Projects in Pipeline - Building Plan Approval

Municipal Building Plan Approval is aims to improve the efficiency, increase transparency and enhance the citizen satisfaction with the ULB's service delivery.

As with the entire Municipal product suite, Municipal Building Plan Approval is fully internet-enabled - this would make it possible to provide the system to the users at all the locations within the jurisdiction of the government. Building plan application coversthe complete lifecycle of the building plan approval starting from accepting the citizen's application, approval/rejection of application to the generation of the sanction/refusal license. The software has a checklist of documents required for a valid application, calculates the fee payable based on the type of the building. The software also automatically routes the citizen's application directly to the concerned Municipal employee. The software also captures the important details of the building to enable the municipal employee to decide if the building complies with the guidelines prescribed by the ULB. Citizens can view the status of their application online over the internet. Timelines can be specified for approval for individual types of building plan approval applications and can be escalated to the higher authorities if the building plan is not approved with in the approved timeline.

Integration Building Plan approval is integrated with the Municipal Property Tax application. Any changes in the building (area/usage) are directly updated in the Property tax system. This results in a regular updating of the Property Tax database. Building plan application is also integrated with Municipal Financials. All revenue collected is automatically updated to Municipal Financials resulting in increased efficiency and reduced errors.

Salient Features of Municipal Building Plan Approval

  • Captures the complete lifecycle of the Building Plan application from citizen's application to approval/rejection
  • Approval of New Buildings, Modifications and layouts
  • Internet enabled to allow access to all the municipal users and the citizens
  • Automatic routing of the building plan application based on Business Rules
  • Track delays in the license approval and escalate if the application is not completed with in specified duration
  • Automatic calculation of fees based on the type of application
  • Admin Module to maintain the master data for the application like approved architect list, fees etc
  • Reports for collections and generation of remittance challans for collections to the bank
  • Integration with Municipal Property Tax and Municipal Financials