NDMC Clears Air on Building Permits with List of Exempt Maintenance Works

No building plan approval for painting: NDMC issues list of works exempt from permits. Repairs such as plastering, painting, flooring, roof replacement and alterations to doors and windows will not require prior building plan approval, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has clarified in a public notice listing works exempt from permission under the Unified Building Bye-Laws for Delhi, 2016 (UBBL-2016). The notice, issued on October 22 also exempts specified public utility structures, including public toilets, traffic and police control rooms, air purification systems, vertical gardens, dhalaos and solar panels, from building permits, subject to prescribed conditions. The m