CUMBUM MASTER PLAN

What the plan governs

The Cumbum Master Plan covers the Cumbum Local Planning Area in the Madurai region. Its listed chapters deal with the legal framework, population, land use and transportation, development policy, zoning regulations and annexures.

The plan includes a land and building use map for 1988. The certification records that the Master Plan boundary is marked with a red line and corresponds to the notified planning area.

Who may be affected

The Cumbum Master Plan is relevant to property buyers, owners, developers and professionals dealing with land inside the Cumbum Local Planning Area. The zoning map, zoning regulations, survey numbers, boundary descriptions and designated uses are the main records for checking how a particular location is classified.

A person examining land in Cumbum should compare the property's survey number and location with the authenticated maps and relevant zoning information. The supplied text does not reproduce individual survey number classifications or the detailed zoning conditions.

Key provisions and records

The Cumbum Master Plan file records the following:

• The planning area was preliminarily notified through G.O. Ms. No. 2029 of the Rural Development and Local Administration Department dated 20 September 1973.
• Confirmation was ordered through G.O. Ms. No. 651 of the Rural Development and Local Administration Department dated 16 March 1974.
• The Cumbum Local Planning Authority was constituted through G.O. Ms. No. 650 of the Rural Development and Local Administration Department dated 8 April 1975.
• The present land and building use map was adopted by the Cumbum Local Planning Authority in Resolution No. 1/86.
• The draft Master Plan was approved by the Cumbum Local Planning Authority in Resolution No. 2 dated 22 February 1994.
• The zoning categories in the map and zoning regulations were checked and certified as matching.
• Survey numbers and boundary descriptions were checked against the zoning and development control maps.
• Existing Detailed Development Plan boundaries, Town Planning Scheme boundaries, and notified industrial and residential areas already in operation were retained and shown in the plan.

Approval record

The Housing and Urban Development Department consent reference is inconsistent within the supplied text. The cover gives G.O. Ms. No. 496 dated 14 February 1991, while the process record gives G.O. Ms. No. 196 dated 14 February 1991. The process record also notes later government approval, but its date is not clearly readable in the supplied text.