Thursday, May 8, 2014

List of Town and Country Planning Department for various states in India

Author: Sachin Gupta | Find me on Twitter

Town and country planning is an integral institution of state’s urban development. The Department of Town and Country Planning is responsible to regulate the development and also to check the haphazard development in and around towns in accordance with the provisions of state’s formulated urban development policy.

In order to involve the private sector in the process of urban development, the Department grants licenses to the private colonizers for development of Residential, Commercial, Industrial and IT Park/Cyber Park Colonies in accordance with the provisions of the State’s Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act. These licenses are granted to the owners having clear title of land in their favor.

Private real estate developers or colonizers are expected to pay fee to ‘Town and Country Planning Department’ for land conversion, and License grant.

The Town & Country Planning Department is meant for the preparation of master plan for cities and towns, along with Zonal Development Plan. Department is also technical adviser to all the Development Authorities, Regulated Areas, Urban Local Bodies of the State. Other than this, the department is also involved in framing of the State Housing policies. Various Buildings Bye Laws, Zoning Regulations with reference to the administrative control of Housing and Urban Planning Department of the State come under the ambit of Town and Country Planning Department.

Customers who buy apartments from private developers should visit the local state ‘Town and Country Planning Department’ website to verify the project License number and other related approvals.

Here is the list of Town and Country Planning Department for Indian states.





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