Official guidance, Tamil Nadu land law
Roc. No.3593/2017/LA1, Industrial Layout One Time Approval Instructions
The Commissioner of Town and Country Planning issued Roc. No.3593/2017/LA1 on 22 March 2017, communicating instructions from the Housing and Urban Development Department letter No.16385/UDI/2015 dated 27 February 2017. For industrial layouts developed based on a memorandum of understanding, the instructions allow one time approval of the entire layout, including individual plots, subject to handing over well developed roads and open space reservation areas to the relevant local bodies within one year.
What the instructions do
Roc. No.3593/2017/LA1, issued by the Commissioner of Town and Country Planning on 22 March 2017, communicates the Housing and Urban Development Department instructions in letter No.16385/UDI/2015 dated 27 February 2017. The instructions change and simplify the approval procedure for certain industrial layouts.
Under the normal procedure described in the government letter, the road plan for a layout is approved first and the individual plots are approved later. The revised procedure permits the Commissioner of Town and Country Planning to give one time approval for the entire qualifying industrial layout, including approval of its individual plots.
Layouts covered
The Housing and Urban Development Department instructions apply to industrial layouts being developed based on a memorandum of understanding. They apply only where roads, open space reservation areas and related works have not been fully developed according to the required specifications and gifted to the local bodies.
The source does not extend the simplified procedure to other types of layouts. It specifically describes the change as applying to industrial layouts alone.
Conditions attached to approval
The one time approval procedure is subject to conditions concerning infrastructure and transfer to local bodies. The key provisions are:
- Approval may cover the entire industrial layout at one time.
- Approval may include each individual plot within the layout.
- Well developed roads must be handed over to the relevant local bodies.
- Open space reservation areas and the other stated items must also be handed over to the relevant local bodies.
- The required handover must take place within one year.
- The simplified process is intended to avoid delay in assignment of the industrial layout.
Who must follow the instructions
Roc. No.3593/2017/LA1 directs all field offices of the Town and Country Planning Department to follow the government instructions strictly. Copies were also sent to Assistant Directors, Planning Assistants and Supervisors at the head office.
For a person dealing with an industrial plot, the relevant point is whether the layout is based on a memorandum of understanding and falls within the stated infrastructure and gifting conditions. The document addresses the planning approval process for such layouts and the obligations relating to roads and open space reservation areas.
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Common questions
Does the one time approval procedure apply to every industrial layout?
No. It applies to industrial layouts developed based on a memorandum of understanding where roads, open space reservation areas and related works have not been fully developed to specification and gifted to the local bodies.
Can individual industrial plots be approved together with the whole layout?
Yes. The Commissioner of Town and Country Planning may grant one time approval for the entire qualifying layout, including its individual plots.
How long is allowed for handing over the roads and open space reservation areas?
The well developed roads, open space reservation areas and other stated items must be handed over to the relevant local bodies within one year.
Does the simplified process cover residential layouts?
The document does not provide the simplified process for residential layouts. It states that the changed procedure is for industrial layouts alone.
