G.O.(Ms).No. 171, Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Amendments, 2025
The Housing and Urban Development [UD4(1)] Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, issued G.O.(Ms).No. 171 dated 30 October 2025 to amend the Tamil Nadu Combined Development and Building Rules, 2019. The amendments require electric vehicle charging facilities in specified residential, commercial, industrial and institutional buildings, and permit charging stations or facilities in several land use zones.
What the document does
G.O.(Ms).No. 171 dated 30 October 2025 amends the Tamil Nadu Combined Development and Building Rules, 2019 to provide charging infrastructure for electric vehicles, as required by the Tamil Nadu Electric Vehicle Policy, 2022. The appended notification was directed to be published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary dated 31 October 2025.
The amendments were made by the Governor of Tamil Nadu under the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1971, the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994 and the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Act, 1998.
Buildings covered by the charging requirements
The amended Annexure IV introduces the following requirements:
- Residential buildings must provide an electric vehicle charging point for every required car parking space and two-wheeler parking space.
- The residential requirement excludes buildings up to 14 metres in height that do not exceed eight dwelling units or 750 square metres of built-up area.
- Residential buildings with more than 50 dwelling units must provide fast charging points in car and two-wheeler parking spaces earmarked for visitors.
- Commercial, industrial and institutional buildings exceeding 300 square metres of Floor Space Index area must earmark at least 10 percent of their car or two-wheeler parking spaces for electric vehicles and provide fast charging points.
Changes to permitted land uses
The amended Annexure XVIII includes an electric vehicle charging station or charging facility among listed uses in the following zones:
- Residential use zone.
- Special and Hazardous Industrial use zone.
- Institutional use zone.
- Open Space and Recreational use zone, only in the Chennai Metropolitan Area.
- Non-Urban use zone, only in the Chennai Metropolitan Area.
For the Institutional use zone and the Open Space and Recreational use zone, the amendments also retain installations necessary for the listed uses through substituted entries.
Who may be affected
G.O.(Ms).No. 171 may affect owners, developers, builders, architects and approval professionals working on residential projects or on commercial, industrial and institutional buildings that meet the stated thresholds. Property buyers and owners may also need to check whether required parking spaces in a proposed or approved building include the prescribed charging points.
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Common questions
Does every residential building need an electric vehicle charging point?
No. Buildings up to 14 metres in height that do not exceed eight dwelling units or 750 square metres of built-up area are excluded. Other covered residential buildings must provide a charging point for each required car and two-wheeler parking space.
When are fast charging points required in an apartment project?
A residential building with more than 50 dwelling units must provide fast charging points in the car and two-wheeler parking spaces earmarked for visitors.
What is required for commercial, industrial and institutional buildings?
Buildings in these categories exceeding 300 square metres of Floor Space Index area must earmark at least 10 percent of car or two-wheeler parking spaces for electric vehicles and provide fast charging points.
Can an electric vehicle charging station be listed as a use in the Chennai Metropolitan Area?
Yes. The amendments list an electric vehicle charging station or charging facility in several zones, including the Open Space and Recreational use zone and the Non-Urban use zone within the Chennai Metropolitan Area.
