Amendment to Tamil Nadu Combined Development and Building Rules, 2019 (2019)
The Housing and Urban Development Department, through G.O. Ms. No. 69, Housing and Urban Development [UD1], dated 3rd July 2023, amends the Tamil Nadu Combined Development and Building Rules, 2019. It replaces the scrutiny panel process for High Rise Building plans in the Chennai Metropolitan Area and adds a separate panel process for High Rise Building plans elsewhere in Tamil Nadu.
What the amendment governs
The Amendment to Tamil Nadu Combined Development and Building Rules, 2019 governs the scrutiny of plans for High Rise Buildings. It establishes different panel arrangements for buildings inside the Chennai Metropolitan Area and buildings in other parts of Tamil Nadu.
The amendment was published by the Housing and Urban Development Department under G.O. Ms. No. 69, Housing and Urban Development [UD1], dated 3rd 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 and forwarded to the Government with the recommendation of a panel. The panel consists of:
- 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 local body is not 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 panel chaired by the Director of Town and Country Planning. Its members include representatives from:
- Fire and Rescue Services.
- Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board.
- The Office of the Commissioner of Municipal Administration.
- The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation.
- Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority.
- Public Works Department.
- The relevant local body.
- The Office of the Director of Town and Country Planning.
The panel also includes a reputed architect who did not design the building. Any suggestion or alteration recommended by this panel must be incorporated into the plan.
Who is affected
The Amendment to Tamil Nadu Combined Development and Building Rules, 2019 is relevant to persons submitting or handling High Rise Building plans, architects, local bodies and the listed government authorities. The applicable panel and approval process depend on whether the proposed building is within or outside the Chennai Metropolitan Area.
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Common questions
Does the amendment apply only to Chennai?
No. It provides one scrutiny panel process for High Rise Buildings in the Chennai Metropolitan Area and another for High Rise Buildings elsewhere in Tamil Nadu.
Who approves a High Rise Building plan in the Chennai Metropolitan Area?
The panel scrutinises the plan and forwards it to the Government with its recommendation. Panel suggestions or alterations approved by the Government must be incorporated into the plans.
Can the architect who designed an outside-Chennai building sit on its scrutiny panel?
No. The panel must include a reputed architect other than the architect who designed the building.
Must changes recommended by the outside-Chennai panel be added to the plan?
Yes. Any suggestion or alteration recommended by that panel must be incorporated into the plan.
