FAR 3.5 — written in the Master Plan as 350. Three dwelling units on plots up to 50 m², and four on plots of 50–100 m².

The total coverage and FAR permissible on any plot in a category shall not be less than that permissible and available to the largest plot in the next lower category. So crossing a bracket boundary can never leave you worse off than a slightly smaller plot would have been.

Mezzanine and service floors are counted in the FAR. A basement is not counted if used for purposes permissible under the building bye-laws — household storage and parking — and it may not extend beyond the ground-floor coverage, though it may run under an internal courtyard or shaft. A basement used for mixed-use purposes does count, and attracts charges if it takes the building past the permissible FAR.

The additional number of dwelling units permitted is subject to payment of a levy for the augmentation of civic infrastructure.

FAR is 350 on plots up to 100 m², 300 from 100 to 250 m², 225 from 250 to 750 m², and 200 on everything above 750 m². Delhi states FAR as a percentage — 350 means 3.5 times the plot area. Unlike most states the ratio falls as the plot grows, so a small plot in Delhi is worked far harder than a large one: 90% coverage with FAR 350 is roughly four storeys of near-full-plot building, while a 1,000 m² plot gets 50% coverage and FAR 200.

Delhi caps the number of dwelling units independently of coverage and FAR: 3 units below 50 m², 4 from 50 to 250 m², 6 from 250 to 750 m², 9 from 750 to 1,500 m², 12 from 1,500 to 2,250 m², 15 to 3,000 m², 18 to 3,750 m², and 21 above 3,750 m². A scheme can satisfy both coverage and FAR and still be refused on unit count, which is the constraint people miss.

FAR 3.0 (written as 300), with four dwelling units. Both the 75% coverage and the 300 FAR carry a note: 100% coverage and 350 FAR are eligible for regularisation of construction existing on 22.09.2006, for plot sizes between 100 and 175 m².

FAR 2.25 (written as 225), with six dwelling units, for both the 250–500 and 500–750 bands.

FAR 2.0 (written as 200) for every band above 750 m². What changes with size is not the floor area but the number of dwelling units allowed: 9 up to 1,500 m², 12 up to 2,250 m², 15 up to 3,000 m², 18 up to 3,750 m², and 21 above that.

From 750 m² upward the controls stop moving: 50% ground coverage and FAR 200 apply to every band up to and beyond 3,750 m². Only the permitted number of dwelling units keeps rising. So above 750 m² extra land buys density, not bulk.

Group housing needs a minimum plot of 3,000 m² and takes 33.3% ground coverage with FAR 200. Height is stated as NR — not restricted by the plan — subject to clearance from the Airports Authority, the Fire Department and other statutory bodies. Parking is 2.0 ECS per 100 m² of built-up area, falling to 0.5 ECS per 100 m² for EWS and service-personnel housing.