PMRDA Masterplan: Pune Metropolitan Region Zone Check

PMRDA DP plan 2026: current status of the draft development plan

Searches for a PMRDA DP plan 2026, a new DP plan or the PMRDA draft DP plan all lead to the same answer: there is no PMRDA development plan in force. PMRDA published its draft development plan for the Pune Metropolitan Region on 2 August 2021 under Section 26 of the MRTP Act, 1966. It drew about 67,000 objections and suggestions, and the Bombay High Court stayed the process. By a notification dated 27 September 2025, issued under Section 40 read with Sections 23, 26 and 28, the state cancelled the draft DP.

No firm date exists for the Structure Plan. In May 2026 the Chief Minister asked PMRDA to prepare it within six months; in June 2026 the Minister of State for Urban Development gave 12 to 18 months. A petition in the Bombay High Court also questions PMRDA's role as planning authority, and in August 2026 the court asked the state to file its reply. Until the Structure Plan is published, the 1997 Regional Plan (RP) is the sanctioned land use plan PMRDA works from, read with UDCPR 2020.

PMRDA DP plan PDF, zone map and village map download

The official PMRDA files are published on pmrda.gov.in; 1acre does not host them. Because the draft DP was cancelled, there is no current PMRDA DP plan 2026 PDF download. A file circulating under that name is either the 2021 draft or an unofficial copy.

The maps on the Maps page are overview images, not zone plans at survey number level. Searches for a PMRDA village map, a village nakasha or a PMRDA zone plan PDF usually want to know the zone of one plot. For that, the zone certificate is the document that counts: enter the full gat or survey number without the hissa number, and if the village has renumbered its gats, use the old number. PMRDA's helpline for application problems is 020-25933333. You can compare the regional boundary and zones on the 1acre map layer before you apply.

PMRDA village list by taluka

PMRDA uses several village counts, which is why searches for the PMRDA village list return different numbers. PMRDA's own About Us page gives the full region as 7,357 sq km with 842 villages and 7 municipal councils. The cancelled draft DP covered 814 villages, and PMRDA was the Special Planning Authority for 697. Its current List of Villages page, updated in May 2026, has 674 villages in nine talukas, which matches the 697 less the 23 villages now planned by PMC.

Only Maval, Mulshi and Haveli are fully inside the region; Bhor, Daund, Shirur, Khed, Purandar and Velhe are included in part. The village names are in taluka-wise PDFs on the same page, with a combined PDF for all villages. Before you buy, confirm that your village is on the current list: a village dropped from PMRDA's list may now fall under PMC, a municipal council or the MSRDC ring road authority instead, and its zone will come from that body.

DP plan for the 23 villages merged into PMC

The 23 villages on Pune's edge were merged into Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) by a state notification of 30 June 2021, but PMRDA stayed their planning authority and covered them in its 2021 draft DP. That draft was cancelled in September 2025. In February 2026 the state transferred planning powers for the 23 villages to PMC, and in July 2026 PMC set up a dedicated Development Plan cell. It has up to two years to prepare a draft DP, starting from a notice of intent in the newspapers and the Maharashtra Government Gazette. So a PMRDA DP plan for 23 villages PDF does not exist as a current plan. The old draft is cancelled, and the PMC draft has not been published as of October 2026.

Several of these villages also carry PMRDA town planning schemes (Wadachiwadi, Autade-Handewadi, Holkarwadi and Manjari), and five sanctioned schemes are being handed over to PMC. In these villages, ask PMC rather than PMRDA for the zone and building permission, and check whether the plot is a TPS final plot.

PMRDA Zone Classifications and Certification Process

Brokers in Talegaon, Urse, Khed, and Shirur routinely market agricultural plots as "PMRDA area" without specifying the zone. The PMRDA zone certificate, issued through the online portal at zonecertificate.pmrda.gov.in is the only document that confirms the operative zone for a specific survey number. The table below sets out what each classification means for a buyer:

The PMRDA zone certificate is valid for three years from the date of digital issue, costs Rs 500 per survey number, and is obtained online using the 7/12 extract as the base document. Any plot purchase completed without this certificate carries unquantifiable legal risk. Since the draft DP was cancelled in September 2025, check which plan the zone on your certificate is taken from. PMRDA's circular of 30 September 2026 allows residential development on agricultural land only within 2 km of municipal corporation limits, 1 km of municipal council limits and 500 m of nagar panchayat limits (Lonavala excluded), under UDCPR 2020, on a premium of 15% of the Annual Statement of Rates (ASR) rate. Outside those distances, the agricultural zone rules in the table still apply.

Mahalunge, Wagholi, Talegaon, and Chakan: what the PMRDA zone classification means for buyers

PMRDA's jurisdiction (7,357 sq km on PMRDA's website; the cancelled draft DP covered 6,051.76 sq km) spans nine talukas: Haveli, Maval, Mulshi, Khed, Shirur, Bhor, Velhe, Purandar, and Daund. The zone classification under the PMRDA Masterplan determines whether a corridor in this region is investable today, speculative, or legally frozen. Plots in PMRDA-sanctioned residential layouts within the Haveli and Maval talukas carry full bank financing eligibility and a clear development path. Plots outside TPS boundaries in Khed or Shirur talukas are a different category entirely. The table below maps PMRDA's primary corridors against the dominant zone type and what each classification means for development rights:

The most misunderstood corridor is the Mahalunge-Maan belt. Because Metro Line 3 terminates near Hinjewadi and the TPS has received preliminary state approval under Section 86(1)(a) of the MRTP Act, 1966, brokers present pre-TPS land as de facto residential. The state approved a first variation of the preliminary scheme on 29 April 2026, but as of October 2026 the final approval of the Mahalunge-Man Town Planning Scheme is still pending, and the state has not decided whether PMC or PMRDA will implement it. No construction permission can be issued on a TPS plot until that final approval is granted, published in the Maharashtra Government Gazette, and the individual plot reconstitution is completed.

Mahalunge DP plan and PMRDA town planning schemes

There is no separate Mahalunge DP plan. Mahalunge and Maan are planned through PMRDA's first town planning scheme, Mahalunge-Maan TPS-1, in Mulshi taluka, next to the Hinjewadi IT Park. Under a TPS, landowners give up part of their land and receive a reconstituted final plot, and the rest goes to roads, open spaces and public uses.

As of October 2026 the state has not decided whether PMC or PMRDA will implement the scheme, because Mahalunge is now one of the 23 villages under PMC. PMRDA's website lists further schemes: Wadachiwadi TPS-2, Autade-Handewadi TPS-3, Holkarwadi TPS-4 and TPS-5, and Manjari-Kolwadi TPS-11, with 15 proposed schemes awaiting decisions. If a seller offers a plot in Mahalunge or Maan, ask for its original plot and final plot numbers and check them against the preliminary scheme plans and tables on the TPS page.

PMRDA road development plan: Inner Ring Road and ring road buffer

PMRDA does not publish a separate road development plan as a PDF. Searches for the PMRDA road development plan usually want the ring road alignments, which are the projects most likely to cut through a plot.

The Inner Ring Road's later stages pass through Haveli villages including Kadamwakvasti, Wadachiwadi, Pisoli, Yewalewadi, Gujar-Nimbalkarwadi, Mangdewadi, Bhilarewadi, Jambhulwadi and Ambegaon Khurd. The government exempted the full length, about 720.78 ha, from social impact assessment in September 2023. Roads also decide building permission while there is no DP. Under PMRDA's circular of 30 September 2026, proposals near urban limits are processed only where a road of the required width exists on site. PMRDA considers roads in the approved Regional Plan, roads from the cancelled draft DP, existing roads, and roads proposed with landowner consent. Roads from the cancelled DP will keep being considered until the Structure Plan is published, so check them before you buy.

Data Sources & Verification

This page is based on PMRDA's own notices, planning pages and village lists, read in October 2026, with news reports used only for state decisions that PMRDA does not publish as text, such as cabinet directions and court hearings. Where a fact could not be confirmed from an official or established source, it was left out.

* PMRDA, notice cancelling the draft development plan (27 September 2025) and DP Reports page: cancellation and the sections it was issued under * PMRDA, Development Plan page: area (6,051.76 sq km), 814 villages, Section 26 publication * PMRDA, Development Plan Gazette page: gazette notices available * PMRDA, declaration of intention to prepare the draft Structure Plan (3 August 2026) * PMRDA, press note on the Structure Plan (June 2026): 12 to 18 month direction, TP schemes, UDCPR * PMRDA, List of Villages and About Us pages: 674 villages by taluka; 7,357 sq km, 842 villages * PMRDA, Maps, Development Permission and zone certificate pages: published maps, 1997 Regional Plan, certificate guidance * PMRDA, Mahalunge-Maan TPS-1 and Inner Ring Road pages: TPS milestones and areas; ring road facts and stages * Punekar News (September 2025; May, July and September 2026), My Pune Pulse (June 2021; February and May 2026) and Free Press Journal (September 2026): cancellation background, UDCPR order, 23 villages, PMC DP cell, TPS approval, fringe circular, High Court petition * Punekar News and Free Press Journal (August and September 2026): Metro Line 3 status