HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PLANNING

UNIT I INTRODUCTION

Elements of Human Settlements – human beings and settlements – nature shells& Network – their functions and Linkages – Anatomy &

classification of Human settlements – Locational, Resource based, Population size & Occupational structure.

UNIT II FORMS OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

Structure and form of Human settlements – Linear, non-linear and circular – Combinations – reasons for development – advantages and

disadvantages – case studies – factors influencing the growth and decay of human settlements.

UNIT III PLANNING CONCEPTS

Planning concepts and their relevance to Indian Planning practice in respect of Ebenezer Howard – Garden city concepts and contents –

Patrick Geddes – Conservative surgery – case study – C.A. Perry – Neighborhood concept Le Corbusier – concept and case studies.

UNIT IV URBAN PLANNING AND URBAN RENEWAL

Scope and Content of Master plan – planning area, land use plan and Zoning regulations – zonal plan – need, linkage to master plan and land

use plan – planned unit development (PUD) – need, applicability and development regulations - Urban Renewal Plan – Meaning,

Redevelopment, Rehabilitation and Conservation – JNNURM – case studies.

UNIT V ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY URBAN PLANNING IN INDIA

Globalization and its impact on cities – Urbanization, emergence of new forms of developments – self sustained communities – SEZ – transit

development – integrated townships – case studies.

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  With rapid urbanization and growth of the city,
urban planning has received a major importance.
 This planning is done at various hierarchies to
integrate a large region with a small area so that
the development is done at a same pace.
 There are many legal documents made to
promote development.
 Master plan is one such document which provides
rules and guidelines for a planned development
both at present and future.

Why we need a
MASTER PLAN
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role definition

URDPFI – URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION

• MASTER PLANNING CAN ASSUME SOME OR ALL OF THESE • A master plan is a dynamic long-term planning document
ROLES: that provides a conceptual layout to guide future growth
• Develop a phasing and implementation schedule and and development.
identify priorities for action Act as a framework for • Master planning is about making the connection between
regeneration and attract private sector investment. buildings, social settings, and their surrounding
• Conceptualize and shape the three-dimensional urban environments.
environment. • A master plan includes analysis, recommendations, and
• Define public, semiprivate, and private spaces and proposals for a site’s population, economy, housing,
public amenities. transportation, community facilities, and land use.
• Determine the mix of uses and their physical relationship. • It is based on public input, surveys, planning initiatives,
• Engage the local community and act as builder of existing development, physical characteristics, and social
consensus. and economic conditions.

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importance

• Urban areas have grown in both size and

complexity over the decades and became
unmanageable in most of the places.
• The need of having a mechanism or a way
to regulate this growth was felt and thus
methods were devised to regulate or
“shape” this growth. Having master plan is
one of such attempt.
• Other methods include development
places called as “City Development Plan”,
Town Planning Schemes, Land Use Plans,
Zonal Plans, various other “spatial” plans
made by concerned authorities.

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tools
• It is an instrument to work out land and infrastructure

requirements for various urban and rural uses

• Allocate land for various uses to result in harmonious

and sustainable distribution of activities so that

towns / cities are provided with a form and structure

within which they can perform all their economic

and social functions efficiently and effectively.

• The purpose of a Master Plan is to promote growth

and guide and regulate present and future

development of towns and cities with a perspective

of 20-25 years.

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scope

• the scope of a master plan confines to the broad proposals and allocation of LAND FOR
VARIOUS uses such as residential, industrial, commercial, recreational, public and semi-
public, etc.
• It proposes a NETWORK OF ROADS AND PATTERN of streets and traffic circulation systems
for the present and the future.
• A master plan identifies AREAS REQUIRED TO BE PRESERVED AND CONSERVED and
development of areas of natural scenery and landscape
• Preservation of features, structures or places of HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND
SCIENTIFIC interest and environmental value.
• Master plan includes zoning regulations for regulating development within each zone.
• It also indicates stages through which the plan is proposed to be implemented.
• Thus, a master plan is an important instrument for guiding and regulating development
of towns and cities over a period of time, and contributes to planned development
both conceptually and operationally.

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contents
• This part recommends the contents of Master Plan document, • Contents of Master Plan should be formulated in accordance with
which would include the written document as well as the map statutory provisions of the relevant Act.
showing the spatial plan and other supporting charts and diagrams. • With the view of saving time and also developing a participatory
• Major heads and subheads to serve as a guide for formulation of system of planning, necessary information from secondary
development plan of an urban centre are given below. sources
• should be utilized, as far as practicable and primary surveys should

• The Development plan should contain the following major heads: be conducted only when it is unavoidable.
• Conceived within the framework of the perspective plan and
1. Existing Conditions and Development Issues
adjusted as per the Regional District Plan, a Developmental Plan is
2. Assessment of Deficiencies and Projected Requirements to be prepared for a period of 20-30 years.

3. Vision and Mission • While preparing Development Plan, special attention must be paid
on safety, security and participation of women, the elderly, and other
4. Development Proposals
segments of society requiring special needs.
5. Implementation Plan

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Analysis of Existing Scenario and Development Issues contents

1 Background
2 Demographic
profile 3 Land profile
4 Economic
profile
• Jurisdiction changes and efforts of • PRIMARY:
• Location, regional setting and • Existing population and distribution
planned development • Agriculture, horticulture & forestry,
connectivity • Population growth and its
• Existing Landuse map with Sericulture and/or Fishing Mining
• Brief history of development of the composition of
revenue level details & quarrying
town • Natural growth
• Developable and non- • SECONDARY:
• City influence and its • Migration pattern/
developable area • Manufacturing – large, medium and
characteristics including settlement • Jurisdictional changes
• Peri-urban areas and urban clusters of MSME Household industries
pattern, rural-urban relationship • Floating population
villages, if any Construction
and fringe area developments • Age- sex composition and
• Existing zoning and development • TERTIARY:
• Physical setting – Topography, literacy rate (trend analysis)
within zoned area • Trade (whole sale / retail trade)Touris
Climate, Soil (profile and condition), • Workforce participation
(including inner city area) m, Hotels and Restaurants Transport,
Geology & Geomorphology, Litho- • Population density (net and gross)
• Built floor space, floor space Storage and Communication
logy, Neo-Tectonics, Micro-Seismic • Household characteristics -
permitted Financial services such as Banking,
zones and Hydrology, Sub-surface Household sizes
• Particulars including - Vending Insurance etc.
aquifer systems
zones, Heritage (sites, buildings • Real estate and Business services
and areas) Public Administration.

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Analysis of Existing Scenario and Development Issues contents

5 infrastructure Other facilities Physical infrastructure

• Physical Infrastructure: (benchmarks)

• TRANSPORTATION: • Education: schools, technical institutes,
• Water supply: network, existing demand and supply scenario, water
• Mode of transportation - by road, universities,
transmission, reservoirs and distribution, rainwater harvesting
rail, air, water as the case may be. • Health care: Dispensary, health centre
• Energy: existing demand and supply scenario, transmission and distribution
• Network of roads, railways, hospitals
network ,renewable energy Drainage, Sanitation And Solid waste disposal:
waterways and their • Recreational spaces, Parks and Open
existing demand and supply scenario, generation, and collection system,
interrelationship with major spaces.
transportation , treatment, re-cycling and re-use of waste
activity nodes • Religious space
• Transport and Communication
• Transport Corridors & Terminals. • Socio cultural facilities
• Police protection, Fire protection
• Trans-intra city transportation
• Cremation and graveyards
facility
• Disaster management centre
• Pedestrian and bicycle
• Network of city-level non-
motorized routes and zones
• Goods movement system
• Transportation land use integration
• Parking / Signage and way findings

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Analysis of Existing Scenario and Development Issues contents

6 Environmental
profile 7 Shelter
8 Administrative
profile 9 Maps and
plans
• Legal framework • Existing Landuse / utilization plan
• Eco-sensitive zone - Protected or • Housing scenario
• Institutional framework & • Historical city growth map
restricted areas such as National • Housing stock & supply
manpower • Infrastructure maps
parks and Wildlife • Mapping of slums, squatter
• Fiscal: Sources of revenue, streams • Environmentally sensitive zones map
• Sanctuaries and eco-sensitive settlements other informal
of expenditure – existing and

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buffers around it settlements
• River, Water bodies and wetlands • Housing supply mechanism,
required Gap Analysis
• Major policy issues
• Coastal/ Hill zone, if any • Housing need assessment including
• Key issues in governance
• Green & Forest cover typologies • Based on the existing conditions and
• Grievance Redress
• Pollution levels - air, water, noise, • Low cost housing the projected requirements of the
• City level reforms
soil pollution • Affordable Housing planning area, a gap analysis
• Disaster Management • Rental Housing is suggested to be done and issues to
• Hazard prone zones such as earthq • Night shelters be identified.
uake, floods/flash floods, high • Public housing
winds, cyclone, fire, land • Slum settlements
slide, tsunami Disaster mapping • Squatter settlement
• All environmentally sensitive areas

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Assessment of projected requirements should be for a period of twenty to thirty years and it should MASTER PLAN
further be classified under periods of 5 year in line with State five-year plans. Such classification
Project requirements
would help in preparation of annual plans and budget.

1 Population
2 Shelter
3 Transportation
4 Economic base
and employment
• Projected population: should b • Green mobility strategy with
• Informal sector housing, slum • Hierarchy of commercial areas,
e guided by environmental multimodal integration strategy
up gradation and resettlement dispersal of commercial activity
and infrastructure especially • Mass transportation system and
strategy Housing need and and related activities.
drinking water) its integration with activity
requirement • Dispersal of industries,
• sustainability and holding nodes/facility centres and lan environmental restriction on
capacity of the city. d use pattern industrial development Urban
• Dispersal of economic activity • Proposed network of city- poverty and its alleviation.
may also guide population level non-motorized routes and • Work force, employment in differ
projection zones Travel demand forecast, ent sectors of economy:
• Floating population, age sex Road length, Hierarchy • formal and informal sectors
composition, and literacy of roads, Transport terminals Proposed hierarchy of trade
• Projection of parking requireme and commerce area
nts Need for Airport, seaport.

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Assessment of projected requirements should be for a period of twenty to thirty years and it should MASTER PLAN
further be classified under periods of 5 year in line with State five-year plans. Such classification
Project requirements
would help in preparation of annual plans and budget.

5 Social
infrastructure 6 Physical
infrastructure 7 Land use
requirement for 8 Disaster
Management
• Education: pre-schools, • Residential areas • Assessment of disaster
• Water: projected water dema
schools, technical institutes, • Commercial areas management infrastructure to
nd, water treatment plant
universities • Manufacturing area meet the requirement of
• Sewerage: estimation of gener
• Health care: Dispensary, health • public and semi-public prescribed in the District Disaster
ation and treatment capacity
centres, hospitals • Parks, Playgrounds and Open Management Plan
• Power demand and supply ga
• Recreational: Parks and open sp spaces
p with options for transition to
aces, theme based parks • Transport and Communication
renewable energy and Smart
• Religious • Special areas
Grid electricity.
• Socio- cultural: museum, cultural • Agriculture
• Drainage: estimation in case of
centres • Water-bodies
change in jurisdiction, develop
• Cremation/ Burial grounds
able area or major change in
land use share
• Gap assessment & projection o
f other utilities

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Development of vision development proposals
• The plan, at this stage is to formulate Vision LAND USE PLAN:
based on existing conditions and development  Hierarchy: Concept of hierarchy of planning units and spatial development of
issues and stakeholder consultation. various activity nodes, facility centres and network of roads
• Goals and objectives related to dispersal of  Proposed land use plan

activities, environmental and infrastructure  Zoning regulations for proposed land use categories including:

sustainability  Residential areas

• Mass transportation and informal activities,  Commercial areas / Manufacturing area

Information and Communication Technology,  Public and semi-public

 Parks, Playgrounds and Open Spaces
women and poorer sections to be incorporated
 Transport and Communication
if not already included.
 Special areas /Old built-up (core) area
• It should consist of the guiding planning
 Heritage and conservation areas
principles for the plan formulation.
 Scenic value areas / Water-bodies
• Like whether the city development strategy is
 Disaster prone areas / Eco-sensitive area
for Compact city/Green city/ Dense cities.
 Primary activities

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Development proposals
COMPREHENSIVE MOBILITY PLAN: DEVELOPMENT PROMOTION RULES / REGULATIONS
 Mass transportation system and land uses interfaces. • To regulate and develop land use as mooted under the
 TOD development with priority for nodes Development Plan, development promotion rules/
 Integration of proposed Comprehensive Mobility Plan regulations should be mentioned in this section.
INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN/ UTILITY PLAN: ANNEXURES:
 Layout of plan of trunk infrastructure of each infrastructure and
• Detailed scaled maps of prevailing situation
utility at the scale of the proposed land use plan
• Detailed scaled maps of existing Land use
SPECIAL AREA PLANNING
• Detailed scaled maps of proposed Land use
 Plan for Renewal and redevelopment areas or recommendation or
• Detailed scaled maps of proposed infrastructure plans and s
the further detailing of Urban Redevelopment Plan for the
ocial services
earmarked area
• Detailed scaled maps of proposed Special purpose plans
 Provisions for Heritage and conservation areas
 Regulations for the Hazard zone and protected areas
 Proposals for development of women and vulnerable population

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planning area
• The planning area refers to the
geographic area covered by the
plan.
• Generally, the planning area follows
local government jurisdictional
boundaries, such as cities, townships,
counties, or planning districts.
• However, planning areas also may be
defined by watersheds or other
natural features, particularly where
hazards create similar risks across
jurisdictional boundaries.
• A jurisdiction’s boundaries may also
cross over or encompass other
jurisdictions, such as a fire protection
district or a utility district.
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Land use planning

• Land use planning is a planning technique to improve the quality of life in urban

areas.

• This widely adopted technique is one of the most successful methods followed

today.

• According to this various socio-economic activities are allocated space in a

particular area, or in other words, areas are assigned specific activities based on

various parameters which will help in increasing overall efficiency of the urban

area.

• The major categories on the basis of activities include residential, commercial,

transportation, public, and semi-public use, government offices, etc.

• This categorization is considered essential to keep a balance of different

activities taking place in an area.

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Land use planning
• Land use planning is essential for governing the
growth of the different activities.
• A certain percentage of land is reserved for
various activities.
• This helps in balancing all the activities and
avoiding the excess of a particular activity.
• It also helps in keeping a check on conflicting
activities such as residential and industrial as the
pollution from industries will have an adverse
effect on the people living nearby.
• It also helps in pollution management by
segregating different activities using certain
restrictions and regulations.
• These restrictions and categorizations are called
zoning, categorization of permissible and non-
permissible activities, conforming and non-
conforming land uses, etc.
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In this zone buildings or premises shall be permitted only for the following purposes and accessory
PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL uses. Permissible non-residential activity shall be limited to one in a sub-division. Land use planning
MIXED RESIDENTIAL Normally Permissible Category. Permissible with the special sanction of the CMDA
1. Any residence including dwelling, detached, semi- 1. Hostels, and dormitories not exceeding 300 sq.m. in floor
COMMERCIAL detached, tenements or flats and service apartments. area.
2. Professional consulting offices and incidental uses thereto 2. Working women hostels, old age homes
INDUSTRIAL occupying a floor area not exceeding 40 sq.m. 3. iii) Religious buildings, Welfare Institutions and Assembly Halls
3. Schools of Commerce including Tutorial Institutions not occupying floor area not exceeding 300 sq.m.
SPL. & HAZARDOUS INDUSTRY exceeding 100 sq.. in floor area. 4. Govt./Semi Govt. Offices, Banks, Pay Offices, Post Office,
4. Petty shops dealing with daily essentials like retail sale of Offices of Electricity Board, Chennai City Corporation, Tamil
INSTITUTIONAL provisions, soft drinks, news papers, etc., tea stalls, bakery, Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers Federation Limited, etc.
mutton stalls, milk kiosk, cycle repair shops, tailoring shops, occupying a floor area not exceeding 300 sq.m.
OPEN SPACE & RECREATIONAL internet/computer centers and ATMs etc. occupying a floor 5. Public Utility Buildings like sewage pumping stations, water
area not exceeding 40 sq works, Fire stations, Telephone exchanges.
URBANIZABLE 5. Nursery schools, Primary Schools, Libraries and reading 6. Swimming Pool attached to residential activity in a plot.
rooms. 7. Daily or weekly markets serving local needs.
NON - URBANIZABLE 6. Parks, play grounds, farms, gardens, nurseries, including 8. Transport depots, Bus Terminus and Railway Stations.
incidental buildings thereon. 9. Burning, Burial grounds, crematoria and cemeteries.
AGRICULTURE 7. Garment industries, craft centers and assembly of electronic 10. High schools and Higher Secondary Schools
parts for manufacture of radios, transistors, television sets,
SPECIAL CHARACTERS computer chips and such other electronic industries with
installations not exceeding 5 HP and the number

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In this zone buildings or premises shall be permitted only for the following
PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL purposes and accessory uses: Land use planning
MIXED RESIDENTIAL Normally Permissible Category. Permissible with the special sanction of the CMDA
1. All activities permissible in Primary Residential use zone. 1. All uses permissible under sub rule A (i) to (vii) above without
COMMERCIAL
2. Banks and Safe Deposit Vaults, Business Office and other restriction of floor area.
Commercial or Financial Institutions occupying floor area not 2. Religious buildings and welfare institutions occupying a floor
INDUSTRIAL
exceeding 500 sq.m area not exceeding 500 sq.m.
3. Hotels, Restaurants occupying a floor area not exceeding 3. Preview theatres and dubbing theatres.
SPL. & HAZARDOUS INDUSTRY
500 sq.m. 4. Colleges, higher educational, technical and research
4. Hostels, Dormitories, Boarding and Lodging houses and institutions.
INSTITUTIONAL Welfare Institutions occupying a floor area not exceeding 5. Foreign Missions, Embassies and Consulates.
500 sq.m. 6. Assembly Halls, Kalyana Mandapams and Cinema theatres,
OPEN SPACE & RECREATIONAL
5. Clinics, Hospitals, Dispensaries, Nursing Homes and other Multiplex complexes along roads of width min. 12m.
Health facilities occupying a floor area not exceeding 500
URBANIZABLE sq.m.
6. Establishments and shops retailing in vegetables, fruits,
NON - URBANIZABLE flowers, fish, meat and such other daily necessities of the
residents, including departmental stores occupying floor
AGRICULTURE area not exceeding 500 sq.m. or organized markets.
7. Bakeries, Confectionaries, Laundries, tailoring, Goldsmith
SPECIAL CHARACTERS shops, hairdressing saloons occupying floor area not
exceeding 500 sq.m.

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In this zone buildings or premises shall be permitted only for the following
PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL purposes and accessory uses: Land use planning
MIXED RESIDENTIAL Normally Permissible Category. Permissible with the special sanction of the CMDA

COMMERCIAL 1. All activities that is permissible in Primary Residential and 1. Broadcasting, telecasting and telecommunication stations.
Mixed Residential Zones without restriction of floor area
2. Private helipads subject to clearance by Civil Aviation
INDUSTRIAL (except industries)
department, Directorate of Fire and Rescue Services and
2. All commercial and business uses including all shops, stores,
markets, shopping centers and uses connected with the police department.
SPL. & HAZARDOUS INDUSTRY
display and retail sale of merchandise but excluding 3. Manufacture of computer hardware
explosives, obnoxious products and other materials likely to
INSTITUTIONAL
cause health hazards and danger to lives.
OPEN SPACE & RECREATIONAL 3. Fuel filling stations, automobile service stations and
workshops with installation not exceeding 50 HP.
4. Industries listed out by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control
URBANIZABLE
Board as “Green” Industries listed in Annexure VI and as
“Orange Industries” listed in Annexure VII subject to a
NON - URBANIZABLE
maximum installation of 50 HP.
5. Research, Experimental and Testing laboratories not
AGRICULTURE
involving danger of fire, explosives or health hazards.
6. Warehouses and other uses connected with storage of
SPECIAL CHARACTERS wholesale trade in commodities not notified under the
Specified Commodity Act, but excluding storage of

URBAN explosives or products which are either obnoxious or likely to

cause health hazards.

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In this zone buildings or premises shall be permitted only for the following
PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL purposes and accessory uses: Land use planning
MIXED RESIDENTIAL
Normally Permissible Category. Permissible with the special sanction of the CMDA

COMMERCIAL 1. In approved layouts residential, commercial, institutional 1. All use permissible in Residential, Mixed residential,
and other activities as designated therein. commercial use zones
INDUSTRIAL
2. All industries with machinery using electrical power not 2. Storage of petroleum timber and explosives and

SPL. & HAZARDOUS INDUSTRY exceeding 200 H.P or with employees not exceeding 100 in inflammable and dangerous materials
number but excluding industries of obnoxious and hazardous 3. All industries (without restrictions of H.P or floor area or
INSTITUTIONAL nature by reasons of odour, effluent, dust, smoke, gas, number of workers) not producing noxious and dangerous
vibration or other wise likely to cause danger or nuisance to effluents or where sufficient precautions to the satisfaction of
OPEN SPACE & RECREATIONAL
public health or amenity. the Pollution Control Board have been taken to eliminate
3. Residential buildings for security and other essential staff noxious or dangerous effluents.
URBANIZABLE
required to be maintained in the premises. 4. Container terminals (at sites abutting or gaining access from
NON - URBANIZABLE minimum 18 metre wide public road)

AGRICULTURE

SPECIAL CHARACTERS

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In this zone buildings or premises shall be permitted only for the following
PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL purposes and accessory uses: Land use planning
MIXED RESIDENTIAL Normally Permissible Category. Permissible with the special sanction of the CMDA

COMMERCIAL 1. All Industrial activities permissible in Industrial zone 1. Uses permissible in Industrial use zone as may be decided by
2. All special and hazardous industries (classified as 'Red' by the Authority.
INDUSTRIAL the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board) without restriction of
Horse Power that are likely to be dangerous to human life or
SPL. & HAZARDOUS INDUSTRY
health or amenity, but sufficient precaution to the

INSTITUTIONAL satisfaction of the TNPC Board have been taken to eliminate

noxious or dangerous effluents and to alleviate danger to
OPEN SPACE & RECREATIONAL human life or health or amenity (Annexure-VIII).
3. Uses involving storage, handling and other uses, incidental
URBANIZABLE to such industries.
4. Residential, commercial, Institutional and recreational uses
NON - URBANIZABLE
incidental to the uses listed above.
AGRICULTURE

SPECIAL CHARACTERS

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In this zone buildings or premises shall be permitted only for the following
PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL purposes and accessory uses: Land use planning
MIXED RESIDENTIAL Normally Permissible Category. Permissible with the special sanction of the CMDA

COMMERCIAL 1. Educational institutions including colleges and institutions of 1. Transport terminals, bus and railway stations, Airport,
higher education, research, technical and training in nature. Harbour, and parking lots including multilevel parking lots
INDUSTRIAL 2. Govt. and quasi Govt. offices and institutions 2. Cinema theatres and others entertainment centres and
3. Professional and business offices Kalyana mandapams.
SPL. & HAZARDOUS INDUSTRY
4. Art galleries, Archives, Museums, Public Libraries, Social and 3. Clubs, community halls, Assembly halls, Auditoriums and

INSTITUTIONAL Cultural Institutions and Religious buildings. Theatres

5. Hospitals, Sanatoria, and other medical and public health 4. Sports stadium, Recreation Complexes, Exhibition, Fares.
OPEN SPACE & RECREATIONAL institutions. 5. Burial Ground, Burning Ground, Cemeteries, crematoria
6. Parks, Play fields, Swimming pools and other public and Semi 6. Buildings for development of software and its associated
URBANIZABLE public open spaces. computer technology applications I.T.Parks
7. Broadcasting, telecasting, installations and Weather stations. 7. Manufacture of computer hardware
NON - URBANIZABLE
8. Public utilities, municipal and community facilities. 8. Bio- informatics centres.
AGRICULTURE 9. Nursery, Primary and Secondary Schools. 9. Container terminals at sites abutting and gaining access
10. Social and Cultural Institutions including Sabhas. from public roads of width minimum 18 metres
SPECIAL CHARACTERS 11. Residential and commercial spaces incidental to the 10. Foreign mission, Embassies, Consulates
activities permissible in this use zone.

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In this zone buildings or premises shall be permitted only for the following
PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL purposes and accessory uses: Land use planning
MIXED RESIDENTIAL
Normally Permissible Category. Permissible with the special sanction of the CMDA
COMMERCIAL 1. All public and semi public recreational uses and open 1. Theme parks and amusement parks
spaces, parks and play grounds, zoological and botanical 2. Open Air Theatre, Exhibitions, Circuses, Fairs and Festival
INDUSTRIAL
gardens, nurseries, waterfront developments, museums and grounds, public utilities.
SPL. & HAZARDOUS INDUSTRY memorials. 3. Burial and burning grounds or crematoria.
2. Installations that may be necessary for the uses mentioned 4. Incidental residential uses for essential staff required to be
INSTITUTIONAL above. maintained in the premises.
5. Incidental commercial uses
OPEN SPACE & RECREATIONAL
6. Hotels and restaurants not exceeding 300 sq.m.
7. Beach cottages each not exceeding 100 sq.m. in floor area
URBANIZABLE
and 7.5 m in height.
NON - URBANIZABLE 8. Sports stadia and recreational complexes.

AGRICULTURE

SPECIAL CHARACTERS

URBAN
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In this zone buildings or premises shall be permitted only for the following
PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL purposes and accessory uses: Land use planning
MIXED RESIDENTIAL URBANIZABLE

COMMERCIAL Normally Permissible Category. Permissible with the special sanction of the CMDA

1. All uses permissible in primary and mixed residential use 1. All uses permissible in commercial and institutional use zones
INDUSTRIAL
zones. 2. All industries with installations not exceeding 200 H.P and

SPL. & HAZARDOUS INDUSTRY permissible in industrial use zone

INSTITUTIONAL
NON - URBANIZABLE
OPEN SPACE & RECREATIONAL
Normally Permissible Category. Permissible with the special sanction of the CMDA
URBANIZABLE 1. All Agriculture uses 1. Incidental residential uses
2. Burning, Burial grounds, crematoria and cemeteries
NON - URBANIZABLE
3. Salt pans and salt manufacturing.
AGRICULTURE 4. Brick, earthen tile or pottery manufacturing.
5. Stone crushing and quarrying.
SPECIAL CHARACTERS 6. Sand, clay and gravel quarrying.
7. Installation of electrical motors not exceeding 50 HP that

URBAN may be required for the uses mentioned above.

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In this zone buildings or premises shall be permitted only for the following
PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL purposes and accessory uses: Land use planning
MIXED RESIDENTIAL
Normally Permissible Category. Permissible with the special sanction of the CMDA
COMMERCIAL 1. All Agricultural uses. 1. All uses normally permissible in the Primary Residential use
2. Farm houses and buildings for agricultural activities. zone with the exception of residences.
INDUSTRIAL
3. All the uses permissible in the residential use zone within the 2. Sewage farms and garbage dumping sites.
SPL. & HAZARDOUS INDUSTRY natham boundaries (settlements) 3. Mills for grinding, hulling, etc. of cereals, pulses, food grains
4. Dairy and cattle farms and oil seeds provided the site has proper access and
INSTITUTIONAL 5. Piggeries and poultry farms installations do not exceed 50 H.P.
6. Forestry 4. Burning and Burial grounds, Crematoria and Cemeteries.
OPEN SPACE & RECREATIONAL
7. Storing and drying of fertilizers 5. Brick kilns and clay tile manufacturing.

URBANIZABLE 8. Installation of electric machinery of not exceeding 15 horse

power may be allowed for the uses mentioned above.
NON - URBANIZABLE

AGRICULTURE

SPECIAL CHARACTERS

URBAN
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In this zone buildings or premises shall be permitted only for the following
PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL purposes and accessory uses: Land use planning
MIXED RESIDENTIAL MULTI- STOREYED BUILDING (MSB) AREA

COMMERCIAL

INDUSTRIAL

SPL. & HAZARDOUS INDUSTRY

INSTITUTIONAL

OPEN SPACE & RECREATIONAL

CONTINUOUS BUILDING AREAS (CBA):

URBANIZABLE

NON - URBANIZABLE

AGRICULTURE
ECONOMICALLY WEAKER SECTION AREAS: (EWS)
SPECIAL CHARACTERS

URBAN
LANDUSE
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In this zone buildings or premises shall be permitted only for the following
PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL purposes and accessory uses: Land use planning
MIXED RESIDENTIAL ECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE AREAS:

COMMERCIAL

INDUSTRIAL

SPL. & HAZARDOUS INDUSTRY

INSTITUTIONAL

OPEN SPACE & RECREATIONAL

URBANIZABLE

NON - URBANIZABLE

AGRICULTURE

SPECIAL CHARACTERS

URBAN
LANDUSE
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In the light of the foregoing strategies and actions the Development Control Rules
have now been reviewed and recasted to conform to the zoning and urban
MASTER PLAN
structure proposed for CMA. The major revisions are:
PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL Development regulations
1. Permitting multi-storeyed buildings in the rest of CMA also (excluding the Island Grounds, approved layout areas, Aquifer
MIXED RESIDENTIAL
recharge area and Red hills catchment area)
COMMERCIAL 2. Redefining special buildings as the ones exceeding 6 dwelling units
3. Permitting IT buildings and bio-informatics centers in Mixed Residential, Commercial, Institutional use zones
INDUSTRIAL
4. Proposing higher FSI of 2.00 for special buildings and group developments with dwelling units not exceeding 75 sq.m. in floor
SPL. & HAZARDOUS INDUSTRY area each in the MRTS influence area between Luz and Velachery
5. Defining IT corridor along the Rajiv Gandhi Salai (Old Mamallapuram Road)
INSTITUTIONAL
6. Accommodating working women’s hostels and old age homes in Primary Residential areas

OPEN SPACE & RECREATIONAL 7. Proposing transfer of development rights in cases of road widening, conservation of heritage buildings, slum redevelopments
etc.
URBANIZABLE 8. Providing for restricted developments in Aquifer Recharge area
9. Providing for conservation of heritage buildings
NON - URBANIZABLE
10. Rationalising the planning parameters for special buildings with reference to plot extent, number of dwellings, and number of
AGRICULTURE floors
11. Revising the parking standards totally based on the recommendations made in recent consultancy study on parking
SPECIAL CHARACTERS requirements
12. Reducing plot extent or side setback requirements
URBAN 13. Enlarging the areas of incidental structures that are exempted from FSI calculations

LANDUSE 14. Including provisions for persons with disabilities

15. Allowing Multi-storey Building (MSBs) along 12 m and 15 m wide roads with
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