The Hindu 16.12.2010
Building approvals to be cleared soon: official
| One-third of the applications pending approval are from Coimbatore |
Letters, telegrams sent to applicants to get the required documents
Special meetings are being held to redress grievances
Coimbatore: Applications from Coimbatore that were pending with the Directorate of Town and Country Planning for building or layout approval would be cleared in a couple of months, according to Pankaj Kumar Bansal, Director of Town and Country Planning.
He told The Hindu here on Wednesday that about one-third of applications pending for approval in the State were from Coimbatore.
He attributed the reason to problems with communication with the applicants in order to get the required documents.
Now, letters and telegrams were sent to the applicants seeking additional details and the approvals were being given at the earliest after getting the details.
Special meetings were held here regularly to redress the grievances and the number of applications was coming down.
About 50 applications were received at a special grievance meeting organised here today compared to nearly 80 applications received during the previous meeting. Mr. Bansal said during the last six months, the number of pending approvals as well as the approval time had been reduced.
The number of applications received for approval had gone up nearly six times.
The local body is empowered to accord approval for residences up to 4,000 sq ft. For schools and industries and residences of 4,000 sq ft to 15,000 sq ft, the approval has to be given by the Local Planning Authority.
For residences of more than 15,000 sq ft the approval is given by the DTCP.
