Declaration of Multistoried Building Area for Construction of Residential Buildings at Urappakkam Panchayat/Village, Chengalpattu Taluk, Kancheepuram District

What the notification does

Notification No. VI(1)/240/2015, issued by the Director of Town and Country Planning on 11 August 2015, applies specifically to 1886.12 square metres in Survey Number 150/1A2 of Urappakkam Panchayat and Village, Chengalpattu Taluk, Kancheepuram District. It declares this land a multistoried building area for residential buildings under the Tamil Nadu Multistoried and Public Building Rules, 1973 and related instructions.

The declaration does not remove the need for building plan scrutiny. The listed requirements must be checked when the plans are cleared.

Who may be affected

The notification is relevant to the landowner, developer, architect, structural engineer, prospective apartment buyers and authorities dealing with building approval for this survey number. Buyers examining a proposed or completed residential project on the site may wish to verify that the approvals and facilities required by the notification have been provided.

Main development conditions

The notification requires the applicant or developer to address the following matters:

• Obtain necessary clearances and no objection certificates from the listed planning, highways, traffic police, fire service, airport, pollution control and other authorities, along with environmental clearance from the Government of India ministry concerned.
• Follow applicable floor space index and plot coverage requirements.
• Use an earthquake resistant design prepared and signed by a registered professional structural engineer, based on the National Building Code 2005.
• Provide ramps to the lift room, accessible parking near the entrance and sufficient lifts.
• Provide drainage, a sewage treatment plant and certified arrangements for recycling wastewater.
• Install fire extinguishers, an emergency open staircase and lightning arresters.
• Provide rainwater harvesting based on the site's contour, supported by sketches and a contour map.
• Make suitable arrangements for solar energy.
• Maintain a minimum floor height of 3 metres and a maximum building height of 53 metres.
• Provide expansion joints with a 75 millimetre gap at intervals of 45 metres.
• Because the site abuts a National Highway, show a 10 foot green strip and a 30 foot service road in the approval drawings.
• Submit details of drinking and other water supplies, with undertakings concerning water from government desalination plants and avoiding excessive groundwater extraction.
• Provide any necessary culverts across the water channel at the applicant's expense, after obtaining the required no objection certificate.

A building stability affidavit must be signed by the owner or applicant, architect and structural design engineer.