G.O. (Ms.) No. 153, Self Certification Scheme for Industrial Buildings, 2025
The Housing and Urban Development [UD4(1)] Department issued Government Order G.O. (Ms.) No. 153, dated 7 October 2025, amending the Tamil Nadu Combined Development and Building Rules, 2019 to introduce self-certification for eligible industrial buildings. The scheme covers qualifying Green and White category industries and sets eligibility limits, excluded locations, document requirements, parking standards and building parameters.
What the amendment does
Government Order G.O. (Ms.) No. 153, dated 7 October 2025, from the Housing and Urban Development [UD4(1)] Department adds a self-certification route for certain industrial buildings to the Tamil Nadu Combined Development and Building Rules, 2019. The appended notification was directed to be published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Extraordinary, dated 7 October 2025.
Who can use the scheme
The self-certification scheme is available to a landowner, leaseholder or power of attorney holder proposing to construct, reconstruct or develop an eligible industrial building.
Key eligibility limits are:
- The industry must be in the Green or White category.
- Plot area must be up to 7,500 sq.ft.
- Floor Space Index area must be up to 5,000 sq.ft.
- Maximum height is 10m, including any mezzanine floor.
Where self-certification is not allowed
Self-certification for industrial buildings is unavailable in:
- Coastal Regulation Zone areas, Hill Area Conservation Authority areas and prohibited or restricted areas listed in Annexure XVII.
- Aquifer Recharge Areas, Red Hills Catchment Areas and ecologically sensitive areas.
- Lands classified as Agricultural, Institutional, Open Space and Recreational or Non-Urban use zones.
- Sites affected by street alignment, road widening, roads or reservations for public purposes under specified planning plans.
- Wet agricultural land according to revenue records in Non-Planning Areas.
Application documents and responsibility
An applicant must upload site photographs, a self-attested registered sale deed, Patta or Town Survey Land Register, and Adangal records for the recent three fasli years including the current fasli year. The Adangal must show that the land has not been cultivated.
Building and site plans must be signed by an Architect or Registered Engineer and compiled as two A4 sheets containing the prescribed plans, measurements, area statement, elevation, section, specifications, parking details and site identification information. The applicant must certify that the information is correct and indemnify the competent authority against claims arising from permission based on the self-certified records.
Building and parking standards
The minimum road width is 7m in Corporations, Municipalities and Town Panchayats, and 6m in Peri-Urban Village Panchayats. The normally permissible Floor Space Index is 2, maximum height is 10m, and there is no restriction on plot coverage.
Parking must include one car space for every 150 sq.m of floor area or part thereof, plus one two-wheeler space and one cycle space for every 75 sq.m or part thereof.
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Common questions
Can I use self-certification for an industrial building on a 7,500 sq.ft plot?
Yes, if the proposal also has Floor Space Index area up to 5,000 sq.ft, is no more than 10m high including any mezzanine, and is for a Green or White category industry. The site must not fall within an excluded area or land classification.
Can an industrial leaseholder apply under the self-certification scheme?
Yes. The scheme allows an owner, leaseholder or power of attorney holder to apply for an eligible industrial building.
Is self-certification available for wet agricultural land?
No. The scheme excludes agricultural land classified as wet land in the revenue records in Non-Planning Areas, and also excludes lands classified as Agricultural in the listed use zones.
What land records must be uploaded with the application?
The required records include a self-attested registered sale deed, Patta or Town Survey Land Register in the owner's favour, and self-attested Adangal records for the recent three fasli years including the current fasli year.
