Coastal Zone Management Plans of Thane & Palghar and Navi Mumbai Districts of Maharashtra
The Government of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, through F. No. 12-10/2018-IA-III dated 28 February 2019, approved the Coastal Zone Management Plans for Thane and Palghar districts and Navi Mumbai district in Maharashtra. The approval concerns Maharashtra and does not approve any Coastal Zone Management Plan for Tamil Nadu.
What the document does
The Government of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change issued F. No. 12-10/2018-IA-III on 28 February 2019 to convey approval of the Coastal Zone Management Plans for Thane and Palghar districts and Navi Mumbai district in Maharashtra. The plans were drawn under the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 2011.
The document is an approval letter. It does not contain the approved maps, coastal classifications, property boundaries or detailed development conditions.
Areas covered
The approval applies only to the following areas in Maharashtra:
- Thane district.
- Palghar district.
- Navi Mumbai district.
No district or coastal area in Tamil Nadu is included. The presence of the National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management in Chennai in the document does not extend the approval to Tamil Nadu. That organisation received a copy and hosted the Technical Scrutiny Committee meeting referred to in the letter.
Basis for approval
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change records that its approval was based on:
- Recommendations made by the National Coastal Zone Management Authority at its 37th meeting held on 25 February 2019.
- Recommendations of the Technical Scrutiny Committee at the National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Chennai, on 18 February 2019.
- The provisions of the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 2011, under which the plans were prepared.
The letter states that it was issued with the approval of the Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
Who received it
F. No. 12-10/2018-IA-III was addressed to the Member Secretary of the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority, Department of Forests, Mantralaya, Mumbai. Copies were sent to the Principle Secretary (Environment), Government of Maharashtra, the regional office of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in Nagpur, and the Director of the National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management in Chennai.
Relevance to property owners
For land or development in the named Maharashtra districts, the letter confirms that the relevant Coastal Zone Management Plans received central government approval. The document itself provides no plot-level information, map extracts, rates, fees or individual permissions. For property in Tamil Nadu, it creates no approval or change recorded in the supplied text.
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Common questions
Does this approval apply to coastal property in Tamil Nadu?
No. The approval covers Thane and Palghar districts and Navi Mumbai district in Maharashtra. No Tamil Nadu area is included.
Why is an organisation in Chennai named in a Maharashtra approval?
The Technical Scrutiny Committee met at the National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management in Chennai on 18 February 2019, and the Centre's Director received a copy of the letter.
Does the document include approved coastal maps or plot boundaries?
No. It conveys approval of the Coastal Zone Management Plans but does not include maps, coastal classifications or property boundaries.
Which coastal regulation framework was used to prepare the plans?
The plans were drawn under the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 2011.
