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Eligibility Criteria - DTCP

The constructions of building should have been completed on or before the 1st July 2007;
These rules are applicable for the entire state of Tamil Nadu excepting the Hill Areas, falling within the purview of Hill Area Conservation Authority.
The requirements for compliance of certain planning parameters viz., Road Width, Setbacks, Floor Space Index, Vehicular Parking, Open Space Reservation
(OSR) shall be as per Annexure-IB for Directorate of Town and Country Planning Area.

Eligibility Criteria with respect to Planning Parameters – The following minimum/maximum requirements shall be provided on site for the building to be eligible for
applying under this Scheme:

Type of Building Minimum Road Width Minimum Set-back Maximum Allowable F.S.I. Parking

Ordinary Building Nil Nil 2.0

CBA - Residential Nil

CBA - Commercial Nil

 

Special Building 7m. Non-CBA : Residential 1.5m. on all sides 3.0  

Non-CBA : Commercial 1.5m. on all sides  

 short fall on car

Industrial 1.5m. on all sides
parking,
Institutional 1.5m. on all sides
two wheeler is
Residential & Commercial
1.5m. on all sides condonable on
Setback
payment of charges
Distance betw. Blocks: Ord.
1.5m.  
Bldg.
Group Development 7m. 3.0
Distance betw. Blocks: Spl.
3.0m.
Bldg.

1.5m on all sides with

Industrial & Institution
a feasible driveway

At least 50% of the

Upto GF + 6F or Stilt + 7F 9m.
requirement shall be
 
provided either on site
Multi Storied Building 50 % of normally permissible on all sides 5.0
or offsite. Balance 50%
GF + 8F or Stilt + 9F 12m.  
is chargeable as per
GF + 19F or Stilt + 20F 15m.
    rates prescribed     
Floors permissible as in
18m.
30.5m road

The following shall not be considered for Exemption

(a)Building with any encroachment including aerial encroachment on to a public road or street or any Government / local authority owned lands including water
bodies, open spaces reserved as parks and play grounds in Master Plan or Detailed Development Plan or new town development plan or approved layouts and
notified under:

(i)the Tamil Nadu Parks, Play-Fields and Open Spaces (Preservation and Regulation) Act, 1959,

(ii)buildings in Government lands including water bodies, land acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (Central Act I of 1894) or Right to Fair
Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (Central Act 30 of 2013)

(iii)the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001 (Tamil Nadu Act 34 of 2002)

(iv)the Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Harijan Welfare Schemes Act, 1978 (Tamil Nadu Act 31 of 1978) or any other land acquisition laws for the time being
in force and the lands affected by the erstwhile Tamil Nadu Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1978 (Tamil Nadu Act 24 of 1978)

(v)the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land Act, 1961 (Tamil Nadu Act 58 of 1961)

(b)The building in a filled up tank or low lying or made up of soil by depositing rubbish or offensive matters and the proposal is likely to be affected by dampness
owing to the sub-soil water, subject to ameliorative measures as may be prescribed by the Public Works Department.

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(c)Hazardous activities or hazardous industries including storages of hazardous materials like inflammable materials, chemicals, gas, etc. in a zone other than
the special and hazardous industrial use zone.

(d)Developments in a site within 500 metre radius from the boundary line of the Reserve Forest in the areas covered under the Tamil Nadu Town and Country
Planning Act, 1971 (Tamil Nadu Act 35 on 1972) shall be subject to the compliance, in toto, of the norms prescribed in the Forest Conservation Act and Wild Life
Protection Act.

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