(U/s 14-A of the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, 1961)
- The owner or the legal entity of the land, who intends to develop his land for any purpose other than that earmarked in the approved Master Plan, has to make an application, along with relevant documents, to the concerned authority for consideration.
- The authority shall, if it finds that the changes sought are relevant to planning principles and are in public interest and are not in contravention to any other law, publish the proposal in one or more daily newspapers, inviting objections from the public within a period of not less than fifteen days.
- The Authority then reviews the Change of Land Use proposal with the public objections received if any and passes a resolution, recording reasons, regarding its consideration or non-consideration for change.
- The CLU cases considered by the Authority are submitted to the Government for approval. The Government, with the technical opinion of the Department of Town and Country Planning passes order approving or rejecting the case, as it thinks fit. The Authority and the owner of the land shall abide by such Government order.
Source: DTCP, GoK.