Building plan sanction process much simpler: SDMC

NEW DELHI: South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) Commissioner PK Goel on Sunday said that the building plan sanction process has been greatly simplified, made completely online and public interaction by the staff is not at all required.

As a result of these reforms, he said, in the last two years, out of 3,838 plans sanctioned, 991 have been sanctioned in one day, 1,588 in seven days and 931 in fifteen days.

Moreover, since implementation of the online system 132 completion-cum-occupancy certificates have been issued online by all three municipal corporations. Goel that some major reforms undertaken include sanctioning of building plans through a single window syste, and development of a single super imposed colourcoded zonal map to ascertain requirement of nature and extent of NOC for a particular property within a minute.

External departments like DMRC, National Monuments Authority, Delhi Urban Art Commission, Delhi Jal Board, Delhi Fire Service, Chief Inspector of Factory, Heritage Conservation Committee and Airports Authority of India have also been integrated with online Common Application Form module.

Due to this, now, in total, a maximum of 30 days are required for issuance of construction permits, out of which 15 days are required for all NOCS of external agencies and other 15 days are required for processing and sanctioning from the end of municipal corporations.

Goel said that the number of procedures one must undergo to get their building plan sanctioned to online completion certificate have been reduced from 24 to eight.