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CMDA comes with New Guidelines to Meet Affordable Housing Demand

Friday, August 27, 2010

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In a bid to create housing stock jointly with owners having large tracts of land and to meet the increasing demand for affordable housing in Chennai metropolitan area (CMA), the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) has framed a new set of guidelines for implementation of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) scheme. The guidelines comes in the [...]

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Bonanza for builders: FSI rules eased in other cities

Thursday, June 17, 2010

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The development control regulations (DCR) in the second master plan of Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) have been made applicable to several cities across the state, including Coimbatore, Tiruchi and Madurai. It aims to to provide uniform guidelines for constructing buildings and developing layouts in all urban centres. Builders will enjoy higher floor space index (FSI [...]

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TN eyes pvt lands for housing projects

Friday, April 23, 2010

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Plans To Join Hands With Landowners To Develop Residential Clusters In City To meet the growing demand for housing in the Chennai metropolitan area, the government has rolled out a public-private partnership (PPP) model to develop residential clusters, mainly in the city’s outlying areas. As per the scheme, the CMDA will join hands with land owners [...]

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Blacklist builders flouting plan: HC

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

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‘Withhold Sanction For Fresh Projects Of Builders Who’ve History Of Plan Violations’ Chennai: The search for a mechanism to rein in builders and developers who churn out buildings in violation of sanctioned plans or raise unauthorised constructions, may end here. If this suggestion of the Madras high court is implemented, unscrupulous builders and promoters, who flout development [...]

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Chennai city to get bigger

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

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Move Will Help Develop The Suburbs Fulfilling a longpending demand for better infrastructure and amenities for the suburbs, the Tamil Nadu government has finally ordered merger of several local bodies with Chennai Corporation, expanding its area from the present 174 sqkm to 426 sqkm. The move to expand Chennai and create a larger urban agglomeration [...]

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Under-construction bldg sealed for flouting norms

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

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he Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) on Tuesday sealed an unauthorised structure under-construction on Anna Salai. The structure was found to be violating development control rules of the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1971. Official sources claimed that the developer had obtained permission from the planning body only for the construction of basement and [...]

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Rising at a premium

Saturday, September 19, 2009

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The premium Floor Space Index recommendation in the Second Master Plan has been approved by the State government on September 9 The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority’s (CMDA) second Master Plan unveiled last year recommended a premium Floor Space Index (FSI) for the Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA) for special buildings, group developments and multistory buildings. After [...]

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Flat owners keen to avail premium FSI

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

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Existing Buildings Can Add More Built-Up Space, But Face Many Challenges In the wake of the state government announcing premium floor space index (FSI is the ratio of land to built-up area) in the Chennai Metropolitan Area to facilitate development of land to its full potential, many flat owner associations are toying with the idea [...]

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Now, land acquisition with less woes

Saturday, August 8, 2009

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Govt Bought Your land? Transfer Your Development Right To Any Property In CMA Chennai: Facilitating hassle-free acquisition of land for infrastructure development activities like road widening, formation of new roads and metro rail project in the city, the state government has given its nod for transferable development rights (TDR), which was announced by the Chennai [...]

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CMDA seals illegal flat at Kondithoppe, court gives a month’s time to residents

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

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Chennai: In a move to crack down on illegal structures in the city, the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) on Monday sealed an unauthorised flat on a multistoreyed building in Kondithoppe near Wall Tax Road. This is the second building being sealed after the amendment to the Town and Country Planning Act in November 2008, sources [...]

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Approval for highrises gets easier

Saturday, June 27, 2009

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CMDA To Permit Builders To Apply For NOCs And Submit With Plan For Nod Chennai: Close on the heels of hastening the planning permission mechanism for small buildings, the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority has initiated steps to put the approval process for multistoreyed buildings (MSB) also on the fast track in the Chennai metropolitan area. Only [...]

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Ozone township gets clearance from CMDA

Friday, June 26, 2009

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Chennai: The Bangalore based Ozone group is set to launch its 42-acre integrated township at Tirumangalam, equipped with approvals from the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) and the state government. HDFC India Real Estate Fund and Urban Infrastructure Opportunities Fund are also partners in the project which will be formally launched on June 27. Work [...]

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CMDA to make small project approval easy

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

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Chennai: The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA), in a recent order, has sought to hasten the building plan approval process in the city by making it mandatory for builders to apply for plan sanction through the green channel if their projects are eligible for such consideration. The green channel guarantees that applications that fulfil all basic [...]

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DLF plans to change mall project into residential complex

Saturday, April 18, 2009

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CHENNAI: The Gurgaon-based realty major DLF is considering whether to build a residential complex at the 3-lakh sq ft posh Commander-in-Chief DLF has recently approached the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) to permit the re-classification. It feels that a luxury mall in present circumstances will not generate the kind of returns it is hoping for, people [...]

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