Official guidance, Tamil Nadu land law
Roc No. 7935/2015/T, Inspection Procedure and Checklist Circular, May 2019
The Office of the Commissioner of Town and Country Planning, Directorate of Town and Country Planning, issued Roc No. 7935/2015/T, dated May 2019, requiring inspections for all planning permission applications received by the Directorate to be limited to the published checklist. The inspection report must be uploaded online within 48 hours after the inspection is completed, and the requirement took immediate effect.
What the circular does
The Office of the Commissioner of Town and Country Planning issued Roc No. 7935/2015/T, dated May 2019, as part of the Ease of Doing Business inspection reforms. It requires a defined inspection procedure and checklist to be published on the website.
For every planning permission application received by the Directorate of Town and Country Planning:
- The inspection must be limited to the published checklist.
- The inspection report must be uploaded online within 48 hours after the inspection is completed.
- The requirements take immediate effect.
The circular refers to the Business Reforms Action Plan 2019 and explains that the Guidance Bureau was coordinating the Ease of Doing Business system for industrial applications received through the Single Window system. However, the operative direction applies to all planning permission applications received by the Directorate of Town and Country Planning.
Who is responsible
Roc No. 7935/2015/T was addressed to all Deputy Directors and Assistant Directors of regional offices, and to all Member Secretaries of Local Planning Authorities and New Town Development Authorities. Copies were also sent to Deputy Directors and Assistant Directors at the head office, and to head office Planning Assistants and Supervisors.
Applicants, property owners and professionals dealing with planning permission can therefore expect the site inspection to follow the published checklist rather than extend beyond it. They can also expect the completed inspection report to be placed online within the stated period.
Information covered by the checklist
The Directorate of Town and Country Planning checklist includes site and surrounding-area information such as:
- Abutting road width, qualifying road length and connection to a public road.
- Number of plots served by a passage.
- Site level compared with the existing road level.
- Available amenities and transmission tower details.
- High tension and low tension electricity lines passing through the site.
- Distance from quarries, crushers, burial grounds, railways, electricity towers, Metro Rail alignments and water bodies.
- Whether the site is within a Coastal Regulation Zone area.
- Distance from the Bay of Bengal, Coovum River, Adyar River and Buckingham Canal.
- Whether a public road exists between the seashore and the site.
- Whether an existing road was formed before 1991 and is maintained by a local body.
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Common questions
Does the inspection checklist apply only to industrial applications?
No. Although the background discusses industrial applications through the Single Window system, the direction expressly applies to all planning permission applications received by the Directorate of Town and Country Planning.
How soon must the inspection report be uploaded?
The inspection report must be uploaded online within 48 hours after the inspection is completed.
Can the inspecting authority check matters outside the published checklist?
Roc No. 7935/2015/T requires the inspection to be limited to the published checklist.
Does the checklist cover roads, water bodies and coastal restrictions?
Yes. It includes road details, public road connectivity, nearby water bodies, Coastal Regulation Zone status, distance from specified rivers and canals, and distance from the Bay of Bengal.
