Plan Approval

Plan Approval

Building & Layout Plan Approval System Overview

The building & land plan approval process relates to the issue of permission for the construction of buildings based on specific set of rules and regulations. As per the relevant provisions of the State Municipality Acts, any person desirous of undertaking a construction activity (fresh construction as well as modifications to existing structures) is required to obtain prior sanction from the relevant local body before embarking on the same. The building plan approval is envisaged to facilitate quick processing and disposal of building plan permissions, standardization of building fee & other charges, automation of the technical scrutiny, effective monitoring of file processing.

The Building & Plan approval process can be divided into following sub-processes:

  • Approval of building proposals of various types and nature of buildings
  • Approval of layout proposals
  • Processing and disposal of plans
  • Calculation and collection of fees

The unique features of BPAS are:

  • Building Plan Approval System reads CAD drawing and produces scrutiny reports in a few minutes, mapping all the development control rules of the Authority to the drawing entities.
  • Building Plan Approval System automates the lengthy and cumbersome manual process of checking the development regulations, thus reducing paper work, valuable time and effort of Architects and the Authority.
  • Building Plan Approval System helps in attaining the e-Governance by maintaining digitized versions of the documents.
  • The Approval System standardizes the building drawing plan process
  • Building Plan Approval System architects submit the plan on a CD by putting the basic data of a proposal on a 'Single' window
  • Building Plan Approval System after initial scrutiny of the documents, a date for site visit of the building inspector or concerned officer is notified to Architects and concerned Building Inspectors via SMS.
  • BPAMS supports Palm interface whereby the visiting building inspector or officer at site will capture site visit report along with photograph on a PDA device.
  • Ownership, NOC and other documents related to plan approval are scrutinized in BPAMS
  • Building Plan Approval System gives control to AutoDCR for drawing based scrutiny
  • Final Scrutiny reports and MIS reports are generated and published

Benefits

  • Uniformity and Compliance – The approval system is based on uniform interpretation of development control rules bringing in uniformity and compliance.
  • Acceleration – Accelerates scrutiny process by eliminating lengthy and cumbersome computations.
  • Process Innovation & Integration – Transformation of scrutiny and approval of plans through CAD and workflow technology brings in innovation in the process. All stakeholders concerned in the approval process are brought together on a single platform.
  • Accountability – Authorized roles and responsibilities are mapped and MIS reports are generated to help track process efficiency.
  • Transparency – Subjectivity in the plan approval process is totally eliminated and clear reasons are stated for approval or rejections.