The setback is the open strip that must be left between the building and each boundary. In Himachal it is set by plot size under Appendix-1, and by building height under Appendix-7.
Detached: 150–250 m² → F2.0/S1.5/R1.5; >250–500 → F3.0/S2.0/R2.0; >500 → F5.0/S3.0/R2.0. FAR 1.75, max height 21 m.
Appendix-1 II (Residential) — and 7 related rules below.
Detached: 150–250 m² → F2.0/S1.5/R1.5; >250–500 → F3.0/S2.0/R2.0; >500 → F5.0/S3.0/R2.0. FAR 1.75, max height 21 m.
| Slabs | [[250,2,1.5,1.5,1.5],[500,3,2,2,2],[999999,5,3,3,2]] |
| Far | 1.75 |
| Max h m | 21 |
Block-to-block distance = 1/3 of average block height, min 6.00 m. Side setbacks / distance from adjoining property = 1/3 of block height (plain) or 1/4 (hilly), min 3.00 m. Projections ≥1.00 m from footpath, ≥2.00 m from roads.
| Gap ratio | 3 |
| Gap min m | 6 |
| Side ratio plain | 3 |
| Side ratio hilly | 4 |
| Side min m | 3 |
Front setback ≥3.00 m from controlled width of highways/PWD scheduled roads and from non-scheduled/municipal roads; clear means of access required.
| Front m | 3 |
Minimum 5.00 m between two blocks on a plot.
| Gap m | 5 |
No residential building where buildable width after setbacks is below 5.00 m.
| Min m | 5 |
Front 2.00 m; sides & rear 1.50 m from adjoining property/Government land; 5.00 m from forest land; 3.00 m from village-road edge and from NH/SH controlled width.
| Front m | 2 |
| Side m | 1.5 |
| Rear m | 1.5 |
| Forest m | 5 |
| Road m | 3 |
Structures ≥15.00 m from NH/SH/scheduled roads & bypasses; ≥10.00 m from other district roads; ≥5.00 m from other roads.
| Nh sh m | 15 |
| District m | 10 |
| Other m | 5 |
HFL distances per IDP/DP; no construction on flood-prone land. Nallahs/small water bodies through the site may be channelized to the sides and used for watering greens/parks.
| Nallah m | 3 |
| Khud m | 5 |
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.
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 8 rules — and the 72 others — are checked against your actual boundary, with the number behind each verdict.
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