Directorate of Town and Country Planning (DTCP)
Directorate of Town and Country Planning (DTCP) is the state planning body for areas outside the Chennai Metropolitan Area — most district layouts are DTCP-approved. Across TNRERA-registered projects whose filed approval document we have machine-read, Directorate of Town and Country Planning appears as the approving authority on 138 projects, with a median gap of about 31 months between planning approval and RERA registration, and 77 of them carrying regularisation charges in the approval document.
Note for plot buyers: 56% of the Directorate of Town and Country Planning-approved layouts here show regularisation charges in the approval document — the land was regularised rather than approved as a fresh layout. That's legal, but worth understanding before you buy.
Where Directorate of Town and Country Planning approvals cluster
Recently approved projects (by approval-document date)
| Project | Locality | Approved | RERA year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metro OMR Castle City Extension Phase-V | Chennai District | 26 Mar 2024 | 2024 |
| Mahalakshmi Nagar | Porur Belt | 6 Sep 2022 | 2022 |
| Bliss in the Town | GST Road South | 30 Aug 2022 | 2022 |
| Symphony Phase-I | Sriperumbudur–Oragadam | 25 Aug 2022 | 2022 |
| Sri Balaji Garden | Thiruvallur District | 23 Aug 2022 | 2022 |
| Registration of Layout house sites | Porur Belt | 22 Aug 2022 | 2022 |
| Registration of Layout house sites | Thiruvallur District | 4 Aug 2022 | 2022 |
| Registration of | Chennai District | 2 Aug 2022 | 2022 |
| Sai Lakshmi Nagar | Thiruvallur District | 2 Aug 2022 | 2022 |
| Sri Thulasi Nagar | Chengalpattu District | 3 Jun 2022 | 2022 |
| Sri Vari Thirumala Garden (regularised) | Kancheepuram District | 7 Dec 2021 | 2022 |
| Ambal Nagar | Chengalpattu District | 17 Sep 2021 | 2022 |
| Regularisation Layout framework comprised in T.S.No.1585/2, Block No.4 (regularised) | Chennai District | 16 Sep 2021 | 2022 |
| Srinivasa Nagar | Thiruvallur District | 16 Aug 2021 | 2022 |
| Registration of Regularised Sub-division S.Nos.107/12, 13, 14, 15, 16, | Kancheepuram District | 2 Jul 2021 | 2022 |
| Abi Krishna Nagar (regularised) | Porur Belt | 29 Apr 2021 | 2022 |
| Blooming Garden (regularised) | Chengalpattu District | 5 Apr 2021 | 2022 |
| Kalyana Perumal Nagar-1 (regularised) | Kancheepuram District | 26 Mar 2021 | 2022 |
| Kalyana Perumal Nagar-1 (regularised) | Kancheepuram District | 26 Mar 2021 | 2022 |
| Kalyana Perumal Nagar-1 (regularised) | Kancheepuram District | 26 Mar 2021 | 2022 |
| Kalyana Perumal Nagar-1 (regularised) | Kancheepuram District | 26 Mar 2021 | 2022 |
| Kanchi New Town Phase–I Annex | Kancheepuram District | 24 Mar 2021 | 2022 |
| Regularisation Layout of house sites | Ambattur–Avadi Belt | 20 Mar 2021 | 2022 |
| Kalyana Perumal Nagar-1 (regularised) | Kancheepuram District | 19 Mar 2021 | 2022 |
| Kalyana Perumal Nagar-1 (regularised) | Kancheepuram District | 19 Mar 2021 | 2022 |
| Sri Arunachalam Avenue | Kancheepuram District | 27 Feb 2021 | 2022 |
| Sai Shashmitha Garden“ - Regularisation Layout framework comprised in | Chengalpattu District | 26 Feb 2021 | 2022 |
| Madhura Garden | Chengalpattu District | 23 Feb 2021 | 2022 |
| V.V.I.P. Nagar | Kancheepuram District | 17 Feb 2021 | 2022 |
| Regularisation Layout framework comprised in S.F.Nos.121/11, 12, 13, 1 | Thiruvallur District | 8 Feb 2021 | 2022 |
| Gangammal Nagar | Chennai District | 7 Feb 2021 | 2021 |
| Thangam Nagar | Kancheepuram District | 29 Jan 2021 | 2022 |
| Kurinji Nagar | Ambattur–Avadi Belt | 29 Jan 2021 | 2022 |
| Kavin Avenue | GST Road South | 24 Dec 2020 | 2022 |
| Marvel Town (regularised) | GST Road South | 16 Dec 2020 | 2022 |
| Marvel Town (regularised) | GST Road South | 16 Dec 2020 | 2022 |
| Marvel Town (regularised) | GST Road South | 16 Dec 2020 | 2022 |
| Marvel Town (regularised) | GST Road South | 16 Dec 2020 | 2022 |
| New Chennai City Annex-I (regularised) | GST Road South | 3 Dec 2020 | 2022 |
| Marvel Town (regularised) | GST Road South | 25 Nov 2020 | 2022 |
| Marvel Town (regularised) | GST Road South | 25 Nov 2020 | 2022 |
| Marvel Town (regularised) | GST Road South | 25 Nov 2020 | 2022 |
| Mullai Nagar | Kancheepuram District | 3 Nov 2020 | 2022 |
| New Chennai City Annex (regularised) | GST Road South | 15 Oct 2020 | 2022 |
| Regularisation Layout of house sites with Unsold Plot Nos.1, 3-14, 21- | Thiruvallur District | 4 Jul 2020 | 2022 |
| Project Name changed from "Subhadra Farmlands and Residency Phase-VI" | Kancheepuram District | 5 Feb 2020 | 2020 |
| Thirumalai Nagar Phase-III | Kancheepuram District | 18 Nov 2019 | 2022 |
| Regularisation Layout of house sites | Thiruvallur District | 17 Oct 2019 | 2022 |
| Swamy Gardens (regularised) | Kancheepuram District | 30 Sep 2019 | 2022 |
| Grahapravesam Nagar | Thiruvallur District | 29 Jul 2019 | 2020 |
| Chengai Crown City | Kancheepuram District | 19 Jun 2019 | 2020 |
| Regularisation layout framework part unsold plots in the layout LP T&C | Kancheepuram District | 17 Jun 2019 | 2020 |
| Kanagaraman Avenue (regularised) | GST Road South | 10 May 2019 | 2022 |
| Stanis Avenue, Mappedu | Thiruvallur District | 30 Apr 2019 | 2022 |
| Layout of House Sites with unsold Plot Nos. 1 to 100, 103, 105, 109, 1 | Thiruvallur District | 12 Apr 2019 | 2021 |
| Regularisation Layout framework for unsold Plot Nos.1–36, 143, 156, 15 | Thiruvallur District | 27 Mar 2019 | 2021 |
| Sri Subramanya Avenue | Porur Belt | 1 Mar 2019 | 2019 |
| Venkateswara Nagar | Kancheepuram District | 21 Feb 2019 | 2022 |
| Regularisation Layout framework comprised in R.S.No.74/2B, 4, 5, 6, Na | North Chennai | 21 Feb 2019 | 2022 |
| Chennai Gate Residential Township (regularised) | Chengalpattu District | 21 Feb 2019 | 2022 |
Coverage note: this page reflects only projects whose filed approval document we have machine-read (OCR). It is a growing sample of the register, not the authority's complete approval record. Dates and figures are read from scanned documents — verify against the source PDF linked on each project page.
Frequently asked
What is Directorate of Town and Country Planning (DTCP)?
The state planning body for areas outside the Chennai Metropolitan Area — most district layouts are DTCP-approved.
How many RERA projects were approved by Directorate of Town and Country Planning?
138 TNRERA-registered projects in our corpus have a filed approval document naming this authority. The true number is higher — this covers only documents we have machine-read so far.
How long after planning approval do projects register with RERA?
Among these projects, the median gap between the approval document date and TNRERA registration is about 31 months (measured across 130 projects with both dates).
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