Ground coverage caps the footprint at ground level, and the land-use structure fixes how the rest of the site is divided between green, roads and amenities.
How much of the plot may the building actually sit on?
For plotted residential development the 2025 byelaws set no coverage percentage at all. The table reads "Max. coverage after ensuring setbacks" — whatever ground remains once the required setbacks are left is what you may cover. This is the sharpest break from the 2008 regime, which capped coverage at a percentage that fell as the plot grew. The setbacks are now the only constraint on footprint, so they carry the whole weight of the control.
UP Model Building Byelaws 2025, clause 3.2.2.1
The rules — all 1
There is no ground coverage percentage any more
verbatim
For plotted residential development the 2025 byelaws set no coverage percentage at all. The table reads "Max. coverage after ensuring setbacks" — whatever ground remains once the required setbacks are left is what you may cover. This is the sharpest break from the 2008 regime, which capped coverage at a percentage that fell as the plot grew. The setbacks are now the only constraint on footprint, so they carry the whole weight of the control.
UP Model Building Byelaws 2025, clause 3.2.2.1
Work it out for your own plot
Permissible floor area, coverage and height for your plot — straight from the HP slabs.
Trace your tatima to get the real area, side lengths and a dimensioned plan. Automatic
compliance checking runs on Himachal rules today — for Uttar Pradesh the
5 rules published here are the reference, and the check is yours
to make.
