Industrial statutory approvals
Industrial Statutory Consultants for Factory Approvals in Tamil Nadu
AequiRadix is a firm of industrial statutory consultants for factories and industrial projects throughout Tamil Nadu. We identify the approvals, licences, consents and NOCs your project needs, prepare and file each application, and follow it up with the department until it issues its decision. Our offices are in Chennai and Tiruvallur; we take on projects anywhere in the State.
What clients appoint us for
Factory occupiers, project developers, EPC contractors and plant teams usually bring us in at one of these points.
A new factory or industrial project
We work out every approval the project needs and the order to apply in, then take each one through. Regulatory mapping
An expansion or process change
We check which existing approvals need amendment and which new ones the change triggers. Change impact assessment
A single approval, licence or NOC
We prepare the application, file it with the department and follow it up until it is decided. Approvals we handle
Renewals and ongoing compliance
For a running facility, we track licence renewals, consent conditions and statutory returns. Statutory compliance
A notice from a department
We review a show-cause notice or inspection report, put the records together and draft the reply. Notice response
Industrial statutory approvals we handle
Which of these apply depends on what your facility makes and stores, where it is and its size. We start by working that out.
Site, building and project setup
- Tamil Nadu Single Window approvalsThe Combined Application Form and the approvals filed through the portal.
- Site Appraisal CommitteeRecommendation to locate or expand a hazardous-process factory.
- DTCP / CMDA planning permission and building approvalsPlanning permission, building permit and completion certificate.
- Industrial land-use reclassificationReclassifying a site for industrial use where its zoning does not allow it.
- AAI height clearance NOCAirports Authority of India NOC (NOCAS) for buildings, chimneys and stacks.
- District administration NOCsCollector, police, revenue and local body NOCs, where a project needs them.
Environment and natural resources
- TNPCB consents: Consent to Establish and Consent to OperateCTE, CTO and their renewal, and hazardous waste authorisation.
- Environmental clearanceEC under the EIA Notification, from MoEFCC or SEIAA Tamil Nadu, for the projects it lists.
- Groundwater NOCNOC to draw and transport groundwater for industry.
- CRZ clearanceCoastal Regulation Zone clearance.
- Forest and wildlife clearancesForest land diversion approval and wildlife clearance.
Factory, fire and electrical safety
- DISH factory plan approval, factory licence and renewalPlan approval, the factory licence, its renewal and annual returns.
- Fire NOC and fire licenceTamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services NOC, Fire Licence and renewal.
- CEIG electrical approvalsElectrical Inspectorate drawing approval, energisation approval and the power connection.
- Public Health NOCsNOCs from the Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine.
Hazardous materials and storage
- PESO licences for petroleum, LPG and other regulated storagePetroleum, LPG, SMPV(U), gas cylinder, explosives and ammonium nitrate licences.
- Hazardous chemical storageMSIHC site notification, safety report and emergency plans.
- Methanol and ethanol storage licencesLicences and permits to store, use and transport methanol and ethanol.
We also handle boiler registration, DGFT IEC and EPCG authorisation, and the other registrations and operating approvals a facility needs, and advise on AERB, dock safety and DGMS requirements where a project involves them.
Clients and project experience
Clients we have worked with
- KSS Petron
LNG import terminal, Tamil Nadu
₹5,150 Cr project
AequiRadix served as the turnkey statutory approvals consultant for the terminal, coordinating the clearances, approvals, licences and NOCs the project required.
Every client named here is an AequiRadix engagement. The firm is led by its founder, Siddharth T Janakiraman, a law graduate with twenty years in statutory and regulatory practice, who oversees every engagement.
Need statutory approvals for your factory or industrial project?
We serve industrial projects throughout Tamil Nadu. Tell us the facility, where it is and the approval involved. We reply to every enquiry within one working day.
Prefer to set it out in writing? Send us an enquiry about your project or facility.