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TN govt fixes uniform FSI of 2.0 for residential buildings

TNN | Oct 29, 2018, 09.18 PM IST

CHENNAI: Days after announcing to revise the Floor Space Index (FSI), the
Tamil Nadu government on Monday issued an order fixing uniform FSI of
2.0 for residential developments across Tamil Nadu. The move is
expected to spur vertical development making availability of an additional
33% built up area.
A government order dated 26-10-2018 and issued by housing and urban
development secretary S Krishnan said the government has examined the
proposal of the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) and
decided to accept the proposal with certain modification considering the
relevant aspect such as per capita land availability and present FSI norms
in Chennai, other Indian and global cities, besides the impact of lesser FSI
on city and housing for low income people.

The CMDA member secretary had sent a draft amendment proposal to the government to increase 0.5 FSI and increase the
premium FSI of second master plan for Chennai Metropolitan Area, 2026.

Accordingly, the maximum FSI is 2.0, which is a raise by 0.5 and it comes with retrospective effect from October 1, 2018.
However, the increase in FSI will not be applicable in ecological sensitive areas such as Aquifer Recharge Area, Red Hills
Catchment Area and Coastal Regulation Zone, the order added.

An identical order has been issued for areas falling under the purview of the Commissioner of Town and Country Planning,
covering the rest of Tamil Nadu regarding increasing the FSI.