Salem Municipal Corporation

Town Planning

	TOWN PLANNING

	The Executive Engineer ( Planning ) is entrusted with the responsibility of Town Planning activities. The branch looks after regulation of building activities / lay out and building permissions. The planning permission is granted by Composite Local Planning Authority headed by the District Collector and the Building permission is granted by the commissioner.
How to Apply:
1.	The Applicant should remit Rs. 100/- at the Corporation Main Office Information center to get the required Building Application.
2.	Planning permission application can be had at the SLPA office on remittance of Rs. 50/- for residential use and Rs. 100/- for commercial use.
3.	Permission for single Residential Building upto 200 m2 total plinth area and commercial Building upto 100 m2 total plinth area will be received and processed at the Corporation office itself.
4.	All other applications / Appeals with relevant enclosures will be received in the Corporation and Forwarded to the SLPA and DTCP, Chennai.
5.	Enclosure Required:

A) Building Application
	i)	Corporation Application
	ii)	LPA Application
	iii)	Registered Document duly Attested
	iv)	TSLR Extract or FMB Sketch
	v)	Rs. 50/- Stamp affixed self addressed envelope
	vi)	D.D. in favour of Manual workers General Welfare fund of TNCWW Board, Chennai for 0.3% in the total construction value.
	vii)	N.S.C. certificates
	viii)	Building Plans 7 Copies

B) Site Sub - Division
	i)	Application – 2 sets
	ii)	LPA Application
	iii)	Plan – 5 copy (with Topo sketch)
	iv)	Registered Document duly attested – 2 sets
	v)	Layout Copy
C) Layouts
	i)	Layout Application
	ii)	SLPA Application
	iii)	Registered Document duly attested – 2 sets
	iv)	E.C. for 15 years
	v)	Survey sketch, FMB copy
	vi)	TSLR Extract
	vii)	Scheme copy
	viii)	Thasildar Certificate
	ix)	Applicant Letter – 2 sets
	x)	Layout Plan – 5 copy
	xi)	Topo sketch with 90 meters radius
D) Appeals
	i)	Application form – 3 sets
	ii)	Registered document duly attested – 3 sets
	iii)	Building Plan – 10 sets
Functions / Services
Granting permission for construction, reconstruction addition or alteration of buildings Lay out / sub division plan approval Action against unauthorised constructions, deviations.

Response Time for Service / Grievance Redressal
Approval of Building Plan and issue of Building Licence

Sl. No.	Details	Time Schedule
1.	Issue of application forms / Remittance of fees	At the Information Center on all working days – at once
2.	Issue of Chalan for remittance of fees for building license	At once
3.	Issue of acknowledgement	At the treasury at once
4.	Intimation to the applicant on rectification of defects noticed in the application	Within a week
5.	Suggestions to the applicant for rectification of defects	Within a week
6.	Issue of Building Licence:
1 a)	Upto a Total Plinth Area of 200 sq. m in all floor and not exceeding 1 + 1 floor of a Single dwelling in an approved residential land use area. (Primary or mixed residential)	15 days
1 b)	Upto a total plinth Area of 100 sqm in all floor and not exceeding 1 + 1 floor of a shop in an approved commercial land use area.	15 days
2 a)	Above 200 sq.m. and for all other land uses / Secondary land uses (on receipt of approval of the Local Planning Authority)	15 days
7.	Application for renewal of building licence	At Information Center-at once
8.	Renewal of building licence	7 days
9.	Plot sub division approval	15 ….. days
10.	Layout approval	….30.. days
11.	License to Licensed surveyors	30 days
12.	Demolition of unauthorised construction on corporation property	15 days
13.	Removal of encroachment on Corporation Roads	15 days
14.	Forwarding BA, Sub – Division, Layout , Appeal and other applications to the SLPA and DTCP, Chennai	15 days

How Citizens can help

Layout Developers to hand over Road, drains and other infrastructure together with reserved sites for the public purposes to the Corporation after completion and before getting final Approval.

Follow the building Rules, Layout conditions, Detailed Development Plan Clauses, Master Plan Regulations and other regulations.

Whom to contact for service deficiency

Sl.No.	Details	Designation and Timings
1.	First Complaint	A.E./J.E. Zone I to IV
		Ph.No:
		Zone I – 2387514 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm
		Zone II – 2314646 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm
		Zone III – 2263161 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm
		Zone IV – 2461616 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm
2.	Second Contact	A.E. (P) / J.E. (P) Main office Ph. No. 2212844 Extn. 209 (or) E.E. (P) Main Office Ph. No. 2212844 Extn. 206
3.	Third Contact	Commissioner Main office Ph. No. 2212844