UDCPR 2020 / Chapter 2, Development permission and commencement certificate

2.6.1 General

UDCPR 2020 as amended to 30.01.2025

i) After receipt of the notice / application as mentioned in Regulation No.2.2.1 above, the Authority may either sanction or refuse the plans or may sanction them with such modifications or directions as it may deem necessary after having recovered the necessary charges / fees and there upon shall communicate its decision to the person giving the notice in the prescribed form given in Appendix D1 / D2 / D3 and E1 / E2, as the case may be.

ii) In the case of special buildings, the building scheme shall also be subject to the scrutiny of the Chief Fire Officer of the Local / Planning Authority or Director of Fire Services, as the case may be, and the sanction development permission shall be issued by the Authority after the clearance from him.

iii) In the case of land subdivision or plotted layout, tentative layout shall be recommended for demarcation at first instance. After having demarcated the layout, the owner shall submit the layout as measured by the Land Records Department for final approval to the Authority. The Authority shall examine and grant final approval to the measured layout if it conforms to the regulations and is broadly in accordance with the tentative layout without any departures of substantial nature. This shall also be mandatory for Group Housing Schemes where roads in the adjoining layouts / Development Plan roads / Regional Plan roads are to be coordinated and / or amenity space/s are to be earmarked.

iv) After the plan has been scrutinized and objections have been pointed out, the owner giving notice shall modify the plan, comply with the objections raised and resubmit it. The prints of plans submitted for final approval, shall not contain superimposed corrections. The authority shall grant or refuse the commencement certificate / building permit within 60 days from the date of resubmission. No new objections may generally be raised when they are resubmitted after compliance of earlier objections, except in circumstances to be quoted for additional compliances.

v) After the development permission is granted by the Authority, it shall be displayed alongwith the plans on the website of the Authority, wherever such website is available.

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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.