Pune 23 villages township projects could face further approval uncertainty after CREDAI Pune asked the Maharashtra Urban Development Department to retain the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) as the planning authority for integrated townships in the areas recently brought within Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC).
CREDAI Pune Metro president Manish Jain has written to the department seeking directions for PMRDA to handle all integrated township projects in the 23 villages. The developers’ body has also alleged that construction permissions and layout approvals are taking longer at PMC than at PMRDA.
The 23 villages were earlier placed under PMRDA as a special planning authority. However, a government order dated 12 February 2026 appointed PMC as the planning authority for the villages after their inclusion in the civic body’s expanded limits. The change has raised questions over how approvals will be processed for township projects that were initiated under PMRDA’s jurisdiction.
Some of the projects are located entirely within PMC’s boundaries, while others extend across the jurisdiction of both PMC and PMRDA. CREDAI said revised master layout plans for the affected projects had already been approved by PMRDA and that the required premiums had been paid. Development work on several projects has also been substantially completed, according to the organisation.
The developers’ body said the shift in planning authority could create difficulties for subsequent approvals and delay the completion of projects that are subject to prescribed timelines under the integrated township regulations. It has therefore asked the state government to consider the earlier approvals and project status while deciding the authority responsible for future permissions.
CREDAI also claimed that the number of building-permission and layout-approval proposals pending with PMC is substantially higher than the corresponding number with PMRDA. It said this was resulting in longer waiting periods for development permissions at the municipal corporation. The organisation argued that faster processing is necessary because integrated township projects must be completed within specified periods.
According to CREDAI’s representation, PMRDA had handled the earlier approval process for the projects. The organisation also cited the availability of a director of town planning post at PMRDA, saying this could allow technical matters related to the projects to be handled more efficiently.
The integrated township regulations allow the state government to issue directions on which planning authority should grant permissions and supervise a project when it falls within the jurisdiction of more than one authority. CREDAI has invoked this provision while seeking the appointment of PMRDA as the planning authority for all integrated township projects in the 23 villages.
The Urban Development Department has now sought PMC’s comments on the demand. The next decision will determine how the affected projects are administered and which authority handles their pending and future approvals.
