G.O.(Ms).No.69, Amendment to Tamil Nadu Combined Development and Building Rules, 2019 (2023)

What the amendment does

Government Order (Ms.) Number 69, dated 3 July 2023, was issued by the Housing and Urban Development [UD1] Department. Its notification amends rule 39 of the Tamil Nadu Combined Development and Building Rules, 2019, by replacing sub-rule (25) and adding sub-rule (26).

The notification was directed to be published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Extraordinary, dated 3 July 2023.

High rise buildings in the Chennai Metropolitan Area

For a high rise building in the Chennai Metropolitan Area, the plan must be scrutinised by a panel and forwarded to the Government with the panel's recommendation for approval.

The panel includes:

• The Member-Secretary, Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority, as Chairman.
• Representatives from Fire and Rescue Services, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, Greater Chennai Corporation and the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited.
• The Chief Planner and Senior Planner of the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority.
• The Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic), Chennai.
• The concerned local body engineer, where the site is outside the Greater Chennai Corporation, as a special invitee.

Suggestions or alterations recommended by the panel and approved by the Government must be incorporated into the plans.

High rise buildings outside the Chennai Metropolitan Area

For a high rise building outside the Chennai Metropolitan Area, the plan must be scrutinised by a separate panel chaired by the Director of Town and Country Planning.

Its members include representatives from Fire and Rescue Services, the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board, the Commissioner of Municipal Administration, the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation, the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority and the Public Works Department. It also includes a reputed architect who did not design the building, the concerned local body engineer as a special invitee, and a Joint Director or Deputy Director from the Office of the Director of Town and Country Planning as Member and Convener.

Any suggestion or alteration recommended by this panel must be incorporated into the plan.

Who may be affected

The amendment is relevant to people submitting or preparing high rise building plans, including owners, developers, architects and professionals handling building approval applications. It also defines the public authorities involved in scrutiny, depending on whether the site is inside or outside the Chennai Metropolitan Area.