GHMC Building Permission 2026: BuildNow Online Process, Fees, Documents & Timeline
GHMC Building Permission Online 2026: BuildNow Step-by-Step Guide, Documents, Fees and Approval Time Hyderabad | Updated October 8, 2026 If you are planning to build a house, apartment building or commercial property in Hyderabad in 2026, one of the first questions is simple: Where do I apply for GHMC building permission now? The answer has changed. New building and layout approval applications falling under GHMC, HMDA and DTCP jurisdictions are now processed through the Telangana government's BuildNow portal . GHMC itself currently directs citizens to BuildNow for new Instant Registration, Instant Approval and Single Window building-permission services. This is important because older Google results still show instructions for DPMS and TG-bPASS . Those older pages can create confusion. GHMC stopped accepting new TG-bPASS applications from April 3, 2025 , while the BuildNow portal says remaining pending TG-bPASS applications were to be completed by December 15, 2025 before that ...