SECOND MASTER PLAN FOR CHENNAI METROPOLITAN AREA, 2026 Volume II Development Regulations (Originally approved by the Government of Tamil Nadu in G.O.Ms. No. 190 H&UD Dept., dated 2.9.2008, and notified in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazettee Extraordinary No.266, Part II-Section 2 dated September 2, 2008 ) Amendments incorporated upto May, 2013 Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority Thalamuthu - Natarajan Building, No.1 Gandhi - Irwin Road, Egmore, Chennai - 600 008. Contents DR No. Title Page No. 1 Short title 1 2 Definition 1 3 Written Permission for development 4 4 Manner of obtaining permission 5 4(4) Scrutiny fees 6 4(5) Completion Certificate 6 5 Development to be in conformity with these regulations 7 6 Designation of use in Master Plan or Detailed 8 Development Plan 7 Requirement for site approval 9 8 Proposed width of roads 10 9 Transferable Development Rights 10 9A Special Transferable Development Rights 11 10 Proximity to quarries and crushers 11 11 Structures in set back spaces 11 12 Boundaries of land use zones 12 13 Repeal and Savings 13 14 Primary Residential use zone 13 15 Mixed Residential use zone 14 16 Commercial use zone 15 17 Industrial use zone 16 18 Special and Hazardous Industrial use zone 16 19 Institutional use zone 17 20 Open Space and Recreational use zone 18 21 Urbanisable use zone 18 22 Non-Urban use zone 18 DR No. Title Page No. 23 Agricultural use zone 19 24 (2) Ecologically sensitive areas 20 24 (2)(a) CRZ area 20 24 (2)(b) Aquifer recharge area 20 24 (2)(c) Catchment area 20 24 (3) Development prohibited areas 20 24 (3)(a) Area around Indian Air Force station 20 24 (3)(b) Pallikkaranai Swamp area 20 24 (4) Areas of special character 20 24 (4)(a) MRTS influence area 20 24 (4)(b) I.T Corridor 21 24 (4)(c) Area around Airport/Aerodrome 21 24 (5) Natural hazard prone areas 21 24 (6) Green Belt along Poonamallee Bye pass and Redhills 21 Bye pass roads 25 Planning Parameters 22 25-Table (1) Ordinary Residential Buildings and other small 22 developments 25-Table (2) Ordinary Commercial Buildings and other small 23 developments 25-Table (3) Cottage industries, Green industries and Orange 25 industries upto 30 H.P 25-Table (4) Green industries, and Orange industries upto 200 HP 26 [permissible in industrial use zone] 25-Table (5) Industries exceeding 200 H.P 27 25-Table (6) Special and Hazardous Industries 28 25-Table (7) Institutional buildings 29 25-Table (8) Religious buildings with floor area less than 300 sq.m. 30 and height not exceeding G+1 floors 25-Table (9) Transport Terminals such as Bus Terminals, Bus 31 stands, Railway stations, Truck terminals, container terminals DR No. Title Page No. 26 Regulation for Special Buildings 32 27 Regulation for Group developments 39 28 Special rules for multi-storeyed Buildings 43 29 Layout and sub-division regulations 49 30 Architectural Control 52 31 Conservation of buildings of historical or architectural 52 interest 32 Tree preservation 52 33 These Regulations to prevail 52 34 Identification of boundaries 53 35 Discretionary Powers 53 36 Premium FSI 53 37 Delegation of Powers 54 38 Penalties 54 39 Transitary provisions 54 Annexures 1 Annexure I FORM-A: Application for Planning Permission 55 for laying out the land for building purposes 2 Annexure II FORM-B: Application for Planning Permission 58 for development of land and buildings other than those covered under FORM A 3 Annexure III FORM C: Form of Undertaking to be executed 61 individually by the Land Owner or Power of Attorney Holder or Builder or promoter. 4 Annexure IV Proposed Rights of Way and set back lines for 63 major network of roads 5 Annexure V List of cottage industries 70 6 Annexure VI Industries classified as “Green” 73 7 Annexure VII Industries classified as “Orange” 75 8 Annexure VIII List of industries permissible in Special and 77 Hazardous Industrial Zone 9 Annexure IX Areas set apart for Multi- Storeyed buildings 80 10 Annexure X Notification on Coastal Regulation Zone 81 11 Annexure XI Regulation for developments in the Aquifer 94 Recharge Area 12 Annexure XII Regulations for Redhills Catchment area 98 13 Annexure XIII Rules for Information Technology Park 100 14 Annexure XIV MRTS Influence area 102 15 Annexure XV Civil Aviation requirements for construction in 103 the vicinity of an aerodrome 16 Annexure XVI Parking requirements 107 17 Annexure XVII Corridor width 115 18 Annexure XVIII Spaces excluded from FSI and Coverage 116 computation 19 Annexure XIX Rain Water Conservation 117 20 Annexure XX Reservation of land for recreational purposes in 123 cases of special buildings/ group developments/ multistoreyed building developments 21 Annexure XXI Regulation for the grant of TDR 125 22 Annexure XXII Provisions for persons with disabilities 128 23 Annexure XXIII Solar Energy Capture 129 24 Annexure XXIV Electrical Rooms 130 25 Annexure XXV Special Rules for conservation of Heritage 132 Buildings 26 Annexure XXV-A Special Regulations for parking at upper floors 136 above a stilt parking floor in Special Buildings/Group Developments / Multi Storied Buildings. 27 Annexure XXVI List of Chennai Corporation Divisions and 138 Villages in Chennai Metropolitan Area Villages included in Chennai Corporation 154 28 Annexure XXVII Regulation for the grant of Special TDR for 157 slum dwellers 29 Maps Chennai City – Street Alignment 161 CMA – Street Alignment 163 Chennai City – Continuous Building Areas 165 CMA – Coastal Regulation Zone Area 167 CMA – Aquifer Recharge Area 169 CMA – Redhills Catchment Area 171 CMA – Prohibited Area around IAF Station 173 CMA – Pallikaranai Swamp Area 175 CMA – I.T. Corridor 177 Chennai City – MRTS Influence Areas 179 CMA – Transitional Areas & Trough around 181 Runways 30 Others Guidelines for the Premium FSI 183 Guidelines for Transfer of Development Rights 184 Guidelines for Special Transfer of Development 191 Rights Development Regulations for Chennai Metropolitan Area 1. Short title: (1) These regulations may be called Development Regulations for Chennai Metropolitan Area. (2) It extends to the whole of Chennai Metropolitan Area. 2. Definition (1) Access means way to a plot or a building. (2) Accessory Use means any use of the premises subordinate to the principal use and customarily incidental to the principal use. (3) Act means the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (Tamil Nadu Act 35 of 1972) as amended from time to time. (4) Alteration means a change from one occupancy to another, or a structural change, such as an addition to the area or height, or the removal of part of a building, or any change to the structure, such as the construction of, cutting into or removal of any wall, partition, column, beam, joist, floor or other support, or a change to or closing of any required means of ingress or egress or a change to the fixtures or equipment. (5) Assembly Building means any building or part of a building, where 50 persons or more congregate or gather for amusement, recreation, social, religious, patriotic, civil, travel and similar purposes. These shall include theatres, motion picture houses, assembly halls, auditoria, exhibition halls, museums, skating rinks, large gymnasiums, places of worship, dance halls, club rooms, passenger stations and terminals of air, surface and marine, public transportation services, stadia, etc., (6) Authority means the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority constituted under the Act. (7) Balcony – A cantilever projection, with a handrail or balustrade or a parapet, to serve as sitting out place. (8) Basement or Cellar – The lower storey or storeys of a building below or partly below ground level with majority of its headroom below ground level. (9) Building includes - a house, out-house, stable, latrine, godown, shed, hut, wall (other than a boundary wall) and any other structure whether of masonry, bricks, mud, wood, metal or any other material whatsoever; - a structure on wheels or simply resting on the ground without foundation; - a ship, vessel, boat, tent, van and any other structure used for human habitation or used for keeping or storing any article or goods; and - the garden, grounds, carriages and stables, if any, appurtenant to any building. (10) Building Line means a line behind the street-alignment and to which the main wall of a building abutting on a street may lawfully extend (11) Security cabin means a non-residential enclosure constructed of non-load bearing partition. (12) Canopy/ portico/porch-means cantilever projection at lintel level or ground floor roof level over an entrance of a building. (13) Chimney - An upright shaft containing one or more flues provided for the conveyance to the outer air of any product of combustion resulting from the 1 operation of heat production appliance or equipment employing solid, liquid or gaseous fuel. (14) Competent Authority means the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority or a local authority concerned to whom the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority has delegated the powers for issue of Planning Permission. (15) Corridor means a common passage or circulation space within a building. (16) Continuous building means buildings constructed without any side set back. Row type housing also falls in to this category. (17) Covered Area – Ground area covered by the building above the plinth level and includes parts of the building projecting out in other storey (including basement floor levels). (18) Development means the carrying out of all or any of the works contemplated in a regional plan, master plan, detailed development plan or a new town development prepared under Town and Country Planning Act 1971, [as defined in clause 13 of section 2 of the Tamilnadu Town and Country Planning Act 1971 including subdivision, layout, reconstitution or amalgamation of land] and shall include the carrying out of building, engineering, mining or other operations in, or over or under land, or the making of any material change in the use of any building or land: Provided that for the purpose of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971, the following operations or uses of land shall not be deemed to involve development of the land that is to say, i.