Grant of planning permission, Power delegation to field officers of this department

Purpose and scope

Roc.No.4367/2019-BA2 dated 7 March 2019 authorises Member Secretaries of all Composite Local Planning Authorities and New Town Development Authorities, as well as all Regional Deputy Directors and Assistant Directors, to grant planning permission within stated limits. The delegation applies to applications dealt with under the Tamil Nadu Combined Development and Building Rules, 2019.

Building proposals covered

The Commissioner of Town and Country Planning has delegated authority for the following proposals:

• Residential, commercial and institutional non-high rise buildings consisting of one or more blocks, where the combined FSI area does not exceed 2,500 sq.m. Each building must not exceed 18.3 m in height.
• Industrial buildings in approved SIPCOT or SIDCO layouts, including ground floor manufacturing sheds with up to 10,000 sq.m. of floor area. Offices, canteens and other incidental buildings are allowed where their combined FSI area does not exceed 15 per cent of the main manufacturing shed area. Each building must not exceed 18.3 m in height.
• SIPCOT or SIDCO proposals without a ground floor main factory shed, but containing buildings with more than one floor, where the combined FSI area does not exceed 2,500 sq.m. and each building does not exceed 18.3 m.
• Industrial buildings outside SIPCOT or SIDCO layouts, where the combined FSI area does not exceed 2,500 sq.m. and each building does not exceed 18.3 m.

Building proposals above these limits must be forwarded to the Commissioner of Town and Country Planning for concurrence.

Accessory uses and land division

Field officers may approve accessory uses allowed under Annexure XVIII of the Tamil Nadu Combined Development and Building Rules, 2019, if the site complies with the corresponding Master Plan or Detailed Development Plan land use zone and the applicable floor area limits.

Field officers may also approve layouts or subdivisions up to:

• 5 acres in corporations, municipalities and town panchayats.
• 10 acres in village panchayats.

Larger proposals must be sent to the Commissioner of Town and Country Planning. An applicant, or a family member connected with the applicant, cannot split the same site into smaller portions to obtain phased approvals from a field officer.

Open space reservation option

For building, layout or subdivision sites between 3,000 sq.m. and 10,000 sq.m., field officers may permit an applicant to pay the amount based on guideline value instead of allocating 10 per cent open space reservation for community recreational purposes.