Floor Area Ratio is the total built floor area permitted on a plot, as a multiple of the plot itself. These are the rules that set it, and the ones that decide what does not count towards it.
Maximum base FAR 1.75. Premium FAR up to 0.75 over and above the base shall be granted for ALL land-uses subject to payment of prescribed charges (absolute ceiling 2.50).
Appendix-7 (2022) Reg 11 — and 4 related rules below.
Maximum base FAR 1.75. Premium FAR up to 0.75 over and above the base shall be granted for ALL land-uses subject to payment of prescribed charges (absolute ceiling 2.50).
| Far | 1.75 |
| Premium far max | 0.75 |
Appendix-7 governs Real Estate Projects above 2500 m² (Plotted / Group Housing / Mixed / Commercial / Townships). Below 2500 m² the IDP/DP or HP TCP Rules 2014 regulations apply.
| Min area m2 | 2500 |
One parking floor mandatory wherever feasible (height ≤3.00 m residential, shear walls on 3 sides — not a soft storey). Only ONE parking floor FAR-exempt. Fee payable.
| Max h res m | 3 |
A habitable basement and attic each count as an independent storey.
Residential: max 600 m² floor area over ≤3 storeys + 1 parking floor. Attic/basement count as storeys; sloping roof mandatory.
| Max floor area m2 | 600 |
| Max storeys | 3 |
Computed live by the same engine that produces the drawings — not a stored example.
Drawn square for clarity. A real tatima is not square — that is what the tracer is for.
| Regime | Appendix-1 (General Building) |
| FAR | 1.75 |
| Setbacks (F / R / sides) | 3 / 2 / 2 m |
| Buildable footprint | 319 m² |
| Height cap | 21 m |
| Storeys | 3 |
| Permissible built-up | 875 m² |
| Parking required | 9 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.
Permissible floor area, coverage and height for your plot — straight from the HP slabs.
FAR & ground coverage calculator →Official text: HP Town and Country Planning Rules, 2014 ↗
Rules change and we would rather hear it from you than have somebody build to a stale number. No account needed.
Trace your tatima and these 5 rules — and the 75 others — are checked against your actual boundary, with the number behind each verdict.
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