' Office of the Director of

Town and Country Planrdng,

807, Anna Salai, Chennai - 600 002.
Circular
Roc.No.436712019-B,{2 Dated:05.02.2020.

Sub: Planning permission application scrutiny in DTCP areas - Clarification on making

' calculation of OSR requirement - Issued - Regarding.
Ref: (1) G.O.Ms.No.l72, Housing and Urban Development departrnent,
dated:13.10.2017.
(2) G.O.Ms.No.I 8, Municipal Administration & Water Supply department,
dated:4.2.2019.

With a view to clari! the Act/Rule provisions relating to calculation of open space
reservation (OSR) requirement for grant of planning permission, following are informed:

Rule 41(l) &

Rule 47(6) of Tamil Nadu Combined Development and Building Rules
(TNCDBR), 2019 prescribe the reservation of land for community recreational purposes (OSR) for
development of building and layout respectively. To put in a nutshell, following are the 3 categories
in the said reservation.

(a) First is the case of site extent upto 3,000 sq.m. for which there is no OSR
requiremen(fi rst deduction).

(b) Second is site extent above 3,000 sq.m. and upto 10,000 sq.m. for which 10% of the
extent excluding roads(second deduction) need to be reseryed as OSR and the space so
reserved to be gifted or payment may be made in guideline value in lieu of the OSR.

(c) Third category is site extent above 10,000 sq.m. for which l0% OSR for the extent
excluding roads to be compulsorily gifted.

However, in case of unapproved plot/ sub-division, the OSR extent to be decided based on
the site extent which was originally in existence pdor to the cut-off date of 29.11.1972 in case of
rural areas and 1.1.1980 in case of urban areas. Rules and earlier instuctions regarding these cut-off
dates are:
(a) Rule No.8(ii) of unapproved layout regularization scheme rules notified
vide G.O.l"t cited above provides that:
".... the unapproved layout or sub-division formed, ......
(i, prior to 29.11.1972 in rural areas and prior to 1.1.1980 in urban
areas outside Chennai Metropolitan Area, shall be deemed to hqve been
approved.... " .
(b) Further, in para 4(2) of the minutes of the fficers' meeting held on
2.3.2019 at head ffice, Chennai it has been stated that:
"OSR requirement to be decided based on the actual period of sub-
division made: Sub-divtsion 4nde prior to 1.1.1980 or 29.11.1972 in
case of urban areas or rural areas respectiyely will be deemed to be
approved sub-division " .

Therefore, as far as the unapproved ploV sub-division is concemed, care should be exercised
to determi[e the oSR requirement, especially for site extent applied for permission is upto
10,000sq.m. Method of calculation of OSR requirement is explained as below:
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(a) If the extent of site applied for permission exceeds 10,000 sq.m., then straighrway 10%
of the extent excluding roads(second deduction) should be resewed and gifted. This case
is not eligibie for first deduction.

(b) In case of extent of site applied for permission is upto i0,000 sq.m., then it has to be
ascertained whether the site extent was in existence as such i.e., having the same extent
prior to the either of the above said cut-off date, as the cirse may be. If not, then the
calculation for determining the OSR requirement should be as follows:

(i) If the extent of the original site prior

to the said cut-off date is upto 3,000 sq.m., then
the benefit of first deduction of 3,000 sq.m. shall be applied and hence no necessity
for allocation of OSR.

(ii) If the extent ofthe original site prior to the said cut-off date is above 3,000 sq.m. and
upto 10,000 sq.m., then the benefit of first deduction shall be portion of 3,000sq-m
only and which shall be the extent of splitting 3,000 sq.m, in the same proportion as
the site applied for permission was sub-divided from the original site. Then after this
first deduction the resulting site excluding roads to be taken up for calculating the
10% osR.

Model calculations are given in the attached tabular statement.

The above guidelines are already foliowed in planning permission application scrutiny.
However, through this circular, it is reiterated and confirmed for consistency and transparency.

Sd/- Chandra Sekhar Sakhamuri

Director of Town and Country Planning
Encl.: Tabular statement of model calculations.
To
All the Member Secretaries of CLPAS, NTDAs and all the Regional Deputy Directors/ Assistant
Directors.
Copy to:
All the Deputy Directors, Assistant Directors,
Planning Assistants and Supervisors of head office.

/Iorwarded /by orderl c

Deputy Director
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CALCULATIONS
TABULAR STATEMENT OF MODEL
IV Case V Case VI
Case I Case II Case lll Case
S. No' Dstails (Extent in sq.m.)
4,000 10,001
2,500 2,500
2,500 4,000
1. Extent of area
of site apPlied
for ssron 10,001 20,000
7,000 10,001
of 3,000 4,000
2. Extent
original site
which was in
existence Prior
to cut-off date Nil (since Nil (since Nil (since extent
(zsoo*:ooo; (a000 -4000) x (2s00-7000) x
3 First deduction original extent original extent of area of site
x 3000= 3000 = 3,000 3000:1,071.4 applied for
shall be exceeds 10,000 exceeds 10,000
2,500 sq.m.) permission
sq.m.)
exceeds 10,000
m
2500 4000 10,001
1,000 2500-10'71.4'=
4 Balance extent Nil
1,428.6
500 It0() 2,000
800 500
5 Second
deduction of
roads S (4000 800) x
- (10001 - 2000) x
(1428.6 -500) x (2s00-s00) x
Nil (1000-800) x l0% = 800.1
6 10% OSR to r0%=200 10%= 320
10Vo = 20 =92.86
10o/o
be fixed Applicant can OSR should be
Amount in Applicant can
Gifting OSR Nil Amount in exercise oPtion compulsorilY
7 guideline value for exercise oPtion
(or) paYment guideline value to gift OSR or gifted since extent
the OSR extent to gift OSR or
in guideline for the OSR pay in guideline of site applied for
should be Paid pay in guideline
value in lieu of extent should be value in lieu of permission
since minimum value in lieu of
paid since exceeds 10,000
it. OSR. OSR.
minimum size of size of OSR shall
sq.m.
OSR shall be be 100 sq.m.
100 .m