UDCPR 2020 / Chapter 2, Development permission and commencement certificate

2.1.1

UDCPR 2020 as amended to 30.01.2025

Necessity of Obtaining Permission : No person shall carry out any development work including development of land by laying out into suitable plots or amalgamation of plots or development of any land as group housing scheme or to erect, re-erect or make alterations or demolish any building or cause the same to be done without first obtaining a separate building permit / development permission / commencement certificate for each such development work / building from the Authority. As stipulated in section 18 / 46 of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966, no such permission shall be in contravention of the Regional Plan, Development Plan proposals as the case may be.

To see how 2.1.1 and the rest of UDCPR apply to a particular plot, with the clause behind every figure, open Citiwise.

The text of the Unified Development Control and Promotion Regulations for Maharashtra State, as amended to 30.01.2025. The notification of the Urban Development Department, Government of Maharashtra, is the authoritative text.