Official guidance, Tamil Nadu land law
Building Approval and Planning Reform Announcements
The supplied extract announces proposed changes to building approvals and town planning procedures involving the Department of Town and Country Planning, local bodies and the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority. It covers self certification, model house plans, industrial and school approvals, plot regularisation, payment deadlines and planning administration, but does not identify the issuing authority, order number or issue date.
What the document covers
The supplied extract lists measures intended to simplify building approvals and strengthen planning administration. Most provisions are written as changes that will be introduced, so the extract alone does not confirm that the facilities are already operational.
Residential buildings and layouts
Key proposed measures include:
- Extending online self certification and immediate approval from Ground plus 1 Floor buildings to residential buildings with stilt parking plus two floors.
- Preparing model residential plans with elevations and cross sections. These are intended for standard plots up to 2,500 square feet and buildings with up to 3,500 square feet of floor area, particularly to assist economically weaker, lower income and middle income groups in building without violating rules.
- Adding special provisions, including side setback relaxation, for row houses and group houses.
- Creating separate parking rules for an individual house containing one dwelling unit.
- Accepting regularisation applications without a time limit for individual plots registered before 20 October 2016 in unauthorised layouts formed before that date.
Industrial and institutional buildings
An online self certification facility is proposed for cottage industries and green category industrial buildings measuring up to 500 square metres. For these buildings in village panchayat areas, the minimum access road width is proposed to be reduced from 7 metres to 6 metres.
School buildings next to waterbodies may be considered for approval under existing rules if a compound wall is provided without openings on the waterbody side. Schools adjoining national or state highways may similarly be considered under existing rules if the school management creates a service road.
Fees, assistance and administration
The extract proposes:
- Extending the deadline for paying infrastructure and amenities charges and development charges from 30 days to 60 days.
- Creating an electronic assistance application within the existing single window approval system.
- Allowing professionals registered with the Department of Town and Country Planning, municipal corporations, municipalities and the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority to work with the Department of Town and Country Planning.
- Establishing a dedicated Master Plan Unit in the Department of Town and Country Planning, staffed with experienced professionals and junior town planners, to implement master plans and other urban planning reforms.
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Common questions
Can I immediately obtain self certified approval for a stilt plus two floor house?
The extract says this additional facility will be introduced through online registration and self certification. It does not confirm when the facility becomes operational.
Can an old plot in an unauthorised layout still be regularised?
The extract allows applications without a time limit for an individual plot registered before 20 October 2016, provided the unauthorised layout was also formed before that date.
What size industrial building is covered by the proposed self certification facility?
The proposed facility covers cottage industry and green category industrial buildings constructed within 500 square metres.
Are model house plans proposed for standard residential plots?
Yes. The extract proposes plans with elevations and cross sections for standard plots up to 2,500 square feet and buildings with up to 3,500 square feet of floor area.
