G.O.(Ms).No.152, Amendment to Tamil Nadu Combined Development and Building Rules, 2019 (2019)
The Housing and Urban Development [UD4(1)] Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu issued G.O.(Ms).No.152 dated 18 August 2022 to amend the Tamil Nadu Combined Development and Building Rules, 2019. It replaces clause (ii) of rule 30(5) and sets Premium FSI charges at fifty percent of the applicable charges for qualifying properties within five hundred metres of specified metro rail corridors.
What the amendment does
G.O.(Ms).No.152 dated 18 August 2022, issued by the Housing and Urban Development [UD4(1)] Department, changes the treatment of Premium FSI for certain properties near metro rail corridors. It substitutes clause (ii) of rule 30(5) of the Tamil Nadu Combined Development and Building Rules, 2019.
The substituted clause provides that:
- Premium FSI is charged at fifty percent of the applicable Premium FSI charges for qualifying properties.
- The property must be within five hundred metres of the relevant metro rail corridor.
- The distance is measured from the centre line of the corridor.
- The provision covers existing metro rail corridors and corridors under execution.
- It also covers proposed metro rail corridors for which the Government has issued administrative sanction.
Who may be affected
G.O.(Ms).No.152 may affect property owners, buyers, developers and professionals assessing development potential or Premium FSI costs for land near a metro rail corridor. Being near a generally discussed or planned route is not, by itself, enough under the wording of the amendment. A proposed corridor must have Government administrative sanction, and the property must satisfy the five hundred metre measurement from its centre line.
The amendment concerns the amount charged for Premium FSI. It does not state that Premium FSI is automatically granted to every property within the distance limit, nor does it provide an application or approval procedure.
Publication and legal basis
G.O.(Ms).No.152 directs that the appended notification be published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette. The Governor of Tamil Nadu made the amendment using powers identified in the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1971, and legislation governing district municipalities, panchayats and several city municipal corporations.
The notification applies the same stated Premium FSI charging concession to qualifying properties near existing, under execution and administratively sanctioned proposed metro rail corridors. Property owners should therefore verify the corridor status, its officially identified centre line and the property's measured distance before relying on the concession.
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Common questions
What Premium FSI charge applies to a qualifying property near a metro corridor?
G.O.(Ms).No.152 sets the charge at fifty percent of the applicable Premium FSI charges.
How is the five hundred metre distance measured?
The distance is measured from the centre line of the metro rail corridor to the property.
Does the concession cover a proposed metro rail corridor?
Yes, if the Government has issued administrative sanction for the proposed corridor and the property is within five hundred metres of its centre line.
Does every property near a metro corridor automatically receive Premium FSI?
The notification only specifies the reduced Premium FSI charge for qualifying properties. It does not state that Premium FSI is automatically granted or set out an approval procedure.
