Variations to planning maps in Chennai Metropolitan Area and other local plans

What this gazette does

The Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Part VI, Section 1, dated 10 December 2025, carries planning notifications issued by the Director of Town and Country Planning and the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority.

The published items in the supplied text do two main things:

• propose a draft variation to the Approved Nathappattu Detailed Development Plan No. 3 of Cuddalore Local Planning Authority,
• make variations to the Approved Second Master Plan for the Chennai Metropolitan Area 2026, and to the Vivekanandapuram Area Detailed Development Plan in Mylapore.

Who is affected

These notifications mainly affect:

• owners and buyers of land in Nathappattu, Naduveerapattu, Vellanur, Adayalampattu, Kovur, Mylapore and Nayar,
• developers seeking planning permission in the listed survey numbers or plots,
• nearby land owners where public access or open space reservation conditions are mentioned.

Key changes published

Nathappattu, Cuddalore

The Director of Town and Country Planning, in Roc. No. 23821/2025/TCP-9, dated 20 November 2025, proposes a draft variation to delete part of a 60.0 metre wide A-A Scheme Road (Bye-Pass) in Nathappattu Panchayat or Village, covering parts of Survey Nos. 96/2, 97/2, 97/3 and 97/4.

• Objections or suggestions may be made within sixty days from publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
• The variation plan may be inspected free of cost during office hours at the Cuddalore Local Planning Authority office.
• The draft becomes enforceable only from publication of the confirmed variation notification.

Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority variations

The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority notifications reclassify land in specific places:

• Naduveerapattu Village, Kunrathur Taluk, Kancheepuram District, Survey Nos. 76 series listed in the notice, from Agricultural Use Zone to Residential Use Zone, with a condition to ensure public access to surrounding vacant lands.
• Vellanur Village, Avadi Taluk, Thiruvallur District, Survey Nos. 44/1 and 45, from Red Hills Catchment Area to Industrial Use Zone, with a condition that Survey No. 175/1 be reserved as Open Space Reservation at the time of development.
• Adayalampattu Village, Ambattur Taluk, Thiruvallur District, Plot Nos. 1 and 2 in approved subdivision PPD/LO No. 254/2023, into Commercial Use Zone.
• Kovur Village, Kunrathur Taluk, Kancheepuram District, Survey Nos. 414/1A, 414/2 and 419/1A6, from Agricultural Use Zone to Residential Use Zone, with conditions about stilt floor, no habitation below MFL, compliance with Water Resources Department remarks, and public access to surrounding vacant lands.
• Mylapore Village, Chennai District, T.S. No. 1654/13, Block No. 34, from Primary Residential Use Zone to Commercial Use Zone, with a condition to obtain separate NOC from Chennai Metro Rail Limited because the site is adjacent to Alwarpet Metro Station.

What to check before buying or developing

• Whether your land falls in the exact survey number, plot number or block number named.
• Whether the land use has changed to residential, commercial or industrial.
• Whether any condition applies, such as open space reservation, public access, Water Resources Department compliance, or Chennai Metro Rail Limited NOC.
• For Nathappattu, whether the draft variation is still under objection stage or later confirmed.