Table of contents
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Publications: i
Undertaking iii
Certificate v
Acknowledgments vii
Abstract viii
Table of contents x
List of figures xvi
List of tables xvi
1 Introduction 1
1.1 தமிழ்நாடு State Profile 1
1.2 Need for Strengthening of TNCDBR 2
1.3 Research Area 3
1.4 Research Questions 3
1.5 Focus Area of DRP 4
1.6 Methodology 4
2 Measures for Urban Development in TN 6
2.1 Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1971 6
2.2 Planning Stratification and Organizational Structure in the state .. 6
2.3 Local Planning Area 8
2.4 Regulations 9
2.5 TNCDBR 10
3 Statutory Plans of Urban Areas 12
3.1 Existing Distribution of Planning Areas 12
3.2 Types of Statutory Plans Prepared in LPA 13
3.3 Regional Plans 13
3.4 Master Plans 14
3.5 Detailed Development Plans 14
4 Detailed Study of Master Plans 16
4.1 Nature of Previous Master plans in LPA 16
4.2 Regulation within master plans 19
5 Ground Use of Master Plans 21
5.1 Selection of Study Area 21
5.2 Comparison of Stakeholder opinion 22
5.3 Points discussed from the Stakeholder meets 24
5.4 Other Key Takeaways from the Stakeholder meets 26
6 Master Plans of Towns with Special Area 27
6.1 Special area mentioned in TNCDBR 27
6.2 Madurai City 28
6.3 Kodaikanal City 31
6.4 Nagapattinam City 33
6.5 Overall Inference for existing identified special areas. 35
7 Comparative Analysis of Regulations 36
7.1 Clause 31: Boundaries of land use zones 37
7.2 Clause 32: Zoning Regulation 38
7.3 Clause 30: Area of special character 39
7.4 Clause 48: Transferable Development Rights (TDR) 42
7.5 Clause 49: Premium FSI 43
8 Recommendation for Regulations 44
8.1 Reorganization of Contents in Part IV 44
8.2 Clauses of Area Based Regulations 45
9 Recommendation for Master Plans 52
10 Way Forward 53
References 54
Annexure 1 - Data Collected for the Study of Master Plans 55
Annexure 2 – Stakeholder Meeting Minutes 56
A. Chennai Metropolitan area 56
B. Madurai City 57
C. Kodaikanal City 60
D. Vilpatti Village Panchayat 61
E. Theni Municipality 62
F. Bodinayakanur Town Panchayat 64
G. Hosur New Town Development authority. 66
H. Nagapattinam Municipality 68