Development Control Regulations for Hosur New Town Development Plan
The Government of Tamil Nadu, Housing and Urban Development Department, through G.O.Ms. No. 129, Housing and Urban Development [UD4(3)], dated 8th July 2016, replaced the existing Development Control Regulations in the approved New Town Development Plan for Hosur with the Development Control Regulations for Hosur New Town Development Plan. The replacement regulations control special buildings and group developments, including road access, plot size, Floor Space Index, building height, setbacks, parking and related facilities.
What the regulations change
The Development Control Regulations for Hosur New Town Development Plan replace the earlier Development Control Regulations in the New Town Development Plan for Hosur. The plan being varied was approved under the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1971, and published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette dated 23rd May 1984.
Who is affected
The Development Control Regulations for Hosur New Town Development Plan affect owners, buyers, developers and professionals dealing with sites proposed for special buildings or group developments in the Hosur New Town Development Plan area.
A special building includes:
- A residential or commercial building with more than two floors.
- A residential building with more than four dwelling units.
- A commercial building exceeding 300 square metres of floor area.
An addition on the second floor of an authorised ordinary residential building is excluded from this category if the existing ground and first storey building is three years old and prior permission is obtained.
Group development means residential, commercial or institutional accommodation in two or more building blocks on one site, whether or not the blocks are interconnected.
Key development controls
The Development Control Regulations for Hosur New Town Development Plan provide that:
- A special building must generally have access from a public road at least 9 metres wide.
- The qualifying road width should normally continue for about 250 metres. Widening only in front of the site is not acceptable.
- Special buildings generally have a maximum height of 15 metres, or ground plus three floors, or stilt plus four floors.
- The maximum Floor Space Index is 1.5 for residential, commercial, educational, institutional, public and semi public uses, and 1.00 for industrial use.
- Public buildings such as theatres, marriage halls, hospitals, hotels and lodging houses must have a setback of at least 6 metres on all sides.
- Group development requires a minimum site area of 500 square metres, minimum frontage of 12 metres and maximum Floor Space Index of 1.5.
- Group development sites must generally abut or gain access from a public road at least 9 metres wide. Private access passage requirements depend on the number of dwellings, commercial floor area and passage length.
- Parking must be provided within the site under Schedule II and Schedule II A.
- The regulations also refer to requirements for open space reservation, access for persons with disabilities, rainwater conservation and Information Technology buildings.
- Specified new hospitals, nursing homes, hotels, lodges, hostels and marriage halls must include solar assisted heating systems in their planning permission drawings.
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Common questions
Does every residential building in Hosur count as a special building?
No. A residential building is a special building if it has more than two floors or more than four dwelling units. A permitted second floor addition to an authorised ground and first storey residential building that is three years old is excluded.
Can I build a special building if the road is widened only in front of my plot?
No. The regulations say that widening only opposite or near the site is not acceptable when the general road width is less than 9 metres.
What is the minimum plot size for a group development?
A group development requires a minimum plot area of 500 square metres and minimum plot width or frontage of 12 metres.
Are solar heating systems compulsory for any buildings?
Yes. They are required for specified new nursing homes, hospitals, hotels, lodges, hostels and marriage halls that exceed the floor area or room thresholds stated in the regulations.
