வீட்டுவசதி மற்றும் நகர்ப்புற வளர்ச்சித் துறை, மானியக் கோரிக்கை எண் - 26, அறிவிப்புகள் 2025-2026
The Tamil Nadu Housing and Urban Development Department, through Minister S. Muthusamy, published 27 new announcements for 2025-2026 under Demand No. 26. The measures described here propose easier building approvals, model residential plans, industrial self-certification, regularisation of certain plots, revised payment periods and specific provisions for houses and schools.
What the announcements cover
The Tamil Nadu Housing and Urban Development Department’s Demand No. 26 announcements for 2025-2026 include proposed changes administered through the Directorate of Town and Country Planning. They are relevant to individual home builders, owners of older plots, small industrial entrepreneurs, school managements and applicants paying planning-related charges.
Residential buildings
The Tamil Nadu Housing and Urban Development Department proposes several measures intended to simplify residential building approval:
- The online self-certification system, already used for ground floor plus one floor buildings, will be extended to residential buildings with a stilt parking floor plus two floors. Registration under the system is intended to provide immediate building approval.
- Standard model building plans will be created with elevation and cross-section details. They will cover standard plots up to 2,500 square feet and buildings with up to 3,500 square feet of floor area.
- The model plans are intended particularly to help economically weaker, low-income and middle-income groups build without violating applicable rules.
- Special provisions, including relaxation of side setbacks, will be added for row houses and group houses.
- Separate vehicle parking rules will be created for an individual house containing one dwelling unit.
Industrial buildings and older plots
The Directorate of Town and Country Planning will introduce online self-certification for cottage industries and green-category factory buildings measuring less than 500 square metres. The facility is intended to provide immediate approval and benefit small entrepreneurs.
For these factory buildings in village panchayat areas, the minimum required access road width will be reduced from 7.0 metres to 6.0 metres.
Applications may be submitted without any time limit to regularise individual plots registered before 20 October 2016 within unauthorised layouts formed before that date.
Schools and payment periods
School buildings next to a waterbody may be considered for approval under the existing rules if a compound wall is built without openings on the waterbody side.
Schools adjoining national highways or state highways may be considered under the existing rules if the school management creates a service road.
The period for paying infrastructure and amenities charges and development charges will be increased from 30 days to 60 days.
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Common questions
Can I use self-certification for a house with stilt parking and two floors?
The announcements state that an additional online self-certification facility will be introduced for residential buildings with a stilt floor plus two floors, allowing registration for immediate building approval.
Can an old plot in an unauthorised layout still be regularised?
Applications may be made without a time limit if the unauthorised layout was formed before 20 October 2016 and the individual plot was also registered before that date.
What is the proposed self-certification limit for small factory buildings?
The proposed facility covers cottage industries and green-category factory buildings constructed within 500 square metres. In village panchayat areas, the minimum access road width for these buildings will be reduced from 7.0 metres to 6.0 metres.
Will standard house plans be available for smaller residential plots?
Yes. Model plans with elevation and cross-section details will be designed for standard plots up to 2,500 square feet and buildings with up to 3,500 square feet of floor area.
