Indian building rules, by state and topic

FAR, setbacks, coverage, height, parking, fire. Every number here is one the planning engine has to obey, published with the clause it comes from — so it is checked every time somebody runs a plot through it, rather than quietly rotting.

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HP Himachal Pradesh Hill state. Appendix-7 governs projects over 2,500 m²; Appendix-1 covers general buildings. Seismic Zone IV–V, and the slope decides more than the rulebook does. 13 topics · HP Town and Country Planning Rules, 2014 PB Punjab Plains state. One set of rules covers the whole of Punjab outside municipal limits, lal lakir, cantonments and ASI land. Ground coverage falls in steps as the plot grows, and group-housing FAR is bought with the width of the approach road. 6 topics · Punjab Urban Planning and Development Building Rules, 2021 HR Haryana Plains state with one code for the whole state. Everything turns on whether your plot is in a designated core area or outside one — coverage, FAR and setbacks all change. Residential height is capped at 16.5 m either way; commercial is uncapped. 5 topics · The Haryana Building Code, 2017 UK Uttarakhand A hill state that writes the hills into the rules: almost every figure comes in two columns, one for the plains and one for the hills. Counter-intuitively the hills usually permit MORE ground coverage and LESS floor area — a wider footprint but fewer storeys on it. 4 topics · Uttarakhand Building Construction and Development Bye-laws / Regulations, 2011 (as amended 2015–2019) UP Uttar Pradesh These are the byelaws as adopted by Lucknow Development Authority — UP issues a model that each development authority adopts, so Ghaziabad, Noida and the rest may differ. Residential coverage and FAR have stood unchanged since 2008; commercial and office were rewritten in 2016. 4 topics · Bhavan Nirman evam Vikas Upvidhi, 2008 (as amended 2011, 2016 and 2018) — as adopted by Lucknow Development Authority DL Delhi Delhi's building bye-laws deliberately carry no numbers — they defer coverage, FAR and setbacks to the Master Plan, and these are the master plan's figures. Small plots are treated generously: under 100 m² you may cover 90% of the plot and need no setback at all. 5 topics · Master Plan for Delhi 2021 (MPD-2021), sub-para 4.4.3 — Control for Building/Buildings within Residential Premises MH Maharashtra One set of regulations for almost the whole state — but NOT Greater Mumbai, which keeps its own DCPR, and not MIDC, NAINA, JNPT, hill-station councils, Lonavala or eco-sensitive regions. Basic FSI is a flat 1.10 everywhere; the width of your road decides how much more you may buy or load as TDR, not what you start with. 3 topics · Unified Development Control and Promotion Regulations for Maharashtra State (UDCPR-2020) TN Tamil Nadu One set of rules for the whole state, replacing the separate development control rules that used to run in Chennai and elsewhere. Setbacks are keyed on two different things at once — the width of the road in front for the front setback, and the height of the building for the sides and rear. 5 topics · Tamil Nadu Combined Development and Building Rules, 2019 GJ Gujarat One regulation for the state, but the numbers change by authority. FSI is tabled separately for each development authority, and Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has its own margin tables outside the common ones — keyed on plot size and road type rather than road width. 4 topics · Comprehensive General Development Control Regulations, 2017 (CGDCR-2017) — Part II, Planning Regulations KL Kerala Kerala runs two building codes side by side — the Municipality Building Rules for municipal areas and the Panchayat Building Rules for panchayats, which is most of the state's land. Both are on this page and every rule says which one it belongs to. Coverage and FSI differ between them; the yards turn out to be identical. 5 topics · Kerala Municipality Building Rules, 2019 MP Madhya Pradesh One set of rules for the state, consolidated to March 2025. MP calls setbacks marginal open spaces, and keys everything below 12.5 m on street width, plot area and building type. Above 12.5 m it switches entirely: road width sets a minimum plot size, a minimum frontage, the FAR and the height together. 4 topics · Madhya Pradesh Bhumi Vikas Rules, 2012 BR Bihar Bihar decides FAR by the width of the road your plot abuts, and setbacks by the shape of the plot itself — depth sets the front and rear, width sets the sides, and both are then crossed with how many storeys you want. The sharpest rule: in an old area you cannot build anything non-residential at all until the road reaches 12.20 m. 4 topics · Bihar Building Bye-Laws, 2014 WB Kolkata West Bengal sets building rules municipality by municipality, so these are Kolkata's and not the state's. Open spaces are keyed on the height of the building rather than the size of the plot, and above 60 m they stop being fixed figures and become a percentage of the height. 4 topics · The Kolkata Municipal Corporation Building Rules, 2009
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In India building rules are set per authority, and the numbers differ between neighbouring cities. Rather than publish a plausible national average, these states are listed as what they are — unencoded. Each one is a matter of reading the state's own notification and checking it, and they are being worked through.

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The same questions in every state, once there is a state to ask them of.

How much floor area can I build on my plot? FAR & floor area How far from my boundary must the building sit? Setbacks How much of the plot may the building actually sit on? Ground coverage & land use How tall am I allowed to build? Building height How many parking spaces must I provide? Parking & ECS What road do I need to reach the plot? Access & roads What fire provisions does my building need? Fire safety What services must the building provide? Services What does the ground do to my structure? Structure & slope How small can a room be? Rooms & ventilation What must be barrier-free? Accessibility What permissions do I need before building? Approvals & RERA What must I provide for the wider community? EWS & amenities

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