BMC has put together an action plan to reduce the waiting period for construction approvals.

Ananya,

21st January 2015

Real estate News in Mumbai

no objection certificate

bmc

noc

construction norms

mmr

brihan mumbai municipal corporation

archeological society of india

asi

bmc rules

bmc action plan

urban development department

Follow Discussion

Also see discussions for

Mumbai Real estate News Real estate News in Mumbai

Replies (8)

You are right Sujan,
According to a Colliers India report, in Mumbai the average project delay is anywhere between 1-2 yrs. The presence of multiple regulations/regulators in the MMR region has led to delay in approvals and delivery of real estate.

ccording to World Bank’s Doing Business 2015 report, India was ranked 142nd among 189 countries in the ease of doing business survey.

Varun,

23rd January 2015

Comment

Do you know Varun construction sanctions are so complicated and time-consuming that it is one of the major factors that lead to cost-rise. And later it is passed on to the flat buyer. It is one of the major reasons for builders not being able to provide houses in affordable prices. Mumbais building proposal system needs to be completely renovate and made transparent and a collective effort is needed to streamline the procedure.

Sujan Mitra,

21st January 2015

Comment

Well Sujan,
As per the new plan, the initial application format to be filled for the approval would itself be inclusive of various requisites for NOCs from civic departments. Once an application for commencement certificate is made, it would be shared with all the involved departments at the same time. BMC has also fixed a time limit within which each department would have to decide on the issuance of NOC, failing which it would be consider that the department has no-objection.

The state government on its part has started a process for work out standard guidelines for clearances from the pollution control board and other state agencies. It has also decided to organize with the civil aviation ministry to streamline NOCs for height clearance for high-rise projects.

Varun,

21st January 2015

Comment

Thanks for the updates,
What is the BMCs fast track plan for construction? What about the pollution control board and other state agencies? If they fail to do that?

Sujan Mitra,

21st January 2015

Comment

Now, the BMC action plan proposes to cut the waiting period for all its permits. For instance, it wants to reduce the period required for fire NOC from 45 days to 15 days, traffic clearance from 30 days to 15 days, heritage NOC from 45 days to 30 days and pest control from 30 days to 7 days.

Varun,

21st January 2015

Comment

Well Sujan,
In Mumbai, the period required for all sorts of permissions is 185 days, against 66 days in countries like Hong Kong, which are among the toppers on the list.
In order to safe permissions for construction, a developer needs to get a total of 70 no-objection certificates. These include clearances from BMCs own water, sewerage, storm water drain, roads and traffic, development plan and the fire brigade departments. A go-ahead is also required from the tree authority and the state pollution control board, besides clearances from the civil aviation ministry, the environment ministry and even the Archeological Society of India (ASI), among others.

Varun,

21st January 2015

Comment

Hi Varun,
Can you tell me according to the new norms by BMC How long does it take to get building approvals? How many objection certificate a developer has to obtain to secure permission for construction?

Sujan Mitra,

21st January 2015

Comment

Hi,
Do you know from April 1, BMC, the civic body proposes to cut the 180 days required for granting permission for construction to 45 days. In an attempt to cut red tape and delays in the building approvals system, the Urban Development department led by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had directed the BMC chief Sitaram Kunte to work on the modalities for implementing the reforms.

Varun,

21st January 2015

Comment