing show OSR land?
The drawing must show ten per cent OSR area when the site exceeds 10,000 square metres. For a site below 10,000 square metres, the checklist requires an undertaking expressing willingness to pay the ten per cent OSR.
Do I need a road status certificate?
A road status certificate from the Local Body is required when the site abuts an unformed road or mud road.
