Steps
Each box is one situation. To see only yours, answer the questions above.
A town or city: a nagar panchayat, municipality or municipal corporation / A gram panchayat within an urban development authority's area (for example the APCRDA area outside the capital city, VMRDA, other UDAs)
1.
First check the site: no permission is given on a master plan road, a lake or water body, land set aside as a park or open space, government land on the prohibited list, assigned land without valid papers, or a site with a pending court case.
• A town or city: a nagar panchayat, municipality or municipal corporation
• A home on up to 60 sq yards (50 sq m), ground or ground + 1 floor
2.
A house of ground or ground + 1 floor on a plot of up to 60 sq yards (50 sq m) pays no permission fees or charges. You must still submit the application and drawing on the online portal and pay a token ₹1.
💻 APDPMS (the online building permission system)
📎 Building plans (drawings)
💰 Fee: ₹1 · A token ₹1 only.
Not confirmed: The rule says only "online portal" without naming it; we take it to be APDPMS. Confirm at the municipal town planning section.
3.
This house needs no completion or occupancy certificate. But a plot bigger than 60 sq yards must not be split to use this exemption, and you must not build on government, prohibited or disputed land; action is taken if you do.
• A town or city: a nagar panchayat, municipality or municipal corporation
• A home (including flats), under 24 m high, on up to 4000 sq m; in an approved or LRS-regularised layout, a village site (Gramakantam), or replacing a building with approved plans or from before 1985 / Anything else: 24 m or higher, above 4000 sq m, not a home, or a plot not in the layouts above
4.
Engage a Licensed Technical Personnel (LTP: an architect, engineer, supervisor or town planner registered with the municipality or the development authority). They prepare the plan and file the application on the portal.
• A gram panchayat within an urban development authority's area (for example the APCRDA area outside the capital city, VMRDA, other UDAs)
• A home (including flats), under 24 m high, on a site of 300 to 4000 sq m; in an approved or LRS-regularised layout, or a village site (Gramakantam)
5.
Engage a Licensed Technical Personnel (LTP: an architect, engineer, supervisor or town planner registered with the development authority). They prepare the plan and file the application on the portal.
• A town or city: a nagar panchayat, municipality or municipal corporation
• A home (including flats), under 24 m high, on up to 4000 sq m; in an approved or LRS-regularised layout, a village site (Gramakantam), or replacing a building with approved plans or from before 1985 / Anything else: 24 m or higher, above 4000 sq m, not a home, or a plot not in the layouts above
6.
Where the rules require it, mortgage 10% of the built-up area (5% of the units in row-house or detached-house projects) to the municipality or development authority by a registered mortgage deed. The permission is released only after that.
🏛️ Sub-Registrar's office (Stamps and Registration Department)
📎 A registered mortgage deed for 10% of the built-up area (where the rules require it)
Not confirmed: We did not read the part of the rules that says which buildings must give the mortgage. Ask your LTP whether yours does.
A home (including flats), under 24 m high, on up to 4000 sq m; in an approved or LRS-regularised layout, a village site (Gramakantam), or replacing a building with approved plans or from before 1985
7.
Your LTP uploads the application, documents, plan and the signed Self Certification Proforma on the APDPMS portal. As soon as the fee the portal works out is paid, the permission order (proceedings) is issued at once.
💻 APDPMS (the online building permission system)
📎 Ownership documents of the site (the registered deed and so on), Building plans (drawings), The Self Certification Proforma, signed by both you and your LTP, with both your Aadhaar numbers, The no-objection certificates (NOCs) that apply to your site, for example a fire NOC for high-rise buildings, A registered mortgage deed for 10% of the built-up area (where the rules require it)
💰 Fee: The fees and charges the portal works out from your municipality's or development authority's fee gazette. Where there is underground drainage, its connection charges are also paid when you apply.
Not confirmed: We did not see a table of fee rates; pay the amount the portal shows.
• A gram panchayat within an urban development authority's area (for example the APCRDA area outside the capital city, VMRDA, other UDAs)
• A home (including flats), under 24 m high, on a site of 300 to 4000 sq m; in an approved or LRS-regularised layout, or a village site (Gramakantam)
8.
Your LTP uploads the application, documents, plan and the signed Self Certification Proforma on the APDPMS portal. The permission is given by the development authority (for example APCRDA, VMRDA or the area's UDA). As soon as the fee is paid, the permission order is issued at once.
💻 APDPMS (the online building permission system)
📎 Ownership documents of the site (the registered deed and so on), Building plans (drawings), The Self Certification Proforma, signed by both you and your LTP, with both your Aadhaar numbers, The no-objection certificates (NOCs) that apply to your site, for example a fire NOC for high-rise buildings
💰 Fee: The fees the portal works out from the development authority's fee gazette.
Not confirmed: We did not see a table of fee rates, nor any official word on the gram panchayat's part in this application; ask the Panchayat Secretary too.
• A town or city: a nagar panchayat, municipality or municipal corporation
• Anything else: 24 m or higher, above 4000 sq m, not a home, or a plot not in the layouts above
9.
Your LTP files a regular building permission application on the APDPMS portal; the permission comes after the town planning staff examine it. For a building of 24 m or more, if the fire NOC is not given at the start, permission is first given only up to 24 m, and for the remaining floors after the NOC.
💻 APDPMS (the online building permission system)
📎 Ownership documents of the site (the registered deed and so on), Building plans (drawings), The no-objection certificates (NOCs) that apply to your site, for example a fire NOC for high-rise buildings, A registered mortgage deed for 10% of the built-up area (where the rules require it)
💰 Fee: The fees the portal works out from your municipality's fee gazette.
Not confirmed: We found no official paper on the time limit for deciding applications outside self-certification, or the fee rates. Ask your LTP or the municipal town planning section.
A home (including flats), under 24 m high, on up to 4000 sq m; in an approved or LRS-regularised layout, a village site (Gramakantam), or replacing a building with approved plans or from before 1985
10.
Every detail you self-certify must be true. A permission got with false details is revoked, the building is treated as unauthorised, and action is taken against you and the LTP.
• A gram panchayat within an urban development authority's area (for example the APCRDA area outside the capital city, VMRDA, other UDAs)
• A home (including flats), under 24 m high, on a site of 300 to 4000 sq m; in an approved or LRS-regularised layout, or a village site (Gramakantam)
11.
Every detail you self-certify must be true. A permission got with false details is revoked, and the building is treated as unauthorised.
• A town or city: a nagar panchayat, municipality or municipal corporation
• A home (including flats), under 24 m high, on up to 4000 sq m; in an approved or LRS-regularised layout, a village site (Gramakantam), or replacing a building with approved plans or from before 1985 / Anything else: 24 m or higher, above 4000 sq m, not a home, or a plot not in the layouts above
12.
From the day of the permission until the occupancy certificate (or completion, or the end of the permission's validity, whichever comes first), you pay only half the vacant land tax on the plot. Building without permission gets no such waiver.
A home (including flats), under 24 m high, on up to 4000 sq m; in an approved or LRS-regularised layout, a village site (Gramakantam), or replacing a building with approved plans or from before 1985
13.
Tell your LTP as soon as the plinth beam is done. The LTP must upload the plinth-level inspection report, with photos, on the portal within 7 days.
✋ You do this yourself
⏱️ within 7 days · The LTP's report within 7 days of the plinth beam.
• A gram panchayat within an urban development authority's area (for example the APCRDA area outside the capital city, VMRDA, other UDAs)
• A home (including flats), under 24 m high, on a site of 300 to 4000 sq m; in an approved or LRS-regularised layout, or a village site (Gramakantam)
14.
Tell your LTP as soon as the plinth beam is done. The LTP must upload the plinth-level inspection report, with photos, on the portal within 7 days.
✋ You do this yourself
⏱️ within 7 days · The LTP's report within 7 days of the plinth beam.
A home (including flats), under 24 m high, on up to 4000 sq m; in an approved or LRS-regularised layout, a village site (Gramakantam), or replacing a building with approved plans or from before 1985
15.
Build only as the approved plan says; that is the owner's duty. If the owner or the LTP changes during construction, inform through the portal within 7 days, and stop work until the new one registers.
✋ You do this yourself
⏱️ within 7 days · A change of owner or LTP: inform within 7 days.
• A gram panchayat within an urban development authority's area (for example the APCRDA area outside the capital city, VMRDA, other UDAs)
• A home (including flats), under 24 m high, on a site of 300 to 4000 sq m; in an approved or LRS-regularised layout, or a village site (Gramakantam)
16.
Build only as the approved plan says; that is the owner's duty. If the owner or the LTP changes during construction, inform through the portal within 7 days, and stop work until the new one registers.
✋ You do this yourself
⏱️ within 7 days · A change of owner or LTP: inform within 7 days.
A home (including flats), under 24 m high, on up to 4000 sq m; in an approved or LRS-regularised layout, a village site (Gramakantam), or replacing a building with approved plans or from before 1985 / Anything else: 24 m or higher, above 4000 sq m, not a home, or a plot not in the layouts above
17.
When the building is finished, apply on the APDPMS portal for the occupancy certificate (OC): upload the permit number, the completion plan as built, and photos of the building. If a fire safety certificate is needed, apply for it on the same portal at the same time.
💻 APDPMS (the online building permission system)
📎 The completion plan (the building as built), photos of the finished building, and the building permit number
⏱️ within 21 days · If the Fire Services Department does not give its certificate within 21 days, the OC does not wait for it ("deemed").
• A gram panchayat within an urban development authority's area (for example the APCRDA area outside the capital city, VMRDA, other UDAs)
• A home (including flats), under 24 m high, on a site of 300 to 4000 sq m; in an approved or LRS-regularised layout, or a village site (Gramakantam)
18.
When the building is finished, apply on the APDPMS portal for the occupancy certificate (OC): upload the permit number, the completion plan as built, and photos of the building.
💻 APDPMS (the online building permission system)
📎 The completion plan (the building as built), photos of the finished building, and the building permit number
A home (including flats), under 24 m high, on up to 4000 sq m; in an approved or LRS-regularised layout, a village site (Gramakantam), or replacing a building with approved plans or from before 1985 / Anything else: 24 m or higher, above 4000 sq m, not a home, or a plot not in the layouts above
19.
The portal compares your plan with the approved plan. If the deviations are within 10%, it works out a compounding fee, which you pay. If they are more than 10%, or the use, the number of floors or the height has changed, it rejects the application and gives the reasons.
💻 APDPMS (the online building permission system)
💰 Fee: If there are deviations, the compounding fee the portal works out.
20.
If all is in order, the OC is issued on the portal without a prior inspection; download it. The officials then inspect the building; if they do not do so within 15 days, the OC stands approved.
💻 APDPMS (the online building permission system)
⏱️ within 15 days · The inspection after the OC: within 15 days, otherwise "deemed approved".
• A gram panchayat within an urban development authority's area (for example the APCRDA area outside the capital city, VMRDA, other UDAs)
• A home (including flats), under 24 m high, on a site of 300 to 4000 sq m; in an approved or LRS-regularised layout, or a village site (Gramakantam)
21.
The portal compares your plan with the approved plan. If the deviations are within 10%, it works out a compounding fee, which you pay. If they are more than 10%, or the use, the number of floors or the height has changed, it rejects the application and gives the reasons.
💻 APDPMS (the online building permission system)
💰 Fee: If there are deviations, the compounding fee the portal works out.
22.
If all is in order, the OC is issued on the portal without a prior inspection; download it. The officials then inspect the building; if they do not do so within 15 days, the OC stands approved.
💻 APDPMS (the online building permission system)
⏱️ within 15 days · The inspection after the OC: within 15 days, otherwise "deemed approved".
• A town or city: a nagar panchayat, municipality or municipal corporation
• A home (including flats), under 24 m high, on up to 4000 sq m; in an approved or LRS-regularised layout, a village site (Gramakantam), or replacing a building with approved plans or from before 1985 / Anything else: 24 m or higher, above 4000 sq m, not a home, or a plot not in the layouts above
23.
If you gave a mortgage, its release papers are made with the OC and sent online to the Sub-Registrar. Download the released deed from APDPMS; no separate application or visit to the Sub-Registrar is needed. If you take the OC in parts, the mortgage is released only when the whole building has its OC.
💻 APDPMS (the online building permission system)
Not confirmed: This route is from an order of 16 October 2026; we do not know whether the link between the two portals is working yet. If the release does not come, ask the municipal town planning section.
Any other gram panchayat
24.
For permission to build in a gram panchayat, meet the Panchayat Secretary at the village secretariat. Ask where and how to apply (whether online), which papers, and what fee.
🏢 Your village secretariat (now called the Swarna Gramam office): the Panchayat Secretary
📎 Ownership documents of the site (the registered deed and so on), Building plans (drawings)
Not confirmed: Building permission in gram panchayats comes under the "Andhra Pradesh Gram Panchayat Land Development (Layout and Building) Rules, 2002"; we did not read their text, or today's application route, fee or time limit. Bigger buildings may need a technical check by the Town and Country Planning department (DTCP). Ask the Panchayat Secretary.
• A gram panchayat within an urban development authority's area (for example the APCRDA area outside the capital city, VMRDA, other UDAs)
• Anything else: a site under 300 sq m, a bigger or high-rise building, or not a home
25.
If your site is under 300 sq m, or the building is outside self-certification, meet the Panchayat Secretary at the village secretariat. Ask where and how to apply, which papers, and what fee.
🏢 Your village secretariat (now called the Swarna Gramam office): the Panchayat Secretary
📎 Ownership documents of the site (the registered deed and so on), Building plans (drawings)
Not confirmed: For a site under 300 sq m in a village within a development authority's area, or a building outside self-certification, we could not confirm officially whether the panchayat or the development authority gives the permission. Ask the Panchayat Secretary or the authority's planning section.