TAMIL NADU TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (LEVY OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND AMENITIES CHARGES) RULES, 2008
(1) These Rules may be called the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning (Levy of Infrastructure and Amenities Charges) Rules, 2008.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 12th day of November 2007.
(1) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires,--
(a) "Act" means the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1971 (Tamil Nadu Act 35 of 1972);
(b) "Officer concerned of the planning authority or the local authority" means any person nominated by the planning authority or the local authority for the purpose of Section 63-B of the Act and Rule 7;
(c) "Group development" means accommodation for residential or commercial or industrial or institutional or combination of such activities, housed in two or more blocks of buildings in a particular site, irrespective of whether these structures are interconnected or not. Any interlink between these structures in terms of connecting corridors shall not be construed as making any two structures into one block. However, if these blocks are co
Infrastructure and amenities charges shall be assessed and levied separately on the institution of use or change of use of land or building, or all development of any land or building.
The infrastructure and amenities charges shall be collected for new constructions, additions to existing constructions and change of use of existing buildings at the rates not exceeding the maximum rate and not less than the minimum rates indicated in the Table below, in case of different categories of buildings referred to in the Table:--
The Table
SI. No. Type of building Minimum rates per square metre Maximum rates per square metre
(1) (2) (3) (4)
Rs. Rs.
1. Multistoreyed buildings accommodating residential or commercial or Information technology or industrial
(1) The Director Of Town and Country Planning shall fix the rates of such charges in respect of all the areas, other than the Chennai Metropolitan Planning Area, for each of the above categories of buildings, which shall not be less than the minimum and not more than the maximum as prescribed in Rule 4, taking into account the various aspects of developments including infrastructure needs. He may fix different rates for different categories of buildings or for different areas.
(2) In respect of the Chennai Metropolitan Planning Area, the Vice Chairman, Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority shall fix the rates of such charges for each of the above categories of buildings which shall not be less than the minimum and not more than the maximum as prescribed in Rule 4, taking into account the various aspects of developments including infrastructure needs. He may fix different rates
or any local authority or the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board, who intends to construct a multistorey building or a Commercial building or an information technology building or a group development or a special building or an institutional building or an industrial building or a combination of two or more categories of these buildings, for which planning permission is required under the Act, shall apply to the planning authority or the local authority, as the case may be, in Form A, for the assessment of infrastructure and amenities charges payable in respect thereof, along with the application for planning permission.
The appropriate planning authority or the local authority, as the case may be, shall, on such application being made or if no such application is made, after serving a notice in writing on the person liable to such payment and after calling for a report in this behalf from the officer concerned of the planning authority or the local authority, determine whether or not, and if so, what infra structure and amenities Charges is leviable in respect of a multistoreyed building or a commercial building or an information technology building or a group development or a special building or an institutional building or an industrial building or a combination of two or more categories of these buildings, or change of use of any building to commercial or information technology or institutional or industrial use, issue a provisional notice of demand for the payment of infrastructure and amenities charges, to the owner or occupier in Form B.
The planning authority or the local authority, as the case may be, after taking into consideration the objections, if any, filed by such person in respect of Infrastructure and Amenities Charges payable by such person shall issue a notice in writing of such assessment in Form C.
Such person on receipt of the final assessment order under Rule 8 shall be liable to pay to the Planning Authority or the Local Authority, as the case may be, Infrastructure and Amenities Charges assessed:--
SI. No. Number of Instalment. Quantum of Infrastructure and Amenities Charges to be collected. Period of payment.
(1) (2) (3)
1. 1st Instalment 50 per cent of the charge At the time of final decision on the application for grant of planning permission but before the issue of the Planning Permission.
2. 2nd Instalment 25 per cent of the charge Within the end of 6 months period from the date of issue of Pla
Any person aggrieved by the final assessment order issued under Rule 8 may, within a period of thirty days from the date on which the order was received by him, appeal against such order to the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority in cases relating to Chennai Metropolitan Planning Area or to the Director of Town and Country Planning in cases relating to planning areas other than the Chennai Metropolitan Planning Area:
Provided that the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority or the Director of Town and Country Planning, as the case may be, may admit an appeal preferred after the expiry of the said period, if the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority or the Director of Town and Country Planning, as the case may be, is satisfied that the appellant had sufficient reason for not preferring the appeal within the said period. However, no such appeal shall be entertained aft
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