EWS & amenities in Himachal Pradesh

Reserved housing, public toilets, kindergarten and the shops a scheme of a given size has to include.

What must I provide for the wider community?

EWS/LIG/bonafide-Himachali reservation per Rule 56 of the HP TCP Rules 2014 (the Rules remain in force alongside the 2022 Appendix-7); EWS parking @ 0.5 ECS/100 m² (Appendix-7 2022 Reg 10).

Rule 56, HP TCP Rules 2014 — and 2 related rules below.

The rules — all 3

EWS / LIG / Himachali reservation

verbatim

EWS/LIG/bonafide-Himachali reservation per Rule 56 of the HP TCP Rules 2014 (the Rules remain in force alongside the 2022 Appendix-7); EWS parking @ 0.5 ECS/100 m² (Appendix-7 2022 Reg 10).

Rule 56, HP TCP Rules 2014 · Appendix-7 (projects over 2,500 m²)

EWS/LIG minimum plots

verbatim

Social-housing relaxation: minimum plot 45 m² (EWS) and 80 m² (LIG).

Appendix-1 General Reg 24 · Appendix-1 (general buildings)
Ews m2 45
Lig m2 80

Public toilets & kindergarten

verbatim

2 toilets (1 ladies + 1 gents) per 1000 persons; kindergarten/tot-lots in every scheme.

Appendix-7 (2022) Reg 8 Expl.(iii) · Appendix-7 (projects over 2,500 m²)
Toilets per persons 1000
Toilets per unit 2
Worked example — a 500 m² plot on a 9 m road

Computed live by the same engine that produces the drawings — not a stored example.

9 m road 2 m rear 3 m front 2 2 319 m²

Drawn square for clarity. A real tatima is not square — that is what the tracer is for.

RegimeAppendix-1 (General Building)
FAR1.75
Setbacks (F / R / sides) 3 / 2 / 2 m
Buildable footprint319 m²
Height cap21 m
Storeys3
Permissible built-up 875 m²
Parking required9 ECS

500 m² × FAR 1.75 = 875 m² permitted. The 319 m² footprint over 3 storeys could hold 956 m², so FAR is the binding constraint — the height allowance is not fully usable here.

Sources on this page
  • Rule 56, HP TCP Rules 2014
  • Appendix-1 General Reg 24
  • Appendix-7 (2022) Reg 8 Expl.(iii)

Official text: HP Town and Country Planning Rules, 2014 ↗

Spotted something wrong?

Rules change and we would rather hear it from you than have somebody build to a stale number. No account needed.

Does your plot comply?

Trace your tatima and these 3 rules — and the 77 others — are checked against your actual boundary, with the number behind each verdict.

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