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construction and laying out of land into plots. Development Regulations covering land
use zoning and planning parameters govern planning permissions and Building Rules
govern the issue of building permits. These are tools to achieve balanced, safe,
efficient, sustainable and planned development of settlements, both in urban and rural
areas. Such rules help translate global goals and national policies in the economic and
2. Planning Rules are framed under the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning
Act, 1971, while Building Rules are framed under the respective local bodies’ Acts,
namely:-
Vellore),
3. Further there are other rules which governed building constructions in certain
(ii) Tamil Nadu Cyclone Prone Area Special Building Rules 1982,
approaches emerging in the area of spatial planning at the national and international
level it has become necessary to review, revise and re-issue the planning and building
rules under various Acts, as the Tamil Nadu Combined Development and Building Rules.
Rural Development and Director of Town Panchayats, reviewed the existing rules and
made its recommendations taking into account the Model Building Bye-Laws 2016 of
Government of India, National Building Code, 2016, National Urban Transit Oriented
Development Policy, Ease of doing business requirements, the United Nations’ New
6. The draft Tamil Nadu Combined Development Regulations and Building Rules
were published in July, 2018 for comments and suggestions from the public and stake
considered carefully and the draft rules have been modified incorporating some of the
I. Preliminary
All the Rules relating to planning and building permit for construction and layout
have been brought into single document and these rules are applicable to the
The Rules aim at efficient and sustainable utilization of scarce land making
developments.
The Rules have been simplified to reduce discretion and to promote voluntary
compliance.
excluding residential building upto 12m in height, not exceeding 3 dwelling units
construction at the initial stage itself, inspections have been mandated during
construction at the plinth level and at the last storey level. Based on a risk
To reduce the number and length of commutes, mixed use development will be
promoted. Accordingly, the primary residential use zone and mixed residential
use zone have been combined. The special sanction provisions to permit
activities in each zone, available in the Chennai Metropolitan Area, are removed
Section (EWS) Area, Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Area in places where
In line with the Government’s earlier decision to increase FSI to permit denser
development and make housing more affordable the Floor Space Index
Premium Floor Space Index that can be availed has also been increased as
indicated below:
o 50% of Guideline value for the excess FSI area over and above normally
o 40% of Guideline value for the excess FSI area over and above normally
o Premium Floor Space Index (FSI) will be allowed free of charge for affordable
housing project.
o Premium FSI upto 0.5 will be allowed at free of cost for Information Technology
(IT) developments.
o Premium FSI for the sites located within a distance of 500m from the center line
The planning parameters have been simplified by removing minimum plot extent
requirement, plot frontage requirement, and plot coverage for many of the
developments. The plot extent in aquifer recharge area is reduced from 440
sqm. to 220 sqm. and plot frontage is reduced from 15m to 12m. Reduction of
minimum plot size will greatly help low income households and economically
institutional finance.
In sites abutting road of less than 6m,eight dwelling units will be permitted and
on roads having width more than 6m,sixteen dwelling units will be permitted.
Minimum road width for non high rise buildingsupto 18.3m is reduced to 9m
from 10m.
number floors and the maximum setback for high rise buildings is capped at
20m.
permitted in high rise buildings upto 4.5m from the boundary in the front set
The total area required for parking in buildings is maintained at the current
levels, but accounting for improved technology and greater variety in vehicles,
the drive way requirement is reduced to 6m from 7m and the aisle width
more vehicles to be parked within the building areas and reduce spillover onto
public streets.
In industrial and institutional developments, OSR space shall be reserved but can
gifted to the local authorities free of cost for public purpose use.
8. Building Rules:
The validity period of building permits will be modified as five years with
To ensure ease of living to all, special provisions for differently abled, elderly and
To promote environment, rain water harvesting, re-use of waste water and solar
10. These rules come into force from 04.02.2019. The applications in which the
demand letters are yet to be issued and the applications which will be received after
this day which will be examined under the new rules. The applications for which
Development Charges demand letter has already been issued will be examined under