G.O.(Ms).No. 153, Self Certification Scheme for Industrial Buildings, 2025
The Housing and Urban Development [UD4(1)] Department issued 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 amendments cover eligibility, excluded locations, application documents, building standards and parking requirements for Green and White category industries.
What the amendment does
G.O.(Ms).No. 153 of the Housing and Urban Development [UD4(1)] Department, dated 7 October 2025, adds a self-certification scheme for certain industrial buildings to the Tamil Nadu Combined Development and Building Rules, 2019. It also adds Annexure XXVII, which sets out the eligibility conditions, exclusions, application procedure and planning standards.
Who can use the scheme
An applicant may be the landowner, leaseholder or power of attorney holder. The proposed construction, reconstruction or development must meet all of these conditions:
- It is for a Green or White category industry.
- The plot area is not more than 7,500 square feet.
- The Floor Space Index area is not more than 5,000 square feet.
- The maximum building height is 10 metres, including any mezzanine floor.
Where self-certification is unavailable
Self-certification for industrial buildings is not available in:
- Coastal Regulation Zone areas.
- Hill Area Conservation Authority areas.
- Prohibited or restricted areas listed in Annexure XVII, including Aquifer Recharge Areas and the Red Hills Catchment Area.
- Ecologically sensitive areas and other areas notified by the Government.
- Land classified for Agricultural, Institutional, Open Space and Recreational, or Non-Urban use.
- Sites affected by street alignment, road widening, roads or reservations for public purposes under specified development plans.
- Wet agricultural land according to revenue records in Non-Planning Areas.
Application requirements
The online application must include:
- Site photographs.
- A self-attested registered sale deed proving ownership.
- A self-attested Patta or Town Survey Land Register in the owner's name.
- Self-attested Adangal records for the current and previous two fasli years, showing that the land has not been cultivated.
- Plans and specifications signed by an architect or registered engineer and compiled into two A4 sheets in PDF format.
The applicant must certify that the submitted information and documents are correct and indemnify the competent authority against claims arising from permission based on the self-certified records.
Main building and parking standards
The minimum road width is 7 metres in Corporations, Municipalities and Town Panchayats, and 6 metres in Peri-Urban Village Panchayats. The normally permissible Floor Space Index is 2, maximum height is 10 metres, and there is no restriction on plot coverage.
Parking within the site must provide one car space for every 150 square metres of floor area or part, plus one two-wheeler space and one cycle space for every 75 square metres or part.
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Common questions
Can I use self-certification for a factory on a 7,500 square foot plot?
Yes, if it is a Green or White category industry, the Floor Space Index area does not exceed 5,000 square feet, the height does not exceed 10 metres including any mezzanine, and the site is not in an excluded area.
Can a leaseholder apply under the industrial self-certification scheme?
Yes. The applicant may be the landowner, leaseholder or power of attorney holder.
Is self-certification allowed on wet agricultural land?
No. It is not allowed on agricultural land classified as wet land in the revenue records in Non-Planning Areas.
What parking must a self-certified industrial building provide?
It must provide one car parking space for every 150 square metres of floor area or part, and one two-wheeler space and one cycle space for every 75 square metres of floor area or part.
