Planning Department

The Planning Section is involved in the preparation of Development Plan, its approval and modification, from time to time. Thereafter, the planning process involves identification of various projects for fulfilling its objectives, evaluation and preparation of nodal and sector plans, detailing of neighbourhood and cluster plans. It also takes a review of the development policy and its interpretation, impact of new laws and regulations, 12.5% schemes for project affected people, urban design proposals, consultancy projects and sundry works like preparation of drawings for marketing, execution of agreements and confirmation of plot dimensions as per site conditions, suggestion of plots and changes in allotment conditions.

The major function of Planning Department comprises of planning and issuing development permissions. The Development Permissions Section is involved in the approval of building plans after due scrutiny with regard to the General and special development control regulations concerning the land allotment, assessment of Development Charges, and correspondence with the applicants.

In new towns, as Special Planning authority, it monitors the development by granting development permissions to the private land holders, as per the approved plan.