Circular Roc. No. 9480/2019/TCP-5, Single Window Portal Integration with NOC Issuing Departments
The Office of the Director of Town and Country Planning, Koyambedu, Chennai 107, issued Circular Roc. No. 9480/2019/TCP-5 dated 30 June 2023, requiring planning permission applicants to request NOCs from eleven listed departments only through the Single Window Portal. The online procedure took effect on 1 July 2023, and district officers must ensure compliance and process online NOCs more swiftly.
What the circular requires
Circular Roc. No. 9480/2019/TCP-5, issued by the Office of the Director of Town and Country Planning, Koyambedu, Chennai 107, changes how certain NOCs connected with planning permission must be requested. From 1 July 2023, applicants must use the Single Window Portal when seeking an NOC from any of the eleven listed departments.
The circular follows the earlier launch of online planning permission processing in the Single Window Portal:
- The layout module went live on 24 June 2022.
- Building plan permission and reclassification of land use modules went live on 1 September 2022.
- Integration with the listed NOC issuing departments went live on 1 July 2023.
NOC issuing departments covered
Planning permission applicants must request NOCs through the Single Window Portal when approval is needed from any of these bodies:
- Forest Department.
- Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu Limited.
- Tamil Nadu Housing Board.
- Geology and Mines.
- All Collectorates.
- Public Works Department.
- Water Resources Department.
- Fire and Rescue Services.
- Tamil Nadu Small Industries Development Corporation Limited.
- State Highways.
- Southern Railways.
The circular governs the method of requesting these NOCs. It does not set out the substantive conditions that each department will apply when deciding an NOC request.
Who is affected
Applicants seeking planning permission are affected when their application requires an NOC from one or more of the eleven listed bodies. Such applicants are directed to submit the NOC request only through the Single Window Portal rather than using another application route.
All District Town and Country Planning Officers are also covered. They must ensure that applicants use the portal and that NOCs obtained online are processed more swiftly than before.
Monitoring of district officers
The Directorate of Town and Country Planning will monitor district officers' performance online. The monitoring relates to implementation of the portal procedure and the processing of online NOCs connected with planning permission applications.
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Common questions
From what date must I use the Single Window Portal for these NOCs?
The required procedure took effect on 1 July 2023.
Can I apply outside the portal for an NOC from one of the listed departments?
No. Applicants seeking an NOC from any of the eleven listed departments for planning permission must request it only through the Single Window Portal.
Does the portal procedure cover building plan permission and land use reclassification?
The source states that online processing for building plan permission and reclassification of land use went live on 1 September 2022. Integration with the listed NOC issuing departments went live on 1 July 2023.
Who is responsible for ensuring applicants use the portal?
All District Town and Country Planning Officers must ensure that applicants apply only through the Single Window Portal. Their performance will be monitored online by the Directorate of Town and Country Planning.
