For land in a Tamil Nadu non-planning area, the 2017 Change of Land Use Rules govern permission to develop agricultural land for a non-agricultural purpose. Since the 28 March 2025 amendment, applications are filed online; the Director seeks the District Collector’s prior concurrence for wet land or the district Joint Director of Agriculture’s NOC for dry land. These rules do not set the process for notified planning areas.
G.O. Ms. No. 53 (28 March 2025) replaced Rules 3 and 4, deleted Rule 5, and changed Rule 9: after the Director’s prior concurrence, the local authority collects 3% of the guideline value fixed under section 47-AA of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 plus a non-refundable ₹1,000 scrutiny fee per plot. Lands acquired for Industrial Parks under the Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Industrial Purposes Act, 1997 (Tamil Nadu Act 10 of 1999) are exempt from the land-use conversion charge.
Procedure under the 2017 Tamil Nadu rules, as amended in 2025, for proposed non-agricultural development of wet or dry agricultural land in a non-planning area.
Confirm that the parcel is in a non-planning area and check whether the revenue record classifies it as wet or dry land. A parcel in a notified planning area follows the applicable planning-area process instead.
For dry land, amended Rule 3 expressly requires an online affidavit excluding poromboke, government, and other land not belonging to the applicant; a self-attested Chitta; and a self-attested Adangal covering the latest three fasli years, including the current fasli year. Follow the portal for its current fields and for wet-land filing requirements.
Apply for permission through the online portal provided for this purpose. The 2025 amendment replaced the former Rule 3 local-authority filing process.
After receiving the online application, the Director obtains the concerned District Collector’s prior concurrence for wet land. For dry land, the Director obtains a No Objection Certificate from the district Joint Director of Agriculture, who must provide it online within 30 days; otherwise the portal auto-generates the NOC.
After the Director’s prior concurrence, the local authority collects 3% of the guideline value fixed under section 47-AA of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 plus the non-refundable ₹1,000 scrutiny fee per plot, then grants permission. The conversion-charge exemption is limited to land acquired for Industrial Parks under the Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Industrial Purposes Act, 1997.
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Teams handling multiple applications must track whether each parcel is within the non-planning-area rules, its wet/dry review path, the Director’s concurrence, the dry-land NOC clock, and the local-authority charge. Proquiro keeps that evidence and authority correspondence attached to each parcel.
No. The Tamil Nadu Change of Land Use (From Agriculture to Non-agriculture Purposes in Non-planning Areas) Rules, 2017 apply only to non-planning areas.
A parcel in a notified planning area follows the applicable planning-area regime; do not use this page as a general procedure for every parcel in the State.
For wet land, the Director obtains the prior concurrence of the concerned District Collector.
For dry land, the Director obtains the district Joint Director of Agriculture’s NOC. The Joint Director has 30 days to provide it online; otherwise the NOC is auto-generated through the portal.
G.O. Ms. No. 53 does not state an end-to-end approval period.
Its only express time limit is 30 days for the dry-land NOC from the Joint Director of Agriculture, followed by auto-generation if that NOC is not provided in time.
The amendment replaced Rules 3 and 4 with online filing and the wet/dry concurrence paths, and deleted Rule 5.
It also replaced Rule 9 with the guideline-value charge and per-plot scrutiny fee, plus the limited exemption for qualifying Industrial Park acquisitions.
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