The setback is the open strip that must be left between the building and each boundary. What sets it varies by state — usually the size of the plot, the height of the building, or the width of the road outside.
How far from my boundary must the building sit?
7.5 m in the plains and 2.0 m in the hills. Where an enclosed single residential plot faces a road under 9.0 m wide, the sanction process requires giving up land from the plot to bring the road up to a minimum 9.0 m width, and no boundary wall or other construction is allowed in the land so surrendered.
Uttarakhand Bye-laws, minimum right of way table (I) Residential — and 3 related rules below.
The rules — all 4
Minimum right of way — single residential plot
verbatim
7.5 m in the plains and 2.0 m in the hills. Where an enclosed single residential plot faces a road under 9.0 m wide, the sanction process requires giving up land from the plot to bring the road up to a minimum 9.0 m width, and no boundary wall or other construction is allowed in the land so surrendered.
Uttarakhand Bye-laws, minimum right of way table (I) Residential
Road width from (m)
7.5
Minimum right of way — plotted development and multiple units
verbatim
9.0 m in the plains and 6.0 m in the hills, both for plotted residential development and for multiple units on a single residential plot.
Uttarakhand Bye-laws, minimum right of way table (I) Residential
Road width from (m)
9
Minimum right of way — group and affordable housing
verbatim
9.0 to 12.0 m in the plains and 6.0 m in the hills. For affordable housing the Competent Authority may reduce it by 1 m in hardship, and for EWS and rehabilitation schemes by 1.5 m.
Uttarakhand Bye-laws, minimum right of way table (I) Residential
Road width from (m)
9
Road width up to (m)
12
Two later amendments are not reflected on this page
verbatim
The figures published here come from the Compiled Byelaws, which the department uploaded in early 2025. Two later documents on the same page are NOT reflected. An amendment dated 10 December 2025 revises the definitions in the bye-laws, including 2.48 Road/Street and 2.51 Road width and Approach — which matters more than a definitional change usually would, because every right-of-way figure on this page is keyed on road width, so a changed definition can change which road qualifies without changing any number. A second document amends Appendix-7 clause 7.14(II) and (III). Read both before relying on a marginal case.
UHUDA bye-laws page, amendment documents of 10.12.2025 and the Appendix-7 clause 7.14 amendment
Sources on this page
Uttarakhand Bye-laws, minimum right of way table (I) Residential
UHUDA bye-laws page, amendment documents of 10.12.2025 and the Appendix-7 clause 7.14 amendment
Trace your tatima to get the real area, side lengths and a dimensioned plan. Automatic
compliance checking runs on Himachal rules today — for Uttarakhand the
26 rules published here are the reference, and the check is yours
to make.