Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Part VI, Section 1, No. 31 (31 VI 1)
The Government of Tamil Nadu, through the Commissioner of Town and Country Planning, issued Notification No. VI(1)/221/2017 dated 6 July 2017 and Notification No. VI(1)/222/2017 dated 11 July 2017, published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette on 2 August 2017. The notifications declare specified survey lands in Ariyalur District as a multistoried building area for residential buildings and specified survey lands in Villupuram District as a multistoried building area for educational buildings, subject to planning, structural, safety and infrastructure conditions.
What the notifications cover
Notification No. VI(1)/221/2017 declares 175,750 square metres of specified survey lands in Aminabad Village, Eruthukaranpatti Panchayat, and Thamaraikulam Village, Thamaraikulam Panchayat, Ariyalur Taluk and District, as a multistoried building area for residential buildings.
Notification No. VI(1)/222/2017 declares 85,500 square metres of specified survey lands in Ayyankovilpattu Village and Panchayat, Koliyanur Panchayat Union, Vikravandi Taluk, Villupuram District, as a multistoried building area for educational buildings.
Both declarations are under the Tamil Nadu Multistoried and Public Building Rules, 1973, and apply only to the survey lands listed in the respective notifications.
Who may be affected
The declarations affect owners, buyers, developers, architects and structural engineers dealing with the listed survey lands. The permitted purpose differs by location. The Ariyalur lands are declared for residential buildings, while the Villupuram lands are declared for educational buildings.
The declarations do not remove the need for building plan approval or other clearances. Applicants must establish compliance when their building plans are considered.
Main building and approval conditions
The Commissioner of Town and Country Planning requires the following measures for the declared lands:
- Compliance with applicable floor space index, plot coverage and multistoried building requirements.
- Necessary clearances or no objection certificates from relevant planning, highways, traffic police, fire service, airport, microwave and pollution control authorities, along with environmental clearance where required.
- Earthquake resistant structural design by a registered professional structural engineer, based on National Building Code 2005.
- Ramps, lifts and entrance parking for physically challenged persons.
- Drainage, sewage treatment, wastewater recycling certification and detailed water supply arrangements.
- Fire extinguishers, emergency escape stairs, lightning arresters, rainwater harvesting and solar energy arrangements.
- A minimum floor height of 3 metres and a maximum building height of 30 metres.
- Structural stability documentation signed by the owner, architect and structural design engineer.
- Culverts across water channels where necessary, at the applicant's expense and with the required no objection certificate.
For the Villupuram educational site adjoining the National Highway, plans must also show a green strip of 10 feet and a service road of 30 feet.
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Common questions
Does the Ariyalur declaration allow residential multistoried buildings on every property in the two villages?
No. Notification No. VI(1)/221/2017 applies only to the survey numbers listed for Aminabad and Thamaraikulam villages, covering a total of 175,750 square metres.
Can the Villupuram land be developed as residential apartments?
Notification No. VI(1)/222/2017 declares the listed Ayyankovilpattu lands as a multistoried building area for educational buildings. The source does not declare those lands for residential buildings.
Is a separate building plan approval still required?
Yes. The notifications require compliance with planning parameters and submission of relevant clearances, no objection certificates, structural documents and infrastructure details when building plans are cleared.
What height limit applies to buildings covered by these declarations?
The maximum building height stated for both declared areas is 30 metres. The height between each floor must not be less than 3 metres.
