HMDA registers 245% rise in permit fee collection this year; skyscrapers lead growth

A 63-floor tower, lodging 362 units connected a 2.17 acre crippled successful Kokapet, is the tallest residential operation the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has sanctioned this twelvemonth up to September [2025]. Added with a five-tower 56-floor analyzable connected 7.71 acres, and different mixed usage task with 66 lakh quadrate feet built up country connected 9.71 acres, Kokapet wears the crown arsenic the astir sought aft existent property destination successful the municipality metropolis, arsenic measured successful presumption of gathering permissions granted by HMDA.

Two much buildings, with 30 and 47 floors respectively, are coming up successful Bandlaguda Jagir, speaking for the unmitigated penchant for precocious emergence dwellings.

A connection from the HMDA has informed that the multi-storeyed gathering (MSB) segment led the awesome maturation successful gathering permissions during the period. A full 77 applications person been sanctioned, covering 78.71 lakh quadrate metres and earning ₹514 crore for the municipality improvement authorization — a crisp emergence from 55 applications successful 2023, accounting for 37.03 lakh sq m, and ₹215 crore revenue.

Number of gathering permissions sanctioned by HMDA

The full gross earned by HMDA excessively has shown a whopping rise, with licence interest collections surging to ₹1,225 crore, up by 245% from ₹355 crore successful 2024 and by 82% from ₹674 crore successful 2023. Monthly revenues person consistently exceeded those of erstwhile years. In September alone, collections touched ₹132 crore, a 263% summation implicit September 2024.

HMDA’s licence interest collection

During the 9 period period, HMDA disposed of 6,079 applications, marking a 49% summation implicit 2024 and 36% implicit 2023. Building permissions received totalled to 2,961, up 18% from 2024 and 8% from 2023, portion 2,904 cases were cleared, reflecting a 47% emergence implicit 2024 and 26% implicit 2023.

Noting that the HMDA has recorded a “remarkable” turnaround successful municipality governance betwixt January and September this year, Metropolitan Commissioner Sarfaraz Ahmad attributed the show to a strengthened monitoring system.

All pending files are present classified by duration — implicit 60 days, 30–60 days, wrong 30 days, and wrong a week — and reviewed regular astatine the Commissioner’s level, a connection from HMDA said. Each exertion is digitally tracked done dashboards that alteration instant escalation of bottlenecks and punctual decision-making. Owing to these measures, pendency beyond 30 days has dropped beneath 2%, with efforts underway to destruct it entirely.

In 2025, HMDA received 3,677 caller applications crossed the categories of multi-storeyed buildings, layouts, and different buildings, of which 2,887 were approved, yielding a 79% support rate, arsenic against the 38% successful 2024 (1,216 of 3,209 applications) and 58% successful 2023 (2,014 of 3,452).

Overall approvals and revenues excessively person much than doubled successful 2 years. Layout permissions covered 2,862 acres, up by 512% implicit 2024; layouts with lodging reached 38.24 lakh quadrate metres, up by 186%; and gathering permissions accounted for 88.15 lakh quadrate metres, up by 239% implicit 2024 and 87% implicit 2023.