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Table of Contents

PART-I PRELIMINARY ......................................................................................................................................1661

SHORT TITLES AND COMMENCEMENT.- .......................................................................................................1661

APPLICATION.- ............................................................................................................................................1661

DEFINITIONS.- .............................................................................................................................................1662

PART-II PROCEDURE OF SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS FOR BUILDING PLAN, COMPLETION

CERTIFICATE AND OCCUPATION CERTIFICATE ....................................................................................1676

ERECTION OR RE-ERECTION WITHOUT PERMISSION.-...................................................................................1676

DESIGN AND SUPERVISION.- ........................................................................................................................1676

APPLICATION TO ERECT OR RE-ERECT HIGH-RISE (WITHOUT SELF-CERTIFICATION).- ................................1676

(1)

Submission of Application .....................................................................................................................1676

(2)Size of drawing sheets and colouring of

plan……………………………………………………………………..1677

(3)

Site Plans ...............................................................................................................................................1677

(4)

The Building plans, sections and elevations ..........................................................................................1678

(5)

Single-line diagram plan for Low Rise Buildings,.................................................................................1678

PROCEDURE FOR SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION THROUGH SELF-CERTIFICATION.- .....................................1678

(I) UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.- .........................1678

(1)

Self-certification by the empanelled architects......................................................................................1678

(2)

Low-rise buildings exclusively under the self-certification scheme ......................................................1678

(3)

Procedure ..............................................................................................................................................1678

(4)

Right to Inspect ......................................................................................................................................1680

(5)

Work is commenced in contravention ....................................................................................................1680

(II) UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. .........................................................1681

(1)

Self-certification by empanelled Architects/ Engineers/ Designers / Supervisors: .............................1681

(2)

Procedure ..............................................................................................................................................1681

STANDARD DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURAL CONTROLS.-...............................................................................1683

PREPARATION OF BUILDING PLANS OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.- .....................................................1683

10.

SCOPE OF SCRUTINY OF BUILDING PLANS BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY. - ..........................................1683

(1)

The building plans received under the self-certification .......................................................................1683

(2)

Building plans, other than those submitted under the self-certification scheme, .................................1683

(3)

Key aspects for scrutiny .........................................................................................................................1684

11.

COMPLETION CERTIFICATE.- .......................................................................................................................1684

(1)

Notice of Completion .............................................................................................................................1684

(2)

Examination ...........................................................................................................................................1685

(3) Criteria for Grant of ‘Partial Completion Certificate...............................................................................1685

Table 1: Minimum Built up area (FAR area) for industrial buildings ......................................................................... 1686

(4)

Eligibility for Completion Certificate ....................................................................................................1686

(5)

Receipt of the notice of completion ........................................................................................................1687

(6)

Issuance of Completion Certificate to low-rise buildings......................................................................1688

(7)

Consequences in case of concealing of facts or misrepersentation ......................................................1688

12.

OCCUPATION CERTIFICATE.- .......................................................................................................................1689

(1)

Application for obtaining occupation certificate ...................................................................................1689

(2)

Receipt of application ............................................................................................................................1689

(3)

Revocation of occupation certificate .....................................................................................................1689

PART III ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL ........................................................................................................1690

13.

POWER OF THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY TO SANCTION OR REFUSE ERECTION OR RE-ERECTION.- .............1690

14.

PRESUMPTION OF SANCTION.- .....................................................................................................................1690

15.

VALIDITY PERIOD OF SANCTION.- ................................................................................................................1690

(1)

Validity of Prior Approvals.- .................................................................................................................1691

(2)

Ongoing or Partially Commenced Projects. - .......................................................................................1691

(3)

Projects Not Commenced.- ....................................................................................................................1691

(4)

Pending Applications.- ..........................................................................................................................1691

16.

SUBMISSION OF REVISED BUILDING PLANS IN CASE OF MAJOR ALTERATIONS.- ...........................................1691

17.

REVOCATION OF SANCTION.- ......................................................................................................................1692

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18.

MAINTENANCE OF RECORD.- ...................................................................................................................... 1692

19.

DAMP PROOF COURSE CERTIFICATE.- ......................................................................................................... 1692

PART IV PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURAL

CONTROLS……………………………………………………………….1693

FOR AREA UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN

DEVELOPMENT .................................................................................................................................................. 1693

20.

COMPLIANCE OF ZONING PLAN OR STANDARD DESIGN OR ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL SHEETS AND

MASTER PLAN OR ZONAL PLAN. – ......................................................................................................................... 1693

21.

COMPLIANCE TO SPECIAL AREA DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL AS PER MASTER PLAN OR ZONAL PLAN.- 1693

22.

RESIDENTIAL.- ........................................................................................................................................... 1693

Table 2: Residential Plots or Villas falling in approved Layout Plan; ........................................................................ 1693

Table 3: Economical Weaker Section Residential Plots falling in approved Layout Plan; ......................................... 1696

Table 4: Group Housing or Studio Apartment ............................................................................................................ 1697

Table 5: Affordable Group Housing ........................................................................................................................... 1699

Table 6: Economical Weaker Section (EWS) Group Housing .................................................................................... 1700

Table 7: Rental Housing or Hostel .............................................................................................................................. 1702

Table 8: Farm House ................................................................................................................................................... 1704

(2)

Other general control for residential building ..................................................................................... 1705

23.

COMMERCIAL.- .......................................................................................................................................... 1706

Table 9: Convenient Shopping or Neighbourhood Shopping Plotted within approved layout plan. ........................... 1706

Table 10: Commercials such as Shopping Mall or Shopping Complex or a Building primarily used for Display and

Sale of Merchandise or any similar purpose ............................................................................................................... 1709

Table 11: Miniplex ...................................................................................................................................................... 1710

Table 12: Multiplex ..................................................................................................................................................... 1712

Table 13: Hotel or Motel ............................................................................................................................................. 1713

Table 14: Mix Land Use Project ................................................................................................................................. 1715

Table 15: Club ............................................................................................................................................................ 1716

Table 16: Guest House or Lodging & Boarding or Service Apartments or Dharamshala or Sarai.............................. 1717

Table 17: Dhaba .......................................................................................................................................................... 1718

Table 18: Wholesale Trade or Integrated Freight complex (Standalone) .................................................................... 1719

Table 19: Warehouse or Godown (Standalone) .......................................................................................................... 1720

(2)

Other general control for commercial building.- ................................................................................. 1721

24.

INDUSTRY.- ................................................................................................................................................ 1721

Table 20: Low Rise Industry (Plotted Industry) .......................................................................................................... 1721

Table 21: High Rise Industry ...................................................................................................................................... 1723

(2)

Other controls for Industrial Buildings ................................................................................................ 1724

25.

EDUCATIONAL.- ......................................................................................................................................... 1724

Table 22: Pre Nursery or Nursery School or Crèche ................................................................................................... 1724

Table 23: Primary School (class 1 to 5) ...................................................................................................................... 1725

Table 24: High and/or Senior secondary school or College or Educational Institute or Universities. ......................... 1726

(2)

Other controls for Educational Building(s) .......................................................................................... 1728

26.

INSTITUTIONAL. - ....................................................................................................................................... 1728

Table 25: Hospital or Nursing Home or Dispensary or Medical Laboratory .............................................................. 1728

Table 26: Orphanage Home or Old Age Home or Children's Centre / Care Centre / School / Institute for Mentally

challenged and/or Physically Handicapped Person ..................................................................................................... 1729

27.

PUBLIC BUILDINGS. - ................................................................................................................................. 1730

Table 27: Community Centre or Public Concert Hall or Auditorium or Museum or Gymnasium or Public

Exhibition ................................................................................................................................................................... 1730

Table 28: Religious Building ...................................................................................................................................... 1731

Table 29: Public Offices ............................................................................................................................................. 1732

Table 30: Convention Centre ...................................................................................................................................... 1733

Table 31: Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) ..................................................................... 1734

Table 32: Multi Level Car Parking (standalone) ......................................................................................................... 1736

28.

SETBACKS AND OPEN SPACE AROUND THE BUILDINGS.- ............................................................................. 1736

Table 33: Minimum Setback or Open Space Around Buildings ................................................................................. 1736

FOR AREA UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ..... 1740

29.

DEVELOPMENT CONTROL REGULATIONS.- ............................................................................................ 1740

30.

APPLICABILITY IN SCHEME AREAS. – ......................................................................................................... 1740

31.

RESIDENTIAL.- ........................................................................................................................................... 1740

Table 34: Residential Plotted ...................................................................................................................................... 1740

Table 35: Group Housing, Multi-storeyed building and Apartments .......................................................................... 1743

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Table 36: Affordable Group Housing ......................................................................................................................... 1745

Table 37: Economical Weaker Section Housing ......................................................................................................... 1746

(2)

Other general control for Group Housing, Affordable Group Housing and Economical Weaker

Section Housing following ............................................................................................................................. 1746

(3)

Other general control for Independent Floors.- ................................................................................... 1747

32.

COMMERCIAL.- .......................................................................................................................................... 1747

Table 38: Commercial Building .................................................................................................................................. 1747

Table 39: Commercial Buildings in Core Areas or Walled City ................................................................................. 1748

Table 40: Miniplex ...................................................................................................................................................... 1749

Table 41: Multiplex ..................................................................................................................................................... 1750

Table 42: Hotel or Motel:- .......................................................................................................................................... 1751

Table 43: Mix Land Use ............................................................................................................................................. 1752

Table 44: Club or Community Center:- ..................................................................................................................... 1752

Table 45: Guest house or Lodging & Boarding or Service Apartments:- .................................................................. 1753

Table 46: Dhaba ......................................................................................................................................................... 1754

Table 47: Wholesale Trade or Ware house or Integrated Freight Complex (Standalone) ........................................... 1754

Table 48: Petrol pump cum service stations ................................................................................................................ 1755

33.

INDUSTRIAL.- ............................................................................................................................................. 1756

Table 49: Industrial plotted or Godowns or storage buildings: ................................................................................... 1756

Table 50: Industrial flatted: ......................................................................................................................................... 1757

(2)

Other controls for Industrial Buildings.- .............................................................................................. 1757

34.

EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS.- ....................................................................................................................... 1757

Table 51: Pre Nursery or Nursery School ................................................................................................................... 1757

Table 52: Primary School .......................................................................................................................................... 1758

Table 53: Higher Secondary School or College ......................................................................................................... 1758

Table 54: Education and Research Centre................................................................................................................... 1759

Table 55: Medical College or Nursing College with Hospital, Hostel ........................................................................ 1759

35.

INSTITUTIONAL.- ........................................................................................................................................ 1760

Table 56: Nursing home or Hospital ........................................................................................................................... 1760

(2)

Other Controls (for all plot sizes of Nursing Homes or Hospitals): ..................................................... 1761

Table 57: Orphanage Home, Old Age Home, Children's Centre or Care Centre or School or Institute for Mentally

challenged or Physically Handicapped Person or Hostel ............................................................................................ 1762

36.

PUBLIC BUILDINGS.- .................................................................................................................................. 1762

Table 58: Public Concert Hall or Auditorium, Museum, Gymnasium or Public Exhibition ....................................... 1762

Table 59: Public Offices ............................................................................................................................................. 1763

Table 60: Religious Buildings ..................................................................................................................................... 1763

Table 61: Convention Centre ...................................................................................................................................... 1763

Table 62: Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) ..................................................................... 1764

37.

MARRIAGE PALACE.- ................................................................................................................................. 1765

38.

MULTI LEVEL CAR PARKING (STANDALONE) ............................................................................................. 1765

Table 63: Multi Level Car Parking (standalone) ......................................................................................................... 1765

PART VI GENERAL BUILDING REQUIREMENTS ..................................................................................... 1766

39.

GENERAL PLANNING OR DEVELOPMENT NORMS.- ..................................................................................... 1766

(1)

Setback of Projected portion of roof level- .......................................................................................... 1766

(2)

Courtyard or Open Space:- .................................................................................................................. 1766

Table 64 : Size of Ventilation shaft ............................................................................................................................. 1766

(3)

Projection and Balcony.- ...................................................................................................................... 1767

Table 65: Projections .................................................................................................................................................. 1767

Table 66: Balcony ....................................................................................................................................................... 1767

(4)

Parking ................................................................................................................................................. 1767

Table 67: Compounding Charges for Parking ............................................................................................................. 1769

(5)

Exemptions.- ......................................................................................................................................... 1769

Table 68: Corridor dimensions .................................................................................................................................... 1770

40.

GENERAL NOTES.- ..................................................................................................................................... 1771

41.

OCCUPANT LOAD.- ..................................................................................................................................... 1774

Table 69: Occupant Load ............................................................................................................................................ 1774

42.

CLEARANCE ZONE FOR BUILDINGS NEAR HIGH TENSION ELECTRICAL LINE – ........................................... 1775

(1)

Clearance from buildings of lines of voltage and service lines not exceeding 650 V.- ......................... 1775

(2)

Clearances from buildings of lines of voltage exceeding 650 V.- ......................................................... 1775

Table 70: Vertical Clearance Zone for buildings from nearest conductor of High Tension Electrical Line................ 1775

Table 71: Horizontal Clearance Zone for buildings from nearest conductor of High Tension Electrical Line .......... 1776

Table 72: Vertical and Horizontal Clearance for buildings from nearest High Voltage Direct Current System ......... 1776

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PART BUILDING REQUIREMENT.– ............................................................................................................... 1777

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(1)

Plinth – ................................................................................................................................................. 1777

(2)

Interior Court Yard. – ........................................................................................................................... 1777

(3)

Space requirement of different component of a building. – .................................................................. 1777

Table 73: Minimum requirements of different component of a building .................................................................... 1777

Table 74: Minimum height requirement for Educational, Industrial and Religious Building ..................................... 1777

(4)

Lighting and ventilation of rooms – ...................................................................................................... 1778

(5)

Ledge or Tand.- .................................................................................................................................... 1778

(6)

Mezzanine Floor.- ................................................................................................................................. 1778

(7)

Basement.- ............................................................................................................................................ 1778

(8)

Chimneys.- ............................................................................................................................................ 1781

(9)

Parapet.- ............................................................................................................................................... 1781

(10)

Cabin.- ............................................................................................................................................. 1781

(11)

Boundary wall.- ............................................................................................................................... 1781

(12)

Septic Tanks.- ................................................................................................................................... 1782

(13)

Office-cum-letter box room.- ........................................................................................................... 1782

(14)

Meter rooms.- .................................................................................................................................. 1782

(15)

Exit or Staircase requirements.- ...................................................................................................... 1782

(16)

Staircase requirement.- .................................................................................................................... 1783

(17)

Corridor requirement.- .................................................................................................................... 1783

(18)

Ramps.- ............................................................................................................................................ 1784

(19)

Exit Requirements.- .......................................................................................................................... 1785

(20)

Roofs.- .............................................................................................................................................. 1785

(21)

Sunken courtyard.- ........................................................................................................................... 1785

(22)

Check Post or guard room or watch and ward cabins. – ................................................................ 1785

(23)

Fitments for drainage and sanitation.- ............................................................................................ 1786

Table 75: Office Building ........................................................................................................................................... 1786

Table 76: Cinema, Multiplex Cinema, Concert and Convention Halls, Theatres and Stadia ...................................... 1786

Table 77: Art Galleries, Libraries and Museums ........................................................................................................ 1787

Table 78: Restaurants .................................................................................................................................................. 1787

Table 79: Shopping Malls and Retail Buildings .......................................................................................................... 1788

Table 80: Hotel ........................................................................................................................................................... 1789

Table 81: Hospital with indoor patient ward ............................................................................................................... 1789

Table 82: Hospital with Outdoor Patient Department ................................................................................................. 1790

Table 83: Hospital Administrative Buildings .............................................................................................................. 1791

Table 84: Factories ...................................................................................................................................................... 1791

Table 85: Schools and Educational Institutions .......................................................................................................... 1792

Table 86: Hostels ........................................................................................................................................................ 1793

Table 87: Fruit and Vegetable Markets ....................................................................................................................... 1794

Table 88: Bus Stations, Airports and Railway Stations ............................................................................................... 1794

PART VI FIRE PROTECTION, STRUCTURAL DESIGN, BUILDING MATERIALS AND LIGHTING

AND VENTILATION ........................................................................................................................................... 1796

44.

FIRE PROTECTION.- .................................................................................................................................... 1796

45.

STRUCTURAL DESIGN.- ............................................................................................................................... 1796

46.

LIGHTING AND VENTILATION.- ................................................................................................................... 1796

47.

ELECTRICAL AND ALLIED INSTALLATIONS.- ............................................................................................... 1796

48.

BUILDING MATERIALS.- ............................................................................................................................. 1796

49.

LIFTS, ESCALATORS AND MOVING WALKS.- .............................................................................................. 1796

PART VII PROVISIONS FOR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED, ELDERLY AND CHILDREN ........................... 1797

50.

APPLICABLE PROVISIONS.- ......................................................................................................................... 1797

PART VIII GREEN BUILDINGS AND SUSTAINABILITY PROVISIONS ................................................. 1798

51.

PROVISIONS AND APPLICABILITY.- ............................................................................................................. 1798

Table 89: Provisions for various plot sizes (Residential uses) .................................................................................... 1798

Table 90: Provisions for various plot sizes (Non-Residential uses) ............................................................................ 1798

52.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY.- ................................................................................................................................ 1798

53.

ROOF TOP SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC INSTALLATION.- ................................................................................... 1799

Table 91: Norms for Roof Top Solar PV Installation ................................................................................................. 1799

54.

RAINWATER HARVESTING.- ........................................................................................................................ 1800

(1) Rain water harvesting system ............................................................................................................... 1801

(2)

Techinques ............................................................................................................................................ 1801

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(3)

The provision for rain water harvesting.- ............................................................................................. 1801

Table 92 Provisions for Rainwater harvesting by building types ................................................................................ 1801

55.

SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT.- ....................................................................................................... 1802

PART IX CONSERVATION OF HERITAGE SITES INCLUDING HERITAGE BUILDINGS,

HERITAGE PRECINCTS AND NATURAL FEATURE AREAS ................................................................... 1803

56.

APPLICABLE PROVISIONS.- ......................................................................................................................... 1803

PART X ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCES FOR BUILDING PLAN APPROVAL................................ 1804

57.

INTEGRATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS FOR BUILDING PLAN APPROVAL.- ................................... 1804

Table 93 Charges for Exemption of Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) Installation ....................................................... 1804

PART XI PUBLIC HEALTH: WATER SUPPLY, SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGE .................................... 1806

58.

WATER SUPPLY.- ................................................................................................................................... 1806

(1)

Application for connection.- ................................................................................................................. 1806

(2)

Material for water connection.- ............................................................................................................ 1806

(3)

Sanction of water connection.- ............................................................................................................. 1806

(4)

Release of water connection.- ............................................................................................................... 1806

(5)

Notice and certificate of completion of work.- ..................................................................................... 1806

59.

SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGE.- ............................................................................................................ 1807

(1)

Application for connection with public sewer.- .................................................................................... 1807

(2)

Connection with public sewer.- ............................................................................................................ 1807

(3)

Material for drain and construction.- ................................................................................................... 1807

(4)

Drain connection for trade effluent.- .................................................................................................... 1807

(5)

Waste water pipes.- .............................................................................................................................. 1807

(6)

Manholes.- ............................................................................................................................................ 1807

Table 94 Provisions for minimum internal size of Chamber ....................................................................................... 1807

(7)

Septic tank.- .......................................................................................................................................... 1808

(8)

Absorption pits.- ................................................................................................................................... 1808

PART XII RISK BASED CLASSIFICATION OF BUILDING PLAN APPROVAL PROPOSALS ............ 1809

60.

RISK BASED CLASSIFICATION OF BUILDING PROPOSALS.- .......................................................................... 1809

(1)

Hazardous buildings.- .......................................................................................................................... 1809

(2)

Classification of risk based storage building.- ..................................................................................... 1809

Table 95-Classification of risk based storage building................................................................................................ 1809

(3)

Classification of risk based industrial building.- .................................................................................. 1811

Table 96 Classification of risk based industrial building ............................................................................................ 1811

(4)

Classification of risk based on nature of occupancy in building.- ....................................................... 1812

Table 97 Classification of risk based on nature of occupancy in building .................................................................. 1812

Table 98: Inspection where the date of issuance of change of land use is within three months .................................. 1813

Table 99: Inspection where the date of issuance of change of land use exceed a period of three months .................. 1813

PART XIII REGISTRATION OF PLUMBERS ................................................................................................ 1814

61.

REGISTRATION OF PLUMBERS.- .................................................................................................................. 1814

62.

GRANT OF REGISTRATION.- ........................................................................................................................ 1814

63.

RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION.- .................................................................................................................... 1814

64.

CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE.- ..................................................................................... 1814

PART XIV MISCELLANEOUS .......................................................................................................................... 1814

65.

RELAXATION.- ........................................................................................................................................... 1814

66.

MATTERS NOT COVERED UNDER THESE RULES.- ........................................................................................ 1814

67.

REPEAL AND SAVING.- ............................................................................................................................... 1814

ANNEXURES ........................................................................................................................................................ 1815

ANNEXURE 1 ....................................................................................................................................................... 1815

ANNEXURE 2 ....................................................................................................................................................... 1817

ANNEXURE 3 ....................................................................................................................................................... 1818

ANNEXURE 4 ....................................................................................................................................................... 1819

ANNEXURE 5 ....................................................................................................................................................... 1820

ANNEXURE 6 ....................................................................................................................................................... 1821

ANNEXURE 7 ....................................................................................................................................................... 1822

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ANNEXURE 8 ....................................................................................................................................................... 1823

ANNEXURE 9 ....................................................................................................................................................... 1824

ANNEXURE 10 ..................................................................................................................................................... 1825

ANNEXURE 11 ..................................................................................................................................................... 1826

ANNEXURE 12 ..................................................................................................................................................... 1827

ANNEXURE 13 ..................................................................................................................................................... 1828

ANNEXURE 14 ..................................................................................................................................................... 1834

ANNEXURE 15 ..................................................................................................................................................... 1841

ANNEXURE 16 ..................................................................................................................................................... 1842

ANNEXURE 17 ..................................................................................................................................................... 1843

ANNEXURE 18 ..................................................................................................................................................... 1844

ANNEXURE 19 ..................................................................................................................................................... 1845

ANNEXURE 20 ..................................................................................................................................................... 1846

ANNEXURE 21 ..................................................................................................................................................... 1847

ANNEXURE 22 BEYOND MC LIMITS ..................................................................................................................... 1848

ANNEXURE 23- WITHIN MC LIMITS .................................................................................................................... 1852

ANNEXURE 24 ..................................................................................................................................................... 1853

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PART-III

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

NOTIFICATION

The 15^th December, 2025

No.G.S.R.195 /P.A.11/1995/Ss.180 and 43/P.A.3/1911/S.240/P.A.42/1976 /S.262/P.A.4/1922

/S.73/2025.- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 180 read with sub-section (2) of

section 43 of the Punjab Regional and Town Planning and Development Act, 1995 (Punjab Act

No. 11 of 1995); clause (zzz) of sub-section (1) of section 240 of the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911

(Punjab Act No. 3 of 1911); clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 262 of the Punjab Municipal

Corporation Act, 1976 (Punjab Act No. 42 of 1976); and section 73 of the Punjab Town

Improvement Act, 1922 (Punjab Act No. 4 of 1922), and all other powers enabling him in this

behalf, the Governor of Punjab is pleased to make the following rules, to carry out the purposes

of the said Acts, namely:-

PART-I

PRELIMINARY

1. Short titles and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Punjab Unified

Building Rules, 2025.

(2) They shall come into force on and with effect from the date of their publication in the

Official Gazette and shall be applicable to all categories of buildings except factory

establishments in existence prior to 12.06.2018.

2. Application.- (1) They shall be applicable to whole of the State of Punjab except Lal Lakir

of village abadi falling outside municipal limit, Cantonment Board, and the sites and

areas falling under the jurisdiction of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). These

rules shall also be applicable on Urban Estate or Optimum Utilization of Vacant

Government Land (OUVGL) scheme or any other scheme developed or approved by the

Department of Housing and Urban Development and Department of Local Government,

or any other Government Agency.

However, for projects or sites approved by the Department of Housing and Urban

Development, if falling within the jurisdiction of any other department or authority (such

as Improvement Trusts, Municipal Corporation or Committees, Punjab Small Industries

& Export Corporation, etc.), these sites or projects shall be governed by building rules

applicable on Housing and Urban Development. Further, the area falling within the

jurisdiction of Municipal Corporation, Mohali, shall also be governed by building rules

applicable on Housing and Urban Development department in these rules and shall not

be governed by the rules applicable for the department of Local government.

(2) For sites already auctioned by the Government, development authorities, or any other

government agencies, the applicable ground coverage, Floor Area Ratio (FAR), and

purchasable Floor Area Ratio (FAR) along with purchasable rates shall be governed by

the terms and conditions specified in the auction and allotment documents for the

respective site or plot and shall not be governed by these rules to this extent. However,

the rest of these building rules shall be applicable on these sites.

(3) These building rules shall have overriding effect over the relevant provisions of the

Unified Zoning Regulation, except in areas falling within the Master Plan SAS Nagar

and Master Plan New Chandigarh, and the part of Regional Plan for Greater Mohali

Region where specific Master Plans have not been notified. However, where these

Master Plans or the Regional Plan are silent, the provisions of these building rules shall

apply.

Section 180

P.A. No. 11

of 1995, 262

(2a) of P.A.

No.

1976,

240(1)(zzz)

of P.A. No. 3

of 1911, 73

of P.A. No. 4

of 1922.

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(4) These building rules shall also have overriding effect over any guidelines, office orders,

notifications, or policies issued prior to notification of these rules, to the extent of any

inconsistency or conflict.

3. Definitions.- (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, -

(1) ―abut‖ means to be positioned juxtaposed to a road, lane, open space, park, building in

such a way that the outer face of any of the external walls or boundary of a building or

plot touches a street or road boundary;

(2) “access or approach road” means a clear approach to a plot or a building;

(3) “accessory use means any use of the premises subordinate to the principal use and

customarily incidental to the principal use;

(4) “Act” means the Punjab Regional and Town Planning and Development Act, 1995;

Punjab Municipal Act, 1911; Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 and Punjab

Town Improvement Act, 1922;

(5) "advertising" means any surface or structure or structure with characters, letters or

illustrations applied thereto and displayed in any manner whatsoever outdoors for the

purpose of advertising or giving information or to attract the public to any place,

person, public performance, article, or merchandise, and which surface or structure is

attached to, forms part of , or is connected with any building, or is fixed to a tree or to

the ground or to any pole, screen, fence or hoarding or displayed in a space, or in or

over any water body included in the jurisdiction of the Authority;

(6) “air conditioning” means the process of treating air so as to simultaneously control its

temperature, humidity, purity, distribution and air movement and pressure to meet the

requirements of the conditioned space;

(7) “alteration or addition or renovation” means a structural change, such as an addition

to the -area or height, or the removal of part of a building, or any change to the

structure, such as the construction of, cutting into or removal of any wall, partition,

column, beam, joist, floor (including a mezzanine floor) or other support, or a change to

or closing of any required means of ingress or egress or a change to the fixtures or

equipment;

(8) “amenities” means any one or more than one utility such as roads, streets, open spaces,

parks, recreational, grounds, play grounds, water and electric supply, street lighting,

sewerage, drainage, public works and other utilities, services and conveniences;

(9) “ancillary zone” in the buildings means the building ancillary to and serving the main

building and includes meter room, security room, Sewerage Treatment Plant, godown,

guard room, cycle shed, dispensary, canteen, electric substation and labour quarters for

watch and ward staff but shall not include residential accommodation for supervisory

staff;

(10) “apartment” whether called block, chamber, dwelling unit, flat, lot, premises, suite,

tenement, unit by any other name, means a separate and self-contained part of any

property, including one or more rooms or enclosed spaces, located on one or more

floors, or, any part or parts thereof, in a building, or in a plot of land, used or intended

to be used for residence, office, shop, showroom, or godown or for carrying on any

business, industry, occupation, profession or trade, or for any other type of independent

use ancillary to the purpose specified above and with a direct exit to a public street,

road or highway or to a common area leading to such street road or highway, and

includes any garage or room whether or not adjacent to the building in which such

apartment is located, provided by the promoter for the use by the allottee for parking

any vehicle or, as the case may be, for the residence of any domestic servant employed

in such apartment;

Note: If a basement, cellar, garage, room, shop or storage space is sold separately from

any apartment, it shall be treated as an independent apartment and not as part of

any other apartment or of the common areas and facilities;

Section 180

P.A. No. 11

of 1995, 262

(2a) of P.A.

No.

1976,

240(1)(zzz)

of P.A. No. 3

of 1911, 73

of P.A. No. 4

of 1922.

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(11) "applicant" means a person who submits the application to the Competent Authority

to erect or re-erect a building and also includes his legal representatives and authorized

person;

(12) "application" means an application made in such form as may be specified by the

competent authority, by an owner or certified professional, who intends to develop,

erect, re-erect or make alterations or additions in a plot or site or premises or part

thereof, along with the requisite documents, for seeking approval of the Building or

Service or Completion or Partial Completion Plans;

(13) "approved " means approved Building Plans or Service Plans or Completion or Partial

Completion Plans of a building by the Competent Authority under these rules;

(14) "architect" means a person holding a degree in Bachelor of Architecture from any

recognised university or institute recognised by the Council of Architecture (COA) and

has his name entered in the register of Council of Architecture for the time being, with

a valid Council of Architecture Registration number (CA/Year/Reg. No.);

(15) "architectural control and architectural control sheets" means control of horizontal

or vertical projections from the walls of the building and to restrict the height of any

site exposed to the view from the street or road. Similarly, Architectural Control Sheets

shall mean sheets or drawings with directions, signed and retained by the Competent

Authority showing the measure of Architectural Controls, which shall be observed in

the special areas;

(16) "assembly buildings" means any building or part of a building, where at least fifty

persons can congregate or gather for amusement, recreation, social, religious, patriotic,

civil, travel and similar purposes, for example, theatres, motion picture houses,

assembly halls, marriage palaces, auditoria, exhibition halls, museums, skating rinks,

gymnasiums, recreation piers and stadia, hotels and restaurants, places of worship,

dance halls, club rooms, passenger stations and terminal of air, surface and marine

public transportation services or like activities if considered so by the competent

authority;

(17) "atria or atrium" means a large-volume space or central collecting area leading to

other functional areas of the building created by a floor opening or series of floor

openings that is covered at the top of openings and is used for purposes other than

commercial activity, social gathering etc. For the sake of clarity, the main halls where

functions are held as in case of marriage palaces or hotels shall not be considered as

atrium or atria;

(18) "authority" means the Authority which has been created by a statute and which, for

the purpose of administering the building rules or Part, may authorize a committee or

an official or an agency to act on its behalf; hereinafter called the 'Authority'. Authority

can be the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority constituted under

section 17 or the Special Urban Planning and Development Authority constituted under

section 29 or the New Town Planning and Development Authority constituted under

section 31 of the Punjab Regional and Town Planning and Development Act, 1995;

(19) "balcony" means a horizontal projection from the wall cantilevered or otherwise,

having a balustrade or railing or a parapet wall to serve as a passage or sit out place

intended for human use;

(20) "barsati" means a habitable single room on the roof of the building with or without

kitchen and toilet;

(21) "basement" means the storey which is next below the ground storey or which is in any

part more than half of its height below the mean level of the street or ground adjoining

the building;

(22) "bathroom" means a room containing a bath or shower, washroom and a toilet;

(23) "boundary wall" means a wall which is erected to enclose the site boundary, may also

carry security;

(24) "bressummer" means the beam of a girder that carries the load of wall or slab;

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(25) "building" means any structure for whatsoever purpose and of whatsoever materials

constructed and every part thereof, whether used as human habitation or not and

includes foundation, plinth, walls, floors, roofs, chimneys, plumbing and building

services, fixed platforms, veranda, balcony, cornice or projection, part of a building or

anything affixed thereto or any wall enclosing or intended to enclose any land or space

and signs and outdoor display structures, tanks constructed or fixed for storage of

chemicals or water or effluent, swimming pools etc. Tents, shamianas, tarpaulin

helters, etc, erected for temporary and ceremonial occasions with the permission of the

Competent Authority, if required, shall not be considered as a building;

(26) "building envelope" means the horizontal spatial limits up to which a building is or is

to be constructed on a plot or site;

(27) "building height" means the vertical distance measured in the case of flat roofs, from

the average level of the front road and contiguous to the building or as decided by the

Authority to the terrace of last liveable floor of the building adjacent to the external

walls; and in the case of pitched roofs, up to the point where the external surface of the

outer wall intersects the finished surface of the sloping roof; and in the case of gables

facing the road, the mid-point between the eaves level and the ridge. Architectural

features serving no other function except that of decoration shall be excluded for the

purpose of measuring heights:

Provided that in case of residential plot, the vertical distance of the building shall

be measured from the plinth of the building instead of the average level of the front

road;

(28) "building line" means a fixed line specified for a site beyond which no building within

that site other than permitted projection and compound wall shall project;

(29) "building plans" means plans showing the details of building with respect to its

building footprint, building blocks, ground coverage, floor area ratio, total covered

area, height, numbers of storeys, elevations, sections, setbacks, parking, boundary

walls, gates and other building details as per these rules and submitted to the Competent

Authority as enclosed with the application by the owner or professional engaged in

construction of the said building for seeking approval thereof;

(30) "building regulations" means the rules or bye-laws or regulations or Zoning

regulations made under any law for the time being in force for the erection or re-

erection of buildings or parts thereof;

(31) "building scrutiny fee" means a fee to be charged or levied by the Competent

Authority for approval of Building or Service Plan;

(32) "cabin" means a non-residential enclosure constructed of non-load bearing partition;

(33) "canopy" means a cantilevered projection from the face of the wall over an entry to the

building at the lintel or slab level provided that:

(i)

it shall not be lower than 2.3 m when measured from the ground;

(ii)

it shall not project beyond the plot line;

(34) "cantilever" means a long projecting structure, beam or girder fixed or supported at

only one end and carries a load at the other end or along its length;

(35) "carpet area" means the covered area of the usable rooms of a building or at any floor

excluding the area of the walls;

(36) "chajja" means a continuous cantilevered horizontal or sloping projection from the

outer wall of the building primarily intended to give protection from weather;

(37) "chimney" means an upright shaft containing one or more flues provided for the

conveyance to the outer air of any product of combustion resulting from the operation of

heat producing appliance or equipment employing solid, liquid or gaseous fuel;

(38) "clear height" means height from the top surface of ground or any floor to the bottom

of beam or ceiling, as the case may be;

(39) "commercial building" means a building used or constructed or adapted to be used

either ordinarily or occasionally as; retail, wholesale, multiplex, cinema, marriage

palace, office, bank, restaurant, shop, shopping complex or a building primarily used for

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display and sale of merchandise or any similar purpose or any other building, being used

for commercial purpose;

(40) "commercial use" means the use of any land or building or part thereof for purposes of

commerce, or as an office, whether attached to any building being used for commercial

purpose;

(41) "common areas and facilities in relation to a building" means all parts of the

building or the land on which it is located and all easements, rights and appurtenances

belonging to the land or the building, which are not in the exclusive possession of an

apartment owner;

(42) "competent authority” means any person or authority appointed by the State

Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, to exercise and perform all or any of

the powers and functions of the Competent Authority under these rules;

(43) "completion certificate" means a Certificate issued by the Competent Authority on

written request of the applicant or promoter after completion of building works

including finishing of all common services and utilities as provided in the approved

Building Plans and Service Plans;

(44) "conservation" means all the processes of looking after a place so as to retain its

historical and/or architectural and/or aesthetic and/or cultural significance and includes

maintenance, preservation, restoration, reconstruction and adoption or a combination of

more than one of these;

(45) "construction" means any erection of a structure or a building, including any addition

or extension thereto either vertically or horizontally, but does not include, any

reconstruction, repair and renovation of an existing structure or building, or,

construction, maintenance and cleansing of drains and drainage works and of public

latrines, urinals and similar conveniences, or, the construction and maintenance of works

meant for providing supply of water for public, or, the construction or maintenance,

extension, management for supply and distribution of electricity to the public; or

provision for similar facilities for public;

(46) "conversion" means the change from one occupancy to other occupancy or any change

in building structure or part thereof resulting in a change of space and use requiring

additional permission from the competent authority;

(47) "cooking alcove" means a cooking space having direct access from the main room

without any inter-communicating door;

(48) "courtyard" means an area open to the sky but within the boundary of a plot, which is

enclosed or partially enclosed by buildings, boundary walls or railings. It may be at

ground floor level or any other level within or adjacent to a building;

(49) "covered area" means the built-up area of the building(s) without deducting area of

walls, corridors and passage-ways, stairs, closets, toilets, columns, lifts and building

shafts or other features;

(50) "damp proof course" means a course consisting of some appropriate water proofing

material provided to prevent penetration of dampness or moisture to any part of the

structure from within or outside;

(51) "density" means the number of persons per acre;

(52) "detached building” means a building with walls and roofs independent of any other

building and with open spaces on all sides within the same plot;

(53) "development works" means internal development works and external development

works;

(54) "dhaba" means an eating joint building having single storey structure with temporary

roof such as corrugated sheets or asbestos sheet or thatch;

(55) “dispensary” means a clinical establishment that provides outpatient medical

consultation, physical examination, prescription services, and dispensing of medicines

etc. It may also perform minor medical procedures such as dressing of wounds,

injections, or first aid. The facility may have a maximum of up to 10 beds for

observation or basic care.

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(56) "drain" means a conduit, channel or pipe for the carriage of storm water, sewage, waste

water or other water borne wastes in a building drainage system;

(57) "drainage system" means a system or a line of pipes, with their fittings and

accessories, such as manholes, inspection chambers, traps, gullies, floor traps used for

drainage of building or yards appurtenant to the buildings within the same cartilage; and

includes an open channel for conveying surface water or a system for the removal of any

waste water;

(58) "duct" means an enclosed passage, channel, tube, canal, pipe or conduit by which a

fluid, air, electric cables or other substance is conducted or conveyed;

(59) "dwelling unit" means a building or a portion thereof which is designed or used or

intended to be used wholly or partially for residential purposes for one family for

habitation comprising of kitchen, toilet and a room at least;

(60) "dwelling unit area " means an area of a dwelling excluding area of balconies or

projections and common area such as staircase, lift lobby, public corridor, public toilet,

etc;

(61) "educational building" means a building exclusively used for a school or college, and

including a building for such other uses as research institution or university, involving

assembly for instruction, education or recreation incidental to educational use,

recognized by the appropriate Board or University, or any other Competent Authority It

shall also include quarters for essential staff required to reside in the premises, and

building used as a hostel captive to an educational institution whether situated in its

campus or outside;

(62) "enclosed staircase" means a staircase separated by fire resistant walls and doors from

the rest of the building;

(63) "engineer" means a person holding any of the qualification eligible to become

Associate Member of the Institution of Engineers;

(64) "erect or re-erect" means any material alteration or enlargement of any building; the

conversion by structural alteration into a place for habitation of any building not

originally constructed for human habitation; the conversion into more than one place for

human habitation of a building originally constructed any such place; the conversion of

two or more places of human habitation into a greater number of such places; such

alterations of a building as effect an alteration of its drainage or sanitation arrangements,

or materially affect its security; the addition of any rooms, buildings, out-houses or other

structure to any building; the construction in a wall adjoining a street or a land not

belonging to the owner of the wall, of a door opening on such street or land;

(65) "escalator" means a power driven, inclined, moving stairway used for raising or

lowering passengers;

(66) "existing building" means a building or structure existing with or without the approval

of the Competent Authority;

(67) "existing use" means a use of a building or structure existing with or without the

approval of the Competent Authority;

(68) "exit" means a passage channel or means of egress from the building, its storey or floor

to a street or, other open space of safety; whether horizontal, outside and vertical exits;

(69) "external wall" means an outer wall of a building not being a party wall even though

adjoining to a wall of another building and also means a wall abutting on an interior

open space of any building;

(70) "factory" has the same meaning as assigned to it in the Occupational Safety, Health and

Working Conditions Code, 2020;

(71) "fire and/or emergency alarm system" means Fire alarm system comprises of

components for manually or automatically detecting a fire, initiating an alarm of fire and

initiating other actions as appropriate;

(72) "fire exit" means a way out leading to an escape route having panic bar hardware

provided on the door;

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(73) "firefighting shaft (Fire Tower)" means an enclosed shaft having protected area of

120 min fire resistance rating comprising protected lobby, staircase and fireman's lift,

connected directly to exit discharge or through exit passageway with 120 min fire

resistant wall at the level of exit discharge to exit discharge. These shall also serve the

purpose of exit requirement or strategy for the occupants. The respective floors shall be

approachable from fire-fighting shaft enabling the fire fighters to access the floor and

also enabling the fire fighters to assist in evacuation through fireman's lift. The

firefighting shaft shall be equipped with 120 min fire doors. The firefighting shaft shall

be equipped with firemen talk back, wet riser and landing valve in its lobby, to fight fire

by fire fighters;

(74) "fire lift" means a special lift designed for the use of fire service personnel in the event

of fire or other emergency;

(75) "fire proof door" means a door or shutter fitted to a wall opening, and constructed and

erected with the requirement to check the transmission of heat and fire for a period;

(76) "fire resistant building" means a building in which appropriate degree of fire

resistance material is used;

(77) "fire separation" means the distance in metres measured from the externalwall of the

building concerned to the external wall of any other building on the site, or from other

site, or from the opposite side of a street or other public space for the purpose of

preventing the spread of fire;

(78) "flatted industry" means an industrial building with a height exceeding 21 meters

(including stilt) and constructed for for industrial purpose;

(79) "floor area gross" means the area of the floor within the inside perimeter of the outside

walls of the floor of the building under consideration without deduction for corridors

and passage-ways stairs, closets, thickness of interior walls, columns, lifts and building

shafts or other features;

(80) "floor" means the lower surface in a storey on which one normally walks in a building,

and does not include a mezzanine floor unless it is to be used for habitable purpose. The

floor at ground level with direct access to a street or open space shall be called the

ground floor; the floor above it shall be termed as first floor, with the next higher floor

being termed as second floor, and so on upwards;

(81) "floor area ratio (FAR)" means the quotient obtained by dividing the total covered

area on all floors by the area of the plot:

Floor Area Ratio (FAR) = Total Covered Area of all floors

Plot Area;

(82) "flue" means a duct for smoke or waste gases produced by fire, a gas heater or a power

station or other fuel burning installations from a furnace or fireplace to a chimney of a

building;

(83) "frame control drawing" means the numbered sheet of drawing signed by the

Competent Authority and kept in his office defining boundaries of building plots,

compulsory building lines, permissible heights of buildings to be realised in prescribed

stages, site and floor coverage, restrictions on treatment of external facades including the

permissible sizes of openings and such other restrictions on the development of sites as

may be specified;

(84) "front setback" means the peripheral area formed by the minimum horizontal distance

between edge of the front building line and of the plot or site line facing it, within which

any constructions other than exempted by the Competent Authority, are prohibited and

is meant to provide light, air, ventilation and fire safety to the building and landscaping

in the plot;

(85) "front" as applied to a building means a portion facing the existing road or road

proposed from the existing road from which the access to the building or project has

been provided or as determined by the Competent Authority;

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(86) "gallery" means an intermediate floor or platform projecting from a wall of an

auditorium or a hall providing extra floor area, or additional seating accommodation and

includes the structures provided for seating in stadia;

(87) "garage" means a building or portion thereof, designed and used for parking of

vehicles;

(88) "government" means the Government of the State of Punjab in the Department of

Housing and Urban Development, and Department of Local Government;

(89) "ground coverage" means built-up area at ground level prescribed as percentage to the

total site area;

(90) "group housing" means a residential development on a plot of land where multiple

dwelling units, in the form of apartments or flats typically in multi-storied buildings,

along with shared common areas, amenities and facilities like parks, roads, parking,

water supply, sewage systems, electricity, security, community halls and recreational

areas.

(91) "guest house" means any premises or part of a premises providing lodging or boarding

and with minimum six rooms;

(92) "habitable room" means a room occupied or designed for occupancy by one or more

persons for study, living, sleeping, eating, kitchen but not including bathrooms, water-

closet compartments, laundries, serving and store pantries, corridors, cellars, attics, and

spaces that are not used frequently or during extended periods;

(93) "hazardous building" means any building or part thereof which is used for the storage,

handling, manufacture or processing of highly combustible or explosive materials or

products which are liable to burn with extreme rapidity or which may produce poisonous

fumes or explosions for storage, handling, manufacturing or processing which involve

highly corrosive, toxic or noxious alkalis, acids or other liquids or chemicals producing

flame, fumes and explosive, poisonous, irritant or corrosive gases; and for the storage,

handling or processing of any material producing explosive mixtures of dust which

result in the division of matter into fine particles subject to spontaneous ignition;

(94) "heritage building" means and includes any building of one or more premises or any

part thereof and/or structure and/or artifact which requires conservation and/or

preservation for historical and/or architectural and/or artisanry and/or aesthetic and/or

cultural and/or environmental and/or ecological purpose and includes such portion of

land adjoining such building or part thereof as may be required for fencing or covering

or in any manner preserving the historical and/or architectural and/or aesthetic and/or

cultural value of such building;

(95) "heritage precincts" means and includes any space that requires conservation and/or

preservation for historical and/or architectural and/or aesthetic and/or cultural and/or

environmental and/or ecological purpose. Walls or other boundaries of a particular area

or place or building or may enclose such space by an imaginary line drawn around it;

(96) "high-rise building" means a building above 21m in height (including stilt);

(97) “high-rise industry" means an industrial building above 21 meters in height (including

stilt) and constructed for industrial purpose;

(98) "hospital" means a building where indoor patients are admitted and various types of

clinical or surgical procedures are carried out;

(99) "hostel" means a building which provides food and lodging to a specific group of

people such as students, workers etc., where the guest can rent a bed in single or shared

room or dormitory (with or without shared toilet), and lounge and kitchen;

(100) "hotel" means any premises or part of a premises wherein more than fifty percent of the

total covered area including temporary structure but excluding covered parking and

service floor area, shall be under lodging or boarding in the form of rooms, presidential

suites etc., which are commercially let out, and providing lodging with or without food,

or serving any kind of eatables or beverages or other services by way of business, for a

monetary consideration and having at least one restaurant with a capacity of minimum

fifty guests or a bar or banquet hall;

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(101) "illuminated exit signs" means a device for indicating the means of escape during

normal circumstances and power failure;

(102) "independent floors" means a building used or intended to be used for residential

purpose, where every floor of the building is a separate and independent dwelling unit

with common stair and services;

(103) "industrial building" means a building used or constructed or adapted to be used either

ordinarily or occasionally for fabrication, assembly, manufacturing or processing of

products or materials of all kinds;

(104) "information technology (IT)" means a building used or constructed or adapted to be

used for Software architecture design and development, software maintenance and

implementation, operation of software systems, provision of software services,

management of data bases, maintenance of computer networks and telecommunication

networks, network services, network administration, business process out sourcing or

providing information technology enabled services;

(105) "information technology enabled services" means digital communication services,

digital information content provision, digital data base management and updation,

remote digital office services, software operations and other information work that relies

primarily and substantially on digital communication including data centres, call centres,

global capability centre (GCC), and back-offices operations using Information

Technology but not direct sales and marketing;

(106) "institutional building" means a building constructed by Government, Semi-

Government Organizations or Registered Trusts or any private person or organization

and is used for medical or other treatment, or for an auditorium or complex for cultural

and allied activities or for an hospice, care of persons suffering from physical or mental

illness, handicap, disease or infirmity, care of orphans, abandoned women, children and

infants, convalescents, destitute or aged persons and for penal or correctional detention

with restricted liberty of the inmates ordinarily providing sleeping accommodation and

includes dharamshalas, hospitals, sanatoria, custodial and penal institutions such as jails,

prisons, mental hospitals, houses of correction, detention and reformatories etc. It shall

also include quarters for essential staff required to reside in the premises, and building

used as a hostel captive to an institution whether situated in its campus or outside;

(107) "intermittent floor" means a floor left vacant in high rise building(s) for evacuation,

play area or green area;

(108) "layout plan" means a plan of the entire site showing location of plots or building

blocks, roads, open spaces, entry or exit, parking, landscaping etc. indicating activity of

all land or part of it;

(109) "ledge or tand" means a shelf-like projection, supported in any manner whatsoever,

except by means of vertical supports within a room itself but not having projection wider

than 1 meter;

(110) "lift" means an appliance designed to transport persons or materials between two or

more levels in a vertical or substantially vertical direction by means of a guided car or

platform. The word ‗elevator‘ is also synonymously used for ‗lift‘;

(111) "lift lobby" means a space from which people directly entered a lift car(s) and into

which people directly enter upon exiting a lift car(s) ;

(112) "lobby" means a covered space in which all the adjoining rooms open;

(113) "loft" means an intermediate space between two floors on a residual space with

maximum height of 1.5 metres and which is constructed or adopted for storage purposes

only;

(114) "louvre" means a window blind or shutter with horizontal slats that are angled to admit

light and air, but to keep out rain and direct sunshine, the angle of which may be

adjusted, usually in blinds and windows or may be fixed;

(115) "lower ground floor" means a floor which is more than half of its height above the

mean ground level and rest of the height below the mean ground level;

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(116) “low-rise Building” means a building with height not exceeding 21 meters (including

stilt);

(117) “low-rise industry" means an industrial building not exceeding 21 meters in height

(including stilt) and constructed for industrial purpose.

(118) "marriage palace" means premises built up or open or both or any part thereof, where

accommodation or space is used for marriage, receptions, social gatherings, meetings,

etc on regular or periodical or occasional basis and where atleast fifty persons can

congregate or gather;

(119) "means of egress" means a continuous and unobstructed way of travelling or escape

route provided in a building for safe evacuation of occupants;

(120) "mechanical parking" means a parking system designed to minimise the total area

required for parking the vehicles by adopting methods like multi-storey garages,

automated parking system, stack parking etc. and are generally powered by hydraulic or

electrical instruments;

(121) "mechanical ventilation" means supply of outside air either by positive ventilation or

by infiltration by reduction of pressure inside due to exhaust of air, or by a combination

of positive ventilation and exhaust of air;

(122) "mezzanine floor" means an intermediate floors between two floors of any storey

forming an integral part of floor below;

(123) "mixed occupancy or mixed use of building" means a building in which more than

one occupancy or use is present;

(124) "motel" means a roadside hotel designed primarily for motorists or travellers with

lodging and parking facilities on short term basis, typically having rooms arranged in

low blocks with parking directly outside but adjacent to the rooms may have small

amusement facilities also;

(125) "multi-level car parking" means a building partly or wholly below ground level

having two or more basements or multiple stories above ground level, primarily to be

used for parking of cars, scooters or any other type of light motorized vehicle;

(126) "multiplex" means an integrated entertainment and shopping centre having at least four

cinema halls;

(127) "miniplex" means an integrated entertainment and shopping centre having maximum

three cinema halls;

(128) "natural ventilation" means supply of outside air into a building through window or

other openings due to wind outside and convection effects arising from temperature or

vapour pressure differences (or both) between inside and outside of the building;

(129) "nursing home" means a building where persons suffering from illness, injury or

infirmity are usually received or accommodated or for both the purposes, for the purpose

of observation, nursing and treatment with number of beds upto 50, it may include a

maternity home;

(130) "occupancy" means the main purpose for which a building or a part of building is used

or intended to be used;

(131) "occupancy or use of building" means the principal occupancy or use for which a

building or a part of a building is intended to be used. For the purposes of classification

of a building according to occupancy, occupancy shall also include the subsidiary

occupancies which are contingent upon it;

(132) "occupation certificate" means a certificate issued by the competent authority to

occupy a building or part of the building or any portion whatsoever,

(133) "occupant load" means maximum numbers of persons that might occupy a building or

portion thereof at any one time;

(134) "open space" means an area forming an integral part of a site left open to the sky;

(135) "orientation" means the positioning of a building in relation to seasonal variations in

the sun‘s path as well as prevailing wind patterns;

(136) "owner" means the person or body having a legal interest in land or building thereon.

This includes free holders, leaseholders or those holding a sub-lease which both bestows

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a legal right to occupation and gives rise to liabilities in respect of safety or building

condition. In case of lease or sub-lease holders, as far as ownership with respect to the

structure is concerned, the structure of a flat or structure on a plot belongs to the allottee

or lessee till the allotment or lease subsists;

(137) "parapet" means a low wall or railing built along the edge of a roof or floor;

(138) "parking" means a space enclosed or unenclosed, to park vehicles together with a

driveway connecting the parking space with a street permitting ingress and egress of the

vehicles;

(139) "partial completion certificate" means a certificate or approval issued by the

Competent Authority to the application submitted by the owner or professional engaged

in construction of part of the said building along with the partial completion plans and

other requisite documents and after the satisfaction of panel of the officials that this part

of building is constructed on site as the approved building plans, in such cases where a

project has not been completed at one stretch but constructed in different stages but

fulfils the minimum area and other conditions;

(140) "partition" means vertical division of space between two areas in a building with an

interior non-load bearing barrier, either one storey or part-storey in height;

(141) "partition wall " means a wall forming part of a building and being used or constructed

to be used in any part of the height or length of such wall for separation of adjoining

buildings belonging to different owners or constructed or adopted to be occupied by

different persons; or a wall forming part of a building and standing in any part of the

length of such wall, to a greater extent than the projection of the footing on one side or

ground of different owners;

(142) "party wall" means a wall partly constructed on one plot of land, and partly on an

adjoining plot and serving both structurally;

(143) "PECBC" means the Punjab Energy Conservation Building Code, 2016 amended from

time to time;

(144) "pergola" means set of beams spaced apart without sheet or slab and not to be

considered as covered area;

(145) "permission or permit" means a valid permission or authorization in writing by the

competent authority to carryout development or a work regulated by these rules;

(146) "person" includes a company, firm, co-operative society, joint family and an

incorporated body of persons;

(147) "plinth" means the portion of a structure between the surface of the surrounding ground

and surface of the floor, immediately above the ground;

(148) "plinth area" means the built up covered area measured at the floor level of the

basement or of any storey;

(149) "plinth level" means the level of the ground floor of a building with respect to the

crown of front street;

(150) "plot or site" means a parcel or piece of land enclosed by definite boundaries;

(151) "plotted development" means a type of development layout wherein a stretch of

developed land is divided into regular sized plots for uniform controlled building

volumes;

(152) "plumber" means a person holding any of the qualifications specified in the Schedule

and registered as such under these rules;

(153) "podium" means a horizontal projection (platform) extending beyond the building

footprint on one or more sides, and may consist of one or more levels;

(154) "podium parking" means parking of vehicles provided under podium of a building;

(155) "porch" means a covered structure supported on pillars or otherwise for the purpose of

pedestrian or vehicular approach to a building;

(156) "preservation" means and includes maintaining the fabric of a place in its existing state

and retarding deterioration;

(157) "prohibited area" means any area specified or declared to be a prohibited area under

The Punjab Land Preservation Act, 1900 or the Forest Area or Defense Area or under

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section 20A of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act,

1958 or any area declared by the State or Central Government for any purpose under any

statute;

(158) "projection" means a cantilevered horizontal slab from the wall of a building;

(159) "protected monument" means an ancient monument which is declared to be of

national importance by or under the Ancient Monuments And Archaeological Sites And

Remains Act, 1958, or by section 126 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956;

(160) "public building" means a building used or constructed or adapted to be used either

ordinarily or occasionally as a place open to general public and it includes a hospital,

college, school, restaurant, theatre, public concert room, public lecture room, marriage

palace, public exhibition hall or as a public place of assembly or entertainment for

persons admitted there to buy tickets or otherwise, or used or constructed or adapted to

be used either ordinarily or occasionally for any similar public purposes;

(161) "public sewer"means a sewer laid by the Government or any Authority;

(162) "rain water harvesting" means the process of harvesting of rainwater, which involves

the collection of water from the surface(s) on which rain falls and subsequently storing

this water for direct use or can be recharged into the underground aquifers;

(163) "rain water pipe" means a pipe or drain situated wholly above ground and used or

constructed to be used solely for carrying off rain water directly from roof surfaces;

(164) "ramp" means a sloping surface joining two different levels, as at the entrance or

between different floors of a building;

(165) “reconstruction” means and includes returning a place as nearly as possible to a known

earlier state and distinguished by the introduction of materials (new or old) into the

fabric. This shall not include either recreation or conjectural reconstruction;

(166) "refuge area or floor" means a location in a building or floor in a high-rise building or

block or tower designed to hold occupants during a fire or other emergency, when

evacuation may not be safe or possible and where occupants can wait until rescued or

relieved by fire fighters;

(167) "rental housing" means a building to be used for providing accommodation (with or

without attached toilet and pantry) on rental basis and having common facilities like

kitchen with dining, common room for entertainment or indoor games, first aid room,

laundry, security guard room and convenient shopping;

(168) "residential building" means a building in which sleeping and living accommodation

is provided for normal residential purposes, with cooking facilities and includes one or

more family dwelling units, apartment houses, flats and private garages of such

buildings;

(169) "restoration" means returning the existing fabric of a place to a known earlier state by

removing accretions or by reassembling existing components without introducing new

materials;

(170) "road or street" means any highway, street, lane, pathway, alley, stairway, passageway

carriageway, footway, square, place or bridge whether a thorough-fare or over which the

public have a right of passage or access or have passed and have access uninterruptedly

for specified period, whether existing or proposed in any scheme and includes all bends,

channels, ditches, storm water drains, culverts sidewalks, traffic islands, roadside trees

and hedges, retaining walls fences, barriers and railing within the street lines;

(171) "road or street level or grade" means the officially established elevation or grade of

the centre line of street upon which a plot fronts, and if there is no officially established

grade, the existing grade of street at its mid-point;

(172) "road or street line" means the line defining the side limits of a road or street;

(173) "road width" means the whole extent of space within the boundaries of a road, when

applied to a new road or street as laid down in the city survey or development plan or

prescribed road lines by any law and measured at right angles to the course or intended

course of direction of such road;

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(174) "room height" means the vertical distance measured from the finished floor surface to

the finished ceiling surface. Where a finished ceiling is not provided, the underside of

the joists or beams or tie beams shall determine the upper point of measurement;

(175) "row buildings" means a row of buildings with only front, rear and interior open

spaces;

(176) "self-certification" means seeking approval of building plans duly prepared and

certified by Architect himself on behalf of the owner of the building and shall be

responsible if there is any contravention of relevant building rules or from the approved

plans, zoning plan and as per parameters or policies issued by the Competent Authority

from time to time;

(177) "semi-detached building" means a building detached on three sides with open space as

specified in these rules;

(178) "service apartments" means a fully furnished apartment available for both short term

as well as long term stays, is provided with minimum a habitable room and provided

with facilities or amenities including parking area and 24 hour front desk service;

(179) "service floor" means the floor of a building with maximum height of 2.4 metres,

where service equipment, such as utility lines and various machinery are located;

(180) "service plans" means the plans showing the details of building and plumbing services

and also plans, elevations and sections of private water supply, sewage disposal system,

rain water harvesting, if any, and other services and submitted to the Competent

Authority as enclosed with the application by the owner or professional engaged in

construction of the said building for seeking approval thereof;

(181) "service road" means a road/lane provided at the front, rear or side of a plot for service

purpose;

(182) "service studio" means studio consisting of one room, and a bathroom available for

short or long-term stay. The building consisting of serviced studios shall provide

amenities like laundry space, common kitchen, common room for indoor games or

entertainment. It shall be permissible in shopping arcades or projects in Municipal areas;

(183) "service zone" means a zone on the terrace for services related to building;

(184) "setback" means the peripheral area formed by the minimum horizontal distance

between edge of the property line of the plot or site and building or part thereof facing it,

within which any constructions other than exempted by the Competent Authority, are

prohibited and is meant to provide light, air, ventilation and fire safety to the building

and landscaping in the plot;

(185) "sewage drain" means a drain for conveying solid or liquid filth and waste liquids,

such conduit or pipe being the property of or vested in the Government or public

authority responsible for the disposal of such sewage;

(186) "site corner" means a site at the junction of and fronting on two or more intersecting

roads or streets or open space;

(187) "site depth" means horizontal distance between the front and rear site boundaries;

(188) "site plan" means a detailed Plan showing the proposed placement of structures,

parking areas, open space, landscaping, and other development features, on a parcel of

land, as required under these rules;

(189) "site with double frontage" means a site other than corner plot having frontage on two

streets;

(190) "sky bridge or skywalk" means an elevated path-way consisting of an enclosed or

covered bridge between two or more building blocks of a site/ plot, in order to protect

the pedestrians from weather;

(191) "solar panel" means a panel which absorb the sunlight as a source of energy to

generate electricity or heat;

(192) "special area" means the areas shown as such on the Zoning Plan;

(193) "spiral staircase" means a staircase forming winding curve around a central point or

axis;

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(194) "staircover (or mumty)" means a structure with a roof covering a staircase and its

landing built to enclose only the stairs for the purpose of providing protection from

weather and not used for human habitation;

(195) "standalone project" means any project which is independent with regard to its

location, approach and is not a part of any other project;

(196) "stilt" means poles, posts or pillars or columns used to allow a structure or building to

stand at a distance above the ground and which is of non-habitable use ;

(197) "storage and warehouse building" means a building used or constructed or adapted to

be used either ordinarily or occasionally for the storage or sheltering of goods, wares,

merchandise or any other similar activity, including servicing, processing or repairs

incidental to such storage;

(198) "storey" means the portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and

the surface of the floor next above it, or if there be no floor above it, then the space

between any floor and the ceiling next above it.

(199) "storm waterdrain or rain water drain" means a drain used or constructed to be used

solely for conveying to any sewer (either directly or through another drain) any rain

water of roofs or grounds surfaces either paved or unpaved but shall not include a rain

water pipe;

(200) "structural engineer" means a person holding the minimum qualifications for a

Structural Engineer i.e. Graduate in Civil Engineering of recognized Indian or foreign

university, or Corporate Member of Civil Engineering Division of Institution of

Engineers (India), and with minimum 3 years experience in structural engineering

practice with designing and field work;

(201) "structural wall" means a load bearing wall or a wall that carries load in addition to its

own load;

(202) "studio apartments" means a self-contained apartment having, single bedroom with

bathroom and kitchenette with or without living room and shall be permissible in

residential projects;

(203) "Supervisor" mean a person who shall have minimum qualifications of Diploma in

Civil Engineering or Architectural Assistantship, or the qualification in architecture or

engineering plus 5 years‘ experience in building design, construction and supervision;

(204) "sub-soil drain" means a drain used or constructed to be used solely for conveying to

any sewer (either directly or through another drain) any water that may percolate

through the sub-soil;

(205) "sun-shade" means a slope or horizontal or vertical structure over hanging, usually

provided over openings on external wall to provide protection from sun and rain and

shall not be used for human habitation;

(206) "surface drainage" means arrangement of removal of water that collects on land

surface;

(207) "temporary building" means a building built of un-burnt bricks, burnt bricks without

mortar, corrugated iron, bamboo, thatch, wood board or plywood but shall not include

building built of burnt bricks, cement blocks or stones laid in mortar;

(208) "Town Planner" means a person holding a graduate or post-graduate degree in Urban

and Regional Planning or Town and Country Planning with valid Associate Membership

of the Institute of Town Planners, India;

(209) "travel distance" means the distance to be travelled from any point in a building to a

protected escape route, external escape route or final exit. However, it is clarified that

the balcony or open to sky area, if any, at the end of the room shall not be counted in

calculation of travel distance;

(210) "underground or overhead tank" means an installation constructed or placed for

storage of water;

(211) "ventilation" means supply of outside air into or the removal of inside air from an

enclosed space either naturally or mechanically or both, so as to improve the general

environment of the building;

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(212) "verandah" means a covered area with at least one side open to the outside with the

exception of 1.2 metre high parapet on the upper floors to be provided on the open side;

(213) "villa" means a single or duplex house for a single-family with one kitchen only;

(214) "water closet (W.C)"means a water flushed plumbing fixture designed to receive

human excrement directly from the user of the fixture. The term is used sometimes to

designate the room or compartment in which the fixture is placed;

(215) "wholesale building" means a building wholly or partly engaged in wholesale trade and

manufacture, wholesale outlets, including related storage facilities, warehouses and

establishments engaged in truck transport, including truck transport booking agencies;

(216) "window" means a window opening to the outside other than a door, which provides all

or part of the required natural light or ventilation or both to an interior space and not

used as a means of egress or ingress;

(217) "zoned area" means the horizontal spatial limits up to which a building may be

permitted to be constructed on a plot or site; and

(218) "zoning plan" means the plan approved by the Competent Authority showing the

streets, boundaries of building site open spaces position, permissible heights,

permissible uses of land and building site coverage and such other restrictions or

provisions on the use and development of land or buildings.

(2) The words and expressions used in these rules, but not defined, shall have the same meaning

as assigned to them in the Punjab Regional and Town Planning and Development Act, 1995;

Punjab Municipal Act, 1911; Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976; Punjab Town

Improvement Act, 1922, and the rules made there under, as the case may be.

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PART-II

PROCEDURE OF SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS FOR BUILDING PLAN,

COMPLETION CERTIFICATE AND OCCUPATION CERTIFICATE

4. Erection or re-erection without permission.- Subject to the provisions of the Act and

other provisions of these rules, no person shall commence the erection or re-erection of

any building on any site without previous sanction of the competent authority, except the

building plans for low-rise buildings approved exclusively under the self-certification

scheme.

5. Design and supervision.- Except where standard design has been supplied by the

competent authority, the architectural design of every building shall be prepared and

signed by an Architect or Civil Engineer and every building operation shall be supervised

by an Architect or a Civil Engineer.

6. Application to erect or re-erect High-Rise (without self-certification).-

(1)

Every person who intends to erect or re-erect a High-Rise building shall make an

application in Form ‗A‘ (Annexure 1) to the Competent Authority along with the following

documents and fee as determined by the competent authority -

(i)

Ownership documents-lease deed or sale deed or possession letter in the name of owner

issued by the allotment authority or permission to use the land issued by Competent

Authority;

(ii)

Soft Copy of Site plan in an un-editable format on any electronic medium along with

hard copies of the plans, if required, as permissible by the Competent Authority from

time to time containing the drawings in ―.dwg‖ format as detailed in sub-rule (3) of rule

(iii)

Soft Copy of Building plan and other plans in an un-editable format on any electronic

medium along with hard copies of the plans, if required, as permissible by the Competent

Authority from time to time containing the drawings in ―.dwg‖ format as detailed in sub-

rule (4)of rule 6;

(iv)

Structural safety drawings (for record) as per Form ‗B‘ (Annexure 2);

(v)

Details of specifications of the work to be executed in Form ‗C‘ (Annexure 3);

(vi)

Fire safety design as required under The Punjab Fire and Emergency Service Act, 2024

(Punjab Act No. 12 of 2024), if applicable;

(vii)

Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning (H.V.A.C.) service plan wherever required;

(viii)

Certificate of conformity to regulation and structural safety for the relevant buildings

(depending upon type and height) in the relevant Form ‗B‘(Annexure 2);

(ix)

Public health services plan in un-editable soft copy in any electronic medium, containing

drawings in ―.dwg‖ format, if required;

(x)

All defined fee shall be deposited in favour of Competent Authority through any

prescribed payment mode, at the rate prescribed by the Government;

(xi)

Royalty charges, as prescribed by the Mining Department for basement construction,

shall be deposited by the applicant with the competent authority responsible for building

plan approval, through any officially prescribed mode of payment. These charges shall be

paid along with the building plan scrutiny fee. The collected royalty charges shall be duly

transferred to the concerned department (i.e., the Mining Department) at the end of each

calendar month;

(xii)

A certificate from the register architect confirming adherence to the planning and

architectural controls specified in the Building Rules, 2025. Additionally, a separate

certificate shall also be submitted by the register architect certifying compliance with fire

safety standards, structural safety norms, and public health service standards. These

certificates shall be accompanied by an appropriate note on the building plan itself,

indicating such compliance;

(xiii)

An undertaking from the owner affirming that the construction will be carried out in full

compliance with the approved building plans, structural design and in adherence to the

Section 180

P.A. No. 11

of 1995, 262

(2a) of P.A.

No.

1976,

240(1)(zzz)

of P.A. No. 3

of 1911, 73

of P.A. No. 4

of 1922.

Section 180

P.A. No. 11

of 1995, 262

(2a) of P.A.

No.

1976,

240(1)(zzz)

of P.A. No. 3

of 1911, 73

of P.A. No. 4

of 1922.

Section 180

P.A. No. 11

of 1995, 262

(2a) of P.A.

No.

1976,

240(1)(zzz)

of P.A. No. 3

of 1911, 73

of P.A. No. 4

of 1922.

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planning and architectural controls, fire safety standards, structural safety standards,

public health service standards, and all other regulations as prescribed in the Building

Rules, 2025.

Note:-

(a) The applicant shall submit all kind of plans in electronic format on the online

portal of Competent Authority along with hard copies of the plans, if required.

Competent Authority shall convey objections or observations or sanction or

refusal through online portal or as prescribed mode.

(b) Every person applying under these rules shall appoint an Architect or Engineer

for drawing up of building plans or structural drawings and for the supervision of

erection or re-erection of the building. The supervision of erection or re-erection

of residential or commercial building up to 21 metres height (including stilt) may

be undertaken by the Architect or the Civil Engineer. However, in case of

buildings of above 21 meters height (including stilt), the supervision shall be

undertaken by both the Architect and the Civil Engineer. During construction, if

appointed Architect or Civil Engineer notices that violation (except

compoundable) are going on, he shall intimate the owner and advise him to stop

further construction and remove the violation and will also intimate to the

concerned authority.

(c) The applicant, the Architect and Civil Engineer shall sign the application, plans,

structural drawings, specifications and the certificates as required in the relevant

forms and documents, before making submission to Competent Authority.

(d) In case of row type or semi-detached building where the adjoining building

already exists at the time of re-erection of building, the owner shall submit an

indemnity bond as per Annexure 21, stating that in case of any damage caused to

the adjoining property during construction, the owner will be bound to get the

damages repaired to the satisfaction of the neighbour.

(2)

The size of drawing sheets shall be of standard sizes i.e. A0, A1, A2 or A3.

Note:-

(a) All dimensions in plan shall be indicated in metric units or feet inches.

(b) Various elements of plans (site and building), elevation, section and details shall

be shown in different colours and thickness or type of line, etc., and shall be

preferably prepared in layers and as per Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS) Code.

(c) The prints of drawings shall be on one side of paper only.

(3)

Site plan fully dimensioned shall be drawn to a readable scale and shall indicate;

(i)

Boundaries of the site and any contiguous features;

(ii)

Direction of the north point relative to the site of the building;

(iii)

Streets or roads adjoining the site with their width clearly dimensioned and

names, if any, giving also all existing roads, trees, or any other feature or structure

likely to affect the access to the building;

(iv)

Outlines of the proposed building(s);

(v)

Immediate neighbours on all sides identified, whether buildings or vacant plots;

(vi)

Levels of the site and the plinths of the building in relation to those of the

neighbouring roads and also the level of courtyard and open space;

(vii)

Area calculations such as Covered area, Ground Coverage, Floor Area Ratio and

Non-Floor Area Ratio area, Parking calculations, any other relevant calculations

as required;

(viii)

Such other particulars as may be required or specified by the Competent

Authority; and

(ix)

Plot number or revenue particulars of the property on which the building is

intended to be erected.

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(4)

The Building plans, sections and elevations shall be drawn to a readable scale. The

building plans and details so drawn shall indicate;

(i)

the plans of all the floors including basements and all external elevations and

cross sections illustrating distinctly all the different levels and minimum one

section through staircase;

(ii)

the plinth level of the building with reference to the level of the mean level of

street from where approach to the site is taken;

(iii)

the schedule indicating the size of the doors, windows, openings and other

methods of ventilation of each room or area;

(iv)

the use or occupancy of all parts of the buildings;

(v)

the means of access to the buildings and to its various floors as well as the means

of escape in case of fire, if required under the specific law or code; along with

ramps and steps with respect to the building;

(vi)

in case of proposed additions and alterations in the existing building, all new

works shall be shown on the drawings in distinctive colours along with index;

(vii)

exact location of essential services, for example, water closet, sink, bath and the

like;

(viii)

the method of disposal of waste water, sewage, storm water and water supply in

detail;

(ix)

provision for differently-able person as per rule 50 (wherever applicable);

(x)

provision for photovoltaic solar power plant as per rule 53 (wherever applicable);

(xi)

provision of rain water harvesting system as per rule 54 (wherever applicable);

and

(xii)

indications of the north point relative to the plan.

(5)

Notwithstanding anything stated in the foregoing sub-rules, in the case of low-rise

buildings, as defined in these rules, a single-line diagram plan indicating the zoned area shall be

submitted, accompanied by the details including plot size; setbacks; gate position; area

calculation details including ground coverage, floor area ratio (FAR), non-floor area ratio, total

covered area etc; number of floors; building height; floor-to-floor height; floor-wise usage;

staircase details; travel distance; means of entry and exit; parking details.

In such cases, submission of separate detailed drawings, such as floor plans, sections,

elevations, and service plans, shall not be required.

However, in case of building(s) where third party right shall be created by way of sale,

lease, transfer, allotments, possession, in those cases self-certified detail building plan as

specified in above sub-rules of this rule shall be submitted to the competent authority for record.

7. Procedure for submitting an application through self-certification.-

(I) For sites or plots under the jurisdiction of the Department of Housing and Urban

development.-

(1)

Self-certification by the empanelled architects shall be allowed for all low-rise

building.

However, commercial plots such as Shop-Cum-Offices (SCOs), Shop-Cum-Flats

(SCFs), individual shops, and booths, falling within an approved layout, shall be eligible

for self-certification, provided that a standard design for these structures has been

approved by the Competent Authority.

(2)

The building plans for such low-rise buildings shall be approved exclusively under the

self-certification scheme.

(3)

Procedure for self-certification scheme for sites or plots under the jurisdiction of the

Department of Housing and Urban development is as follows, namely:-

(i)

Any person intending to erect or re-erect a building is required to submit building

plans approved under self-certification through an empanelled Architect by

Section

180

P.A.

No. 11 of

1995, 262

(2a)

P.A.

No.

42 of 1976,

240(1)(zzz)

of P.A. No.

3 of 1911,

73 of P.A.

No. 4 of

1922.

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submitting Form ‗A‘, along with all necessary documents as specified in rule 6 of

these rules, to the Competent Authority. The submitted plans must be duly signed

and bear a stamp marked ―sanctioned‖ under the self-certification scheme.

Additionally, the applicant is required to give a seven days advance notice to the

Competent Authority, informing the proposed date for the commencement of

construction. If the Competent Authority does not raise any objections within this

period, the applicant may proceed with the construction of the proposed building.

(ii)

The building plan submitted must conform to the provisions of these rules as

amended from time to time and approved zoning plan (where applicable). To

certify this compliance, a declaration must be provided on the building plan itself

as under:

“Certified that the building plan adheres to the zoning plan Drg. No.

........ Dated..... (where applicable) and complies with 'The Punjab Unified

Building Rules, 2025' as amended from time to time.

Architect

Seal with signature”

(iii)

Along with the building plan submission, the following certificates and

undertakings are also required to be submitted to ensure compliance with the

provisions of the Punjab Unified Building Rules, 2025, as well as other relevant

standards and codes:

(A) A certificate shall be provided by the empanelled architect confirming

adherence to the planning and architectural controls specified in the Building

Rules, 2025. Additionally, a separate certificate shall also be submitted by the

empanelled architect certifying compliance with fire safety standards,

structural safety norms, and public health service standards. These certificates

shall be accompanied by an appropriate note on the building plan itself,

indicating such compliance.

Furthermore, the empanelled architect certifies as follows, namely:-

(a) That he/she is fully conversant with the provisions of the Punjab

Unified Building Rules, 2025 and other applicable instructions or

regulations, which are in force (and also amended from time to time).

(b) That plans have been prepared as per the terms and conditions of

approved Change of Land Use or Layout or Zoning Plan and have also

been prepared within the framework of provisions applicable Building

Rules or Regulations and Development Controls.

safety norms.

(d) That he/she has seen the originals of all the documents uploaded and

nothing has been concealed thereof.

(e) That all the requisite documents or No Objection Certificate (NOC)

required to be submitted along with plans.

(B) The owner shall also submit an undertaking affirming that the construction

will be carried out in full compliance with the approved building plans,

structural design and in adherence to the planning and architectural controls,

fire safety standards, structural safety standards, public health service

standards, and all other regulations as prescribed in the Building Rules, 2025.

Furthermore, the owner or applicant certifies as follows, namely:-

(a) That he/she has appointed the Empanelled Architects, as the case may

be for getting approval under Self-Certification Scheme.

(b) That he/she is the owner or authorized signatory for the site or plot.

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(d) That construction of the building will be undertaken as per the

approved building plans and structural design given by the Architect

and Structural Engineer.

(e)

That the construction shall be carried out under the supervision of

qualified professionals as specified in these rules.

(f)

That he/she shall be solely responsible for any damage or loss

incurred during the construction of the building.

(iv)

After receiving the above documents, the competent authority issues an auto-

generation receipt mentioning that documents have been received and are being

kept in the office for record with this understanding that these plans have been

prepared as per the terms and conditions of approved Change of Land Use or

Layout or Zoning Plan and have also been prepared within the framework of

provisions applicable Building Rules or Regulations and Development Controls.

The competent authority may convey within seven days to the applicant regarding

discrepancies in the building plans, if any along with any default restricting the

approval of building plans and the applicant shall be bound to rectify the

discrepancies in building plans or to submit the required documents or payment if

any before start of the construction otherwise submitted plan shall be taken as

deemed approved.

(4)

The Competent Authority, or any authorized person or designated officer, reserves the

right to check the building plans and construction at any stage, and violations (except

compoundable ones), if found shall have to be rectified by the owner/ applicant. In case

the owner or applicant fails to rectify the violations, the Competent Authority may take

necessary steps to remove the violations. Action shall also be taken against the defaulting

Architect in case plans are wrongly certified. The Competent Authority may cancel the

empanelment or refer the matter to the Council of Architecture for misconduct and for

debarring or blacklisting the Architect. All rectifications shall be at the risk and cost of

the owner and no plea of the owner shall be entertained for any default committed by the

Architect engaged by him. In all such cases, the owner or applicant shall be required to

submit corrected and duly certified plans to the Competent Authority for its review and

approval.

(5)

If a building is erected or re-erected or construction work is commenced in contravention

to any of the building regulations, the Competent Authority or any other person

authorized by competent authority, shall be competent to alter or demolish, by a written

notice delivered to the owner. Such notice shall also specify the period during which such

alteration or demolition has to be completed and if the notice is not complied with, the

Competent Authority or any other person authorized by him may demolish the said

building at the expense of the owner.

Note:-

(a) The decision of Competent Authority, in case of any dispute shall be final and

binding on all concerned.

(b) At any stage during construction, if an Architect or Civil Engineer notices that

violations (except compoundable ones) are taking place, he shall intimate to the

concerned authority of such violations and stop further supervision. He shall also

intimate the allottee about the violations and advise him to stop further

construction. Complete details along with photographs shall be submitted to the

concerned authority. The Competent Authority shall immediately issue a notice to

the owner on the basis of the Architect’s or Civil Engineer's certificate to suspend

further work and rectify violations. In such cases the owner shall be held

responsible for further additions in violations. Such a situation shall

automatically annul the process of self-certification and the owner may, after

removal of violations, engage an Architect for preparing the revised drawings. In

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such cases completion shall be given only after scrutiny of revised drawings and

inspection of site.

(c) After submission of application or during the construction of building, if the

Owner or Architect or Civil Engineer or Structural Engineer are changed, the

applicant shall intimate the Competent Authority by email or online building plan

approval system or otherwise in writing that he is no longer responsible for the

project from the date of actual dispatch of the letter. The information must be sent

within seven days of occurrence of the change to the Competent Authority by the

respective owner or Architect or Engineer. The construction work shall have to be

suspended until the new owner or Architect or Civil Engineer or Structural

Engineer, as case may be, undertakes the full responsibility of the project vide

forms and documents submitted at the time of applying for erection or re-erection

of the building within seven days of his taking over. Owner’s intimation regarding

change of name of professionals shall be considered to be final by the Competent

Authority or any other person authorized by him.

(II) For sites or plots under the jurisdiction of Department of Local Government.

(1)

Self-certification for all categories of building plans and completion or occupation

(upto height 21m):

The Third Party Certification (Self Certification) for all categories of the building

plans upto height 21m shall be approved exclusively under the self-certification

scheme.

Architects or Engineers or Designers or Supervisors, as the case may be, empanelled

under Self Certification Scheme on the eNaksha portal shall be authorized to issue

building Plans as per the provisions and as per the following procedure.

(2)

Procedure for Self-Certification:-

(i)

The list of Architects or Engineers or Designers or Supervisors, as the case may

be empanelled under Self Certification Scheme shall be displayed in eNaksha

portal. Only those who are duly empanelled can apply under Self Certification

Scheme.

(ii)

In case of plots allotted from any Government Authority or Agency like

Improvement trusts etc.; NOC and no due certificates from the authority

concerned shall be mandatory.

(iii)

Structural stability certificate duly signed by the Structural Engineer.

(iv)

The Architects or Engineers or Designers or Supervisors, as the case may be,

empanelled under the Self-Certification Scheme shall have to upload all the

mandatory documents as per the check list of eNaksha portal. The following

documents or information will be submitted by the ―Empanelled Architects or

Engineers or Designers or Supervisors‖, as the case may be, along with

application:

(a) Proof of empanelment under the Self Certification Scheme with the

concerned Municipal Authority.

(b) Proof of appointment as ―Empanelled Architects or Engineers or

Designers or Supervisors‖, as the case may be, by the plot owner for

certification of the Building Plan under the Self Certification Scheme and

supervision of the construction.

etc.

(v)

This is to be certified by an Empanelled Architects or Engineers or Designers or

Supervisors, as the case may be, that.-

(a) he/she is fully conversant with the provisions of the Punjab Unified

Building rules, 2025 and other applicable instructions or regulations and

Section

262 (2a)

PMC

Act 1976,

240(zzz)

Act 1911,

73 (xv) of

PTI

Act

1922.

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development controls which are in force (and also amended from time to

time).

(b) plans have been prepared within the framework of provisions of the

Master Plan and applicable Building Rules or Regulations.

encroachment or any other land or restricted for building construction or

in any unauthorized colony.

(d) plan is in conformity to structural safety norms.

(e) he/she has seen the originals of all the documents uploaded and nothing

has been concealed thereof.

(f) all the requisite documents or No Objection Certificate (NOC) required to

be uploaded have been uploaded on eNaksha portal along with plan.

(vi)

This is to be certified by an Owner, that.-

(a) he/she has appointed the Empanelled Architects or Engineers or Designers

or Supervisors, as the case may be for getting approval under Self-

Certification Scheme.

(b) he/she is the sole owner of the site.

(d) construction of the building will be undertaken as per the approved

building plans and structural design given by the Structural Engineer.

(vii)

Once the Online Portal (eNaksha) of Local Government Punjab clears the

Building Plan, it would be approved automatically and digitally counter signed by

the concerned Commissioner Municipal Corporation (CMC) or Executive Officer

(EO) of the Municipal Corporation or Municipal Council or Nagar Panchayat.

This counter signature will bear the phrase that the plan has been sanctioned in

view of Self-Certification by Architects or Engineers or Designers or Supervisors,

as the case may be. Further, Municipal Corporation or Municipal Council or

Nagar Panchayat reserves the right to verify the plan.

(viii)

The fees or charges would be auto-calculated by the software on the basis of the

information filled up by the Empanelled Architects or Engineers or Designers or

Supervisors, as the case may be.

(ix)

Concerned ―Empanelled Architects or Engineers or Designers or Supervisors‖, as

the case may be can download the approved plan after deposition of the requisite

fee or charges. This process is without any intervention from the concerned

Municipal Authority.

(x)

Concerned Commissioner Municipal Corporation (CMC) or Executive Officer

(EO) of the Municipal Authority shall get the plan verified as required within 10

days and after the lapse of 10 days the construction can be started. Authority shall

verify the title document and scrutinize the interpretation of Development Code

or Zoning Regulations and the building plan.

(xi)

The owner shall display at site the name of the ―Empanelled Architects or

Engineers or Designers or Supervisors‖, as the case may be, along with Building

Application number etc.

(xii)

If the owner or Architects or Engineers or Designers or Supervisors, as the case

may be as specified in the Punjab Unified Building Rules, 2025 submits a wrong

report while self-certifying Building Plan or if any additional construction or

violation is reported to exist at site at the time of proposal of new construction or

conceals any fact or falsely justifies or misstates, they shall be jointly and

severally held responsible for such omission along with the owner. Further, if it is

emerged that the information is concealed by the Architects or Engineers or

Designers or Supervisors, as the case may be; necessary penal proceedings will be

initiated along with debarring Architects or Engineers or Designers or

Supervisors, as the case may be from practicing in any of the Urban Local Bodies

(ULBs) of Punjab. The Applicant shall be liable for punishment which includes

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levy of penalty, demolition or sealing of the property as per the provisions of the

Punjab Municipal Act, 1911 or the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 or

the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922 or the Punjab Unified Building Rules

as applicable.

8. Standard design and architectural controls.- Where the applicant intends to construct a

building in accordance with a standard design, approved by the competent authority

concerned, he shall obtain a copy of the same before starting the construction and notify

the competent authority accordingly of the site and design. In such cases, he shall not be

required to submit any building plan. However, site plans showing access, building

footprint and all other aspects as per sub-rule (3) of rule 6 above should be submitted.

Only the design plans can be indicated referring to standard design names or numbers:

Provided that if the owner proposes certain permitted modifications in the

standard design or the architectural controls, then he shall get the plan approved under

self certification from the empanelled architect.

9. Preparation of building plans of Government Departments.- The Government

Departments intending to erect or re-erect building shall get their building plans prepared

from the Department of Architecture of State Government or Central Government

conforming to these building rules and provisions of respective Master Plans and shall

issue a certificate specifying that the provisions of these building rules and respective

Master Plans have been followed in all respects. Such plans shall be submitted to the

Competent Authority for information and record before commencement of erection or re-

erection of the building.

However, if the building plans are prepared by any other Architect, the same shall

be submitted to Competent Authority for approval or shall get approval under self-

certification, as the case may be.

10. Scope of scrutiny of Building Plans by the Competent Authority. - (1) The building

plans received under the self-certification scheme shall not be scrutinized by the

department. However, random checking may be done, in case of any contravention found

with these rules, an action shall be taken against the defaulting Architect or owner as per

the sub-rule (4) of rule 7.

(2)

Building plans, other than those submitted under the self-certification scheme, shall be

examined by the competent authority solely with respect to the following aspects:-

(i)

Statutory and Planning Conformity

(a) Compliance with terms and conditions of Change of Land Use or Allotment

Letter or Layout Plan or Zoning Plan.

(ii)

Site and Building Parameters

(a) Site dimensions and area;

(b) Ground coverage as per prescribed norms;

(c) Covered Area and Floor Area Ratio;

(d) Area Detail including additional Ground Coverage and Floor Area Ratio;

(e) Setbacks, including provisions for Fire Tender movement;

(f) Allocation of Amenity Open Space;

(g) Green Area or Playground;

(h) Adherence to limits on the overall height of the building;

(i) Provision of adequate parking spaces;

(j) Compliance with prescribed width and positioning of entry or exit gates;

(k) Staircase detail, Travel Distance;

(l) Means of access;

(m) Numbers of Floor, floor to floor height.

Note: Fee for covered area including fee for additional Ground Coverage

and Floor Area Ratio to be calculated as per the area details

mentioned on submitted drawings.

Section

180

P.A.

No. 11 of

1995, 262

(2a)

P.A.

No.

42 of 1976,

240(1)(zzz)

of P.A. No.

3 of 1911,

73 of P.A.

No. 4 of

1922.

Section

180

P.A.

No. 11 of

1995, 262

(2a)

P.A.

No.

42 of 1976,

240(1)(zzz)

of P.A. No.

3 of 1911,

73 of P.A.

No. 4 of

1922.

Section

180

P.A.

No. 11 of

1995, 262

(2a)

P.A.

No.

42 of 1976,

240(1)(zzz)

of P.A. No.

3 of 1911,

73 of P.A.

No. 4 of

1922.

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(iii)

Safety and Infrastructure Considerations

(a) Maintenance of clearance zones along High Tension (HT) electricity lines.

(b) No Construction Zones and Green Buffers adjacent to railway lines, water

channels, and water bodies.

Plans, Change of Land Use approval, Layout Plan approval and Zoning Plan

approval. The applicant shall also provide for setbacks as per this undertaking,

where applicable.

(d) Location Restrictions under Applicable Laws.

(iv)

Confirmation that the building is not located in any prohibited area under

the following or other relevant laws; namely:-

(a) The Defence Act, 1903.

(b) The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958.

(d) Lands covered under the Punjab Land Preservation Act (PLPA).

(e) Any other prohibitory provisions under applicable State or Central Acts.

(v)

Ownership and Permission Requirements

In the case of buildings proposed on land owned by the State Government,

Central Government, Public Undertakings, or Waqf Board, approval shall not

be considered without the written consent of the concerned department.

(vi)

Fire Safety Compliance

(a) Submission of a Provisional Fire Safety Certificate as mandated by the

Punjab Fire Safety and Emergency Services Act is required along with the

building plan.

(b) The Final Fire Safety Certificate is mandatory prior to issuance of the

Completion Certificate.

(vii)

Construction Inspection and Accessibility

(a) The authority may conduct construction site inspections and require

corrective actions to ensure compliance.

(b) The building shall conform to the requirements for accessibility for persons

with disabilities, in accordance with applicable guidelines and norms.

(3)

The competent authority shall scrutinize only the key aspects as mentioned above.

The architect and owner shall be solely responsible and accountable for ensuring that the

building plans submitted are fully compliant with these Building Rules; the provisions of

the Punjab Regional and Town Planning and Development (PRTPD) Act, 1995; and

Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976, and Punjab Town

Improvement Act, 1922, the rules framed there under, as the case may be and all other

applicable regulations. The architect‘s certificate submitted with the building plans shall

include a declaration to this effect. The architect and owner shall be solely responsible for

any discrepancies identified in the building plans at any stage of review or construction.

11. Completion certificate.- (1) Applicant shall submit a Notice of Completion of the building

to the Competent Authority regarding completion of the work as per approved plans. The

notice of completion shall be submitted by the Owner through Architect and Engineer as

engaged for building plan design who fulfils the specified qualifications mentioned in

Annexure 13, or as the case may be, who has supervised the construction, in the Performa

given in Form- ‗F‘ and ‗G‘ respectively (Annexure 6 and Annexure 7), accompanied by

three copies of completion plan and the following documents along with the prescribed

fee, namely: -

(i)

Copy of all inspection reports of the Authority e.g. Fire Safety, Structural Safety,

Green Building (if applicable) etc;

(ii)

Detail of compoundable violations from the approved building plans, if any in the

building, shall be submitted jointly by the owner, Architect along with demand

draft or any other method specified by the competent authority for the due

Section

180

P.A.

No. 11 of

1995, 262

(2a)

P.A.

No.

42 of 1976,

240(1)(zzz)

of P.A. No.

3 of 1911,

73 of P.A.

No. 4 of

1922.

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payment for compounding charges, if applicable at the rates specified by the

competent authority;

(iii)

Complete Completion drawings or as-built drawings - certified by the Architect;

(iv)

Photographs of front, side, rear setbacks, front and rear elevation of the building

shall be submitted along with photographs of essential areas like cut outs and

shafts from the roof top. An un-editable compact disc or DVD or any other

electronic media containing all photographs shall also be submitted;

(v)

Structural stability certificate duly signed by the Structural Engineer;

(vi)

Certificate of fitness of the lift from concerned Department wherever required;

(vii)

A Certificate of fitment of public health services, duly issued by a registered

plumber.

(viii)

A Certificate of fitment of electrical wiring and equipment, duly issued by a

licensed electrical engineer.

(ix)

Certificate from the Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA), if applicable,

for installation of Rooftop Solar Photo Voltaic Power Plant in accordance to

orders/ policies issued by the Renewable Energy Department from time to time;

(x)

Completion Certificate or Final Certificate or No Objection Certificate from the

rating agencies (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment or Leadership in

Energy and Environmental Design or Indian Green Building Council or any other

agency certified by Government of India) for green building or Bureau of Energy

Efficiency (BEE), Certified Energy Auditor for Green Building or constructing

building in accordance to the provision of Punjab Energy Conservation Building

Code (PECBC), wherever applicable;

(xi)

No Objection Certificate (NOC) of fire safety of building from concerned Fire

Officer or an officer or fire consultant authorized for the purpose;

(xii)

Wherever applicable, No Objection Certificate(s) (NOCs) from the National

Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB),

Department of Drainage, Department of Forests, or any other competent authority

or department or agency, as the case may be.

(xiii)

For high-rise building or project which involve third party rights, a third-party

audit report along with certificate for structural safety, fire safety, and

environmental compliance.

(xiv)

A Certificate of Registration of the project with the Real Estate Regulatory

Authority (RERA), Punjab, where the project involves third-party rights.

(xv)

Any other information or document that the Authority may deem fit.

(2)

The building plans submitted for issuance of completion certificate shall be examined by

the competent authority only with reference to the aspects specified in sub rule (2) of rule

10. However, the architect and owner shall be solely responsible and accountable for

ensuring that the building plans submitted for issuance of completion certificate are fully

compliant with these Building Rules, the provisions of the Punjab Regional and Town

Planning and Development (PRTPD) Act, 1995, the rules framed there under, and Punjab

Municipal Act, 1911, Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976, Punjab Town

Improvement Act, 1922, as the case may be and all other applicable regulations. The

architect‘s completion certificate submitted along with the building plans shall include a

declaration affirming such compliance.

(3)

The Partial Completion Certificate may be granted upon fulfillment of the following

category-specific criteria; namely:-

(i)

in case of SCO‟s (shop-cum-office) or shops, the partial completion certificate

may be granted subject to the condition that construction of ground floor is

completed along with public safety measure;

(ii)

in case of a residential house, the partial completion certificate may be granted

for partially constructed building with at least one habitable room, one water

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closet and one kitchen as per the sanctioned plan, shall be completed and duly

functional;

(iii)

in case of non-residential buildings, the Partial Completion Certificate may be

granted for partially constructed buildings subject to the minimum completion of

25 percent construction of the availed total floor area, along with all the required

public utilities, public safety measures, and site development.

(iv)

completion of individual block or building may be permitted by the competent

authority in accordance with the construction work completed phase wise;

(v)

in case of high-rise buildings, partial completion certificate may be issued if the

superstructure of the building has been constructed as per approved plans and all

common facilities such as corridors, staircases, lifts, toilets, and related

infrastructure are fully completed and functional. Additionally, essential services

like electrical wiring, plumbing, and fire safety systems shall be installed and

tested, and structural stability along with safety measures such as fire exits and

emergency access shall be ensured as per applicable norms.; and

(vi)

the minimum Built up area (FAR area) as mentioned below shall have to be

constructed to obtain partial completion certificate for industrial buildings:

Table 1: Minimum Built up area (FAR area) to obtain partial completion

certificate for industrial buildings

Serial

No.

Area of site

Percentage of permissible ground

coverage area

Upto 2 acre

25%

II.

Above 2 acre and upto 5 acres

20%

III.

Above 5 acres

15%

(4)

No building shall be considered complete unless the following works are executed

to the satisfaction of the Competent Authority; namely:-

(i)

The building shall be constructed strictly in accordance with the sanctioned

building plan. Any deviations from the approved plan shall be regularized or

compounded as per applicable laws or policies.

(ii)

The Applicant shall comply with all terms and conditions stipulated in the

auction, allotment, change of land use, building plan approval, and zoning plan, as

well as those specified in the respective approval letters or No Objection

Certificates (NOCs) issued by the competent authority.

(iii)

The Applicant shall comply with all terms and conditions stipulated in the No

Objection Certificates (NOCs) and approvals issued by any department, authority,

or government agency.

(iv)

Certified fire-fighting systems shall be installed as per The Punjab Fire Safety act.

All fire escape infrastructure such as exits, corridors, staircases, and

compartmentation, shall conform to the provisions of this act. A valid ‗No

Objection Certificate‘ (NOC) from the Fire Department or authorized fire

consultant shall be submitted.

(v)

All site development works including approach roads, internal circulation roads,

footpaths, street lighting, stormwater drains, culverts, boundary walls, and

landscaping shall be completed in accordance with the approved site plan.

(vi)

All parking areas, driveways, and circulation spaces shall be paved, marked, and

made operational as per the sanctioned plan. Proportionate parking for the portion

under partial completion shall also be ensured.

(vii)

Parks, green belts, and open spaces earmarked in the sanctioned plan shall be

developed with plantation, irrigation arrangements, and pathways.

(viii)

Provision of street lighting, water supply lines, sewerage networks, and

stormwater drainage within the site shall be completed.

(ix)

Proper stormwater drainage and rainwater harvesting systems shall be installed

and made functional, where mandated.

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(x)

Functional water supply and electricity connections shall be established.

(xi)

Operational waste management systems, including garbage disposal and

segregation facilities, shall be in place.

(xii)

Adequate sanitation facilities or infrastructure including toilets, septic tanks, and

sewer connections shall be provided and completed in accordance with Bureau of

Indian Standards (BIS) standards.

(xiii)

All common areas such as staircases, corridors, lifts, and parking spaces shall be

completed in all respects and operational.

(xiv)

Accessibility Compliance adherence to standards for persons with disabilities

(ramps, lifts, tactile indicators, etc.) as specified in National building Code of

India, 2016, Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016‘ (Central Act 49 of

2016) and ‗Harmonised Guidelines and Space Standards for Barrier-Free Built

Environment for persons with Disability and Elderly Persons, 2016.

(xv)

For group housing, commercial complexes, or large campuses, all designated

amenity areas such as playground or park, community halls, clubhouses, or

crèches shall be developed proportionately to the phase for which completion is

sought.

(xvi)

All applicable fees and development charges shall be paid in full, and No Due

Certificate shall be submitted before completion.

(xvii)

The Applicant shall, wherever applicable, obtain the requisite No Objection

Certificate(s) or approvals from the Department of Drainage, Department of

Forests, or any other competent department or authority prior to completion.

(xviii)

Wherever applicable, in accordance with the guidelines of the Punjab Pollution

Control Board (PPCB), the project proponent shall obtain the necessary

environmental clearances, including the Consent to Establish (CTE) and Consent

to Operate (CTO).

(xix)

Where applicable, Environmental Impact Assessment shall be obtained.

(xx)

For high-rise or large-scale projects, a third-party audit report on structural safety,

fire safety, and environmental compliance may be required by the Competent

Authority.

(xxi)

Any deficiencies identified by the Competent Authority shall be rectified prior to

certificate issuance.

(xxii)

Any false declaration or submission of misleading documents shall attract

penalties under relevant laws.

Note:-

(a) A Partial Completion Certificate may be issued for a specific block, tower, or

floor, as specified in sub-rule (3) above, provided that the designated portion is

fully constructed, self-contained, and suitable for independent occupancy. All

essential services, including fire safety systems, elevators, utilities, staircase,

corridors and other infrastructure, shall be operational within that area.

Furthermore, proportionate parking spaces and common facilities should be

made available to support its use. Access roads and approaches must be

completed up to the concerned portion to ensure seamless connectivity and

functionality.

(b) In cases where third-party rights are involved, all applicable provisions of the

completion policy notified by the government shall be adhered to.

(c) For projects registered under Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA),

compliance with all provisions of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development)

Act, 2016 shall be mandatory prior to issuance of Completion Certificate.

(5)

The Competent Authority on receipt of the notice of completion shall inspect the work

and communicate the approval or refusal, or objection thereto, in the Performa given in

Form- H within 30 days from the receipt of notice of completion. However, the

Competent Authority may also seek compounding charges of compoundable violations

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which are compoundable before issuance of completion certificate. If nothing is

communicated within this period, it shall be deemed to have been approved for

completion provided that the fact is immediately brought to the notice of Competent

Authority in writing by the person, who had given the notice and has not received any

intimation from the Competent Authority within prescribed period. Where the completion

certificate is refused, the reasons shall be intimated for rejecting in the first instance itself.

(6)

For low-rise buildings, the completion certificate shall be issued by the Empanelled

Architect under the process of self-certification. The Empanelled Architect shall submit

the detailed "as-built" completion plans, as specified in rule 6 or any other relevant detail

or plan as required, duly signed with stamp to the Competent Authority along with all

requisite documents and No Objection Certificates (NOCs), for official record.

The submitted completion plans must conform to the provisions of The Punjab

Urban Planning and Development Building Rules, 2025, as amended from time to time,

and to the approved zoning plan. To certify this compliance, the following declaration

must be included on the building plan:

"Certified that the completion plans adhere to the zoning plan Drg. No.

______ dated_______and comply with 'The Punjab Urban Planning and

Development Building Rules, 2025' as amended from time to time.

Architect

(Seal and Signature)”

Furthermore, in case of any addition in ground coverage or FAR, or deviations in

floor plans from the approved building plans, provided such changes are within the

permissible limits and in conformity with the provisions of these building rules, the

Architect shall clearly indicate the modifications in the submitted completion plan and

shall be responsible for calculating and ensuring payment of the applicable charges

accordingly.

(7)

If the Architect or Engineer engaged by the owner or applicant submits a wrong report

while making application under these rules or if any additional construction or violation

is reported to exist at site or has concealed any fact or misrepresented regarding

completion of construction of building along with its eligibility for seeking completion

certificate or before the completion of such report, he shall be jointly and severally held

responsible for such omission and complaint against the Architect or Engineer for

suspension of his registration and the owner shall be liable to pay for the penalty as may

be decided by the competent authority after giving an opportunity of hearing. Further, if it

is emerged that the information is concealed by the Architect or Engineer, necessary

penal proceedings shall be initiated along with debarring such Engineer or Architect from

practicing in the State of Punjab.

Note:-

(a) Any minor deviations observed during the completion stage of building plans;

such as internal changes in room layout, door or window positions, location of

toilets, re location of public health features (e.g., rainwater harvesting pit, water

tank, sewage treatment plant, manholes, inspection chambers), or changes in the

position of mechanical and electrical installations, as well as structural

alterations involving columns and beams (excluding core areas like staircases

and lifts); which are in conformity with the applicable building rules and other

regulations, shall be considered compoundable without any charges.

(b) A rebate of 20% in the charges for additional ground coverage and FAR (Floor

Area Ratio) shall be admissible, provided the same is duly approved and the

applicable charges are paid at the time of building plan approval.

(c) Under no circumstances shall ground coverage and FAR exceeding the

permissible additional limits be allowed

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(d) Ground coverage and FAR exceeding the permissible additional limits shall, in no

case, be compoundable.

12. Occupation certificate.- (1) Applicant shall apply for obtaining occupation certificate of

the building to the Competent Authority for which completion certificate has already

been issued as specified in Form ―I‖. No owner or applicant shall occupy or allow any

other person to occupy building or part of a building or any portion whatsoever, until

such building or part thereof has been issued Occupation Certificate by the Competent

Authority after checking and found fit to occupy the building.

(2)

After receipt of application, the Competent Authority shall communicate in writing within

30 days, his decision for grant or refusal of such permission for occupation of the

building in Form ‗J‘. The E-register shall be maintained as specified in these rules for

maintaining record in respect of Occupation Certificate. If no communication is received

from the Competent Authority within 30 days of submitting the application for

―Occupation Certificate‖, the owner is permitted to occupy the building, considering

deemed issuance of ―Occupation certificate‖ and the application Form-D shall act as

―Occupation Certificate‖. However, the competent authority may check the violations

made by the owner and take suitable action.

(3)

In case, after the issuance of occupation certificate, if found at any stage that

building(s) is unsafe to use or occupy or the building is used for some other purpose

against the permission or make any addition or alteration in the building without

approval, then, after affording personal hearing to the owner, the Competent Authority

may pass orders for revocation of occupation permission and the same shall be restored

only after removal of violations.

Note:-

In case of Non-RERA projects, occupation certificate may be issued along with

completion certificate by the same competent authority, subject to the fulfilment of all

requirements as mentioned in these rules.

Section

180

P.A.

No. 11 of

1995, 262

(2a)

P.A.

No.

42 of 1976,

240(1)(zzz)

of P.A. No.

3 of 1911,

73 of P.A.

No. 4 of

1922.

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PART III

ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL

13. Power of the Competent Authority to sanction or refuse erection or re-erection.-

(1) The competent authority shall refuse to sanction the erection or re-erection of any

building, if it is in contravention of any of the provisions of these rules.

(2) The Competent Authority may sanction the erection or re-erection of any building either

absolutely or subject to such modification in accordance with these rules as it may deem

fit and one copy of the sanctioned plans shall be sent to applicant.

(3) The intimation of sanction or rejection of the building plans shall be given in Form 'D'.

(4) The competent authority shall incorporate the following conditions in sanction letter;

namely:-

(i)

The competent authority has scrutinized the only key aspects mentioned in the

rule 10 of 'the Punjab Urban planning and Development Building rules, 2025'.

However, architect and owner shall be solely responsible and accountable for

ensuring that the building plan submitted is fully compliant with said Building

Rules; the provisions of the Punjab Regional and Town Planning and

Development Act, the rules made there under; and Punjab Municipal Act,

1911, Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976, Punjab Town Improvement

Act, 1922, the rules made there under; as the case may be and all other

applicable regulations.

(ii)

The building plans are hereby approved on the basis of Architect's Certificate

submitted with the building plan that the said building plans are compliant with

the 'Punjab Urban planning and Development Building rules, 2025'; the

provisions of the Punjab Regional and Town Planning and Development

(PRTPD) Act, 1995; the rules made there under; and Punjab Municipal Act,

1911, Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976, Punjab Town Improvement

Act, 1922, the rules made there under; as the case may be and all other

applicable regulations.

(iii)

The Approved Building Plan shall deem to be cancelled in case of any

discrepancies found in the approved plans at any stage.

(iv)

The applicant shall be required to obtain and maintain collective insurance

coverage for all building and construction workers engaged at the site,

protecting against injury, disability, or loss of life, and shall provide valid proof

of such insurance during inspections conducted throughout the construction

period.

Disclaimer:

Although due care has been taken while approving the building plan in accordance

with the technical norms and title of land. But this approval does not confer any right

to violate any rule or guidelines of this department or any other department and also

not provide any right for any illegal construction.

In case any violation found at any stage, owner shall be liable to rectify the

same and get the revised building plans approved accordingly immediately.

14. Presumption of sanction.- If the competent authority fails to convey approval or rejection

within the period as notified by the Government on the receipt from any person of a valid

application, complete in all respect to erect or re-erect a building, the plans shall without

prejudice to the provisions of these rules and the restrictions specified for erection or re-

erection of buildings, be deemed to have been sanctioned and the applicant may proceed

with the erection or re-erection of building or carryout any development work as

described in the application and in any accompanying documents, but not so as to

contravene any of the provisions of the Act and rules made thereunder and the restriction

specified for erection or re-erection of buildings.

Section 180

P.A. No. 11

of 1995, 262

(2a) of P.A.

No. 42 of

1976,

240(1)(zzz)

of P.A. No.

3 of 1911,

73 of P.A.

No.

1922.

Section 180

P.A. No. 11

1995,

262 (2a) of

P.A. No. 42

1976,

240(1)(zzz)

of P.A. No.

3 of 1911,

73 of P.A.

No.

1922.

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15. Validity period of sanction.- Every sanction for the erection or re-erection of any building

or carrying out any development work shall remain in force, unless it is modified or

cancelled by the Competent Authority by due process of law.

In order to provide continuity between the previously notified building rules and

these rules, and to safeguard approvals already granted, the following provisions shall

apply; namely:-

(1)

Validity of Prior Approvals.- All building plans and projects duly sanctioned by the

Competent Authority prior to the enforcement of these rules shall remain valid and shall

continue to be governed by the provisions, standards, and conditions under which such

approval was originally granted.

(2)

Ongoing or Partially Commenced Projects. - (a) In cases, except individual

residential plots where construction of certain blocks has commenced prior to the

enforcement of these rules, revisions may be permitted in accordance with the provisions,

standards, and conditions outlined under these rules. However, additional Floor Area

Ratio (FAR), in such cases, shall be allowed only in the vacant pockets available for

re-planning subject to the fulfilment of these rules and shall not be permitted on the

existing build(s). Such revisions shall be subject to fresh scrutiny and approval by the

Competent Authority. The applicant shall be liable to ratify, modify, or demolish any part

of the building, structure, or services at their own cost, as required by the Competent

Authority or as per the approved plans.

Furthermore, where third-party rights have been created, the promoter shall be

bound to comply with the applicable provisions of the Punjab Apartment and Property

Regulation Act (PAPRA) and the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act

(RERA).

(b) In respect of blocks where construction has not commenced prior to the enforcement

of these rules, applicants may, at their discretion, seek cancellation of the approval for

such blocks and submit revised plans conforming to these rules. Such revisions shall be

subject to fresh scrutiny and approval by the Competent Authority as new blocks.

(3)

Projects Not Commenced.- Where no construction has been commenced prior to the

enforcement of these rules, the applicant may, at their discretion, request cancellation of

the sanctioned plans. The Competent Authority may, upon such request, cancel the

sanctioned plans. The applicant may thereafter apply for fresh approval in conformity

with these rules, and such applications shall be subject to fresh scrutiny and approval by

the Competent Authority.

(4)

Pending Applications.- Applications submitted prior to the enforcement of these rules

but not yet sanctioned shall be examined under the provisions of these rules, unless

otherwise directed by the Competent Authority.

Note:-

For sites already auctioned by the Government, development authorities, or other

government agencies, the applicable ground coverage, FAR and purchasable FAR shall

be governed by the terms and conditions specified in the auction and allotment

documents for the respective site or plot.

16. Submission of revised building plans in case of major alterations.- (1) If during the

construction of a building, any major deviation from the sanctioned plan is intended to be

made, approval of the Competent Authority for the same may be obtained before the

change is made. The revised plan showing the deviations shall be submitted and the

procedure laid down for the sanction of building plan as specified in these rules shall be

followed for all revised plans, along with the balance scrutiny fee, if any.

(2) The building approval is not necessary for compoundable alterations or violations, which

do not otherwise violate any provisions regarding general building requirements, structural

stability and fire safety requirements of these rules.

Section 180

P.A. No. 11

of 1995, 262

(2a) of P.A.

No. 42 of

1976,

240(1)(zzz)

of P.A. No.

3 of 1911,

73 of P.A.

No.

1922.

Section 180

P.A. No. 11

of 1995, 262

(2a) of P.A.

No.

1976,

240(1)(zzz)

of P.A. No. 3

of 1911, 73

of P.A. No. 4

of 1922.

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17. Revocation of sanction.- The sanction granted under these rules can be revoked by the

Competent Authority, if it is found that such sanction has been obtained by the owner by

misrepresentation of material facts or fraudulent document submitted along with the

building plan application or otherwise or the majority of construction is not being done in

accordance with the sanction granted.

18. Maintenance of record.- An record shall be maintained for all building applications

received, permissions given or deemed to have been given or refused or returned under these

rules.

19. Damp proof course certificate.- The owner shall submit a certification from an Architect

or Civil Engineer to the effect that the construction of building upto damp proof course level

is as per sanctioned plan.

Section 180

P.A. No. 11

of 1995, 262

(2a) of P.A.

No.

1976,

240(1)(zzz)

of P.A. No. 3

of 1911, 73

of P.A. No. 4

of 1922.

Section 180

P.A. No. 11

of 1995, 262

(2a) of P.A.

No.

1976,

240(1)(zzz)

of P.A. No. 3

of 1911, 73

of P.A. No. 4

of 1922.

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PART IV

PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURAL CONTROLS

A. FOR AREA UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING

AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

(RULES 20 TO 28)

20. Compliance of zoning plan or standard design or architectural control sheets and

master plan or zonal plan. – In addition to these rules, the erection or re-erection of any

building(s) and uses thereof as well as activities permissible therein shall comply with the

provisions of the Zoning Plan or Standard Design or Architectural Control Sheets;

schedule of clauses appended thereto and use of the site shall conform to the Master Plan

or Zonal Plan of the area.

21. Compliance to Special Area development and control as per Master Plan or Zonal

Plan.- For the planned and regulated development of all ‗Special Areas‘ with specific

emphasis on harmonious development with public spaces, the planning and development

shall be undertaken by specially formulated Form Based Codes (FBCs) for each such

‗Special Area‘, namely:-

(1) Planning authority to delineate ―Form Based Zoning Districts‖ within the Master or

Zonal Plan for special consideration of planning with integrated Public spaces;

(2) Form Based Zoning Districts (FBCs) to be formulated for each such Form Based

Zoning Districts (FBZDs) with Single or Multiple Regulating Plans as necessary to

cover the entire delineated special area;

(3) Space Use matrix along with Form Based Codes (FBC) development standards, for

each Form Based Zoning District (FBZD) as formulated in the Form Based Codes

(FBC)are to be used for site layouts and building designs for all types of buildings; and

(4) Form Based Codes (FBC) standards of flexible and adaptive designs shall be

superseding, overriding all stipulations from rule 22 to rule 27 of these rules for all

types of buildings in the respective Form Based Zoning Districts (FBZDs).

22. Residential.- (1) The residential building of various types shall be governed by following

norms, namely:-

Table 2: Residential Plots or Villas falling in approved Layout Plan; (Except Affordable

and Economical Weaker Section Housing)

Serial

No.

Parameter

Permissible Limits

Minimum

Approach

Road

(i)

For plot area upto 200sq.yd (167.225 sq.m): 30'-0" (9m), (only

in case of new projects and development.)

(ii)

For plot area above 200sq.yd (167.225 sq.m): 40'-0" (12m)

II.

Minimum

Plot Size

60 sq.m

III.

Maximum

Ground

Coverage

For upto 150 sq.m

of plot area

70%

An additional Ground Coverage upto

10% of the plot area is allowed within the

zoned area.

This additional Ground Coverage shall be

purchasable at the rates prescribed as in

annexure 22. However, for plots up to 100

sq.m in size, these charges shall be 50%

of the applicable rates.

For the next 100

sq.m of plot area

65%

For the next 100

sq.m of plot area

60%

For the next 100

sq.m of plot area

50%

For the remaining

plot area

40%

IV.

Maximum

Floor

Area

The product of Number of Permitted Floors (excluding Basement) and

the permitted ground coverage (including pursuable Ground

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of 1995

Section 180

P.A. No. 11

of 1995

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Ratio

Coverage).

Note: FAR above 1:2.1 shall be purchasable at the rates prescribed as

in annexure 22. However, for plots up to 100 sq.m in size, these

charges shall be 50% of the applicable rates.

Maximum

No. of Floors

(i)

Without Stilt: Three Floors (Ground + Two Floors).

(ii)

With Stilt: Stilt+ Three Floors.

However, in the case of new projects or development only,

residential plots may be permitted for Stilt + Four Floors. No

individual plot within any approved layout plan or project or approved

scheme or urban estate, sanctioned prior to the notification of these

rules, shall be permitted Stilt + Four Floors, except for plots

specifically earmarked as independent floors in the approved layout

plan.

VI.

Maximum

Height

Building

(i) Without Stilt: 13 m from the plinth level.

(ii) Stilt+3 Floors: 15 m from the crown of the road level.

(iii) Stilt+4 Floors: 17.5 m from the crown of the road level.

VII.

Setbacks

Ser.

No.

Plot Size

Front

Rear

Side

(i)

100 sq.yd

(83.613 sq.m)

5‘-0‖

(1524mm)

6'x15' cut out

(1829x4572mm)

Not

required;

however,

if left, it

shall be at

least one

meter (3‘-

3‖).

(ii)

125sq.yd

(104.516

sq.m)

5‘-0‖

(1524mm)

6'x15' cut out

(1829x4572mm)

(iii)

150sq.yd

(125.419sq.m)

5‘-0‖

(1524mm)

6‘-0‖

(1829mm)

(iv)

200sq.yd

(167.225

sq.m)

6‘-0‖

(1829mm)

6‘-0‖

(1829mm)

(v)

250sq.yd

(209.032

sq.m)

7‘-0‖

(2134mm)

9‘-0‖

(2743mm)

(vi)

300 sq.yd

(250.838

sq.m)

7‘-0‖

(2134mm)

10‘-0‖

(3048mm)

(vii)

375 sq.yd

(313.548

sq.m)

9‘-0‖

(2743mm)

10‘-0‖

(3048mm)

(viii)

400 sq.yd

(334.451

sq.m)

10‘-0‖

(3048mm)

10‘-0‖

(3048mm)

(ix)

500 sq.yd

(418.064)

15‘-0‖

(4572mm)

10‘-0‖

(3048mm)

(x)

1000 sq.yd

(836.127

sq.m)

15'-0"

(4572mm)

10'-0"

(3048mm)

8'-0"

(2438mm)

(xi)

2000 sq.yd

(1,672.255

sq.m) and

above

30'-0"

(9144mm)

10'-0"

(3048mm)

10'-0"

(3048mm)

VIII.

Minimum

Parking

Space

Required,

Plot area

Parking Required

Upto 100 Sq.m

2 numbers Two-wheeler parking

space

Above 100 up to 250 Sq.m

1 Car & 2 numbers Two wheelers

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where stilt not

provided

Above 250 up to 500 Sq.m

2 Car & 2 numbers Two wheelers

Above 500 Sq.m

3 Car & 2 numbers Two wheelers

IX.

Staircase

Requirement

Plot Size upto

150 sq.m

Plot size above

150 sq.m

Minimum Width

900 mm

1000 mm

Minimum Tread

250 mm

Maximum Riser

190 mm

Minimum Clear Head Height

2200 mm

For provisions related to setbacks for projected portions at roof level, open spaces and

courtyards, projections and balconies, parking requirements, exemptions, general notes, overall

building requirements, occupant load, clearance zones, part building requirements such as; plinth

levels, spatial requirements for various building components, lighting and ventilation of rooms,

ledges or tand, mezzanine floors, basements, chimneys, parapets, cabins, boundary walls, septic

tanks, office-cum-letter box rooms, meter rooms, staircases and exit routes, corridor dimensions,

ramps, lift and escalator, roof structures, sunken courtyards, check posts or guard rooms or

watch-and-ward cabins, and drainage and sanitation fitments, refer to rules 39 to 43 of these

building rules.

Further, for the provisions of Fire protection, Structural design, Lighting and ventilation,

Electrical and allied installations and Building Materials refer to part VI of these building rules.

Furthermore, for the provisions of water conservation and management, energy

efficiency, waste management and energy utilization, Energy efficiency, Solar photovoltaic,

Rainwater harvesting and Sustainable waste management refer to part VIII of these building

rules.

Note:-

(a) In case of projects, colonies, or urban estates that have already been approved,

additional Ground Coverage and FAR (Floor Area Ratio) may be permitted within the

rear and side setbacks, but not within the front setback, in order to maintain the existing

building line. For this purpose, there shall be no requirement to revise the existing zoning

plan of the approved project, colony, or urban estate.

However, if the additional Ground Coverage and FAR are proposed to be utilized

within the front setback, the zoning plan of the project, colony, or urban estate shall be

got amended by the promoter, RWA (Resident Welfare Association), or development

authority, as applicable.

Further, it is clarified that if a building has already been constructed and is not in

conformity with the approved plans, although it conforms to these building rules, there

shall be no requirement to compound it separately. Such buildings may be validated

under these rules by charging a fee for the additional Ground Coverage and FAR as

specified in Annexure 22 along with other charges including scrutiny fee, labour cess etc

as applicable.

(b) Each floor of a residential plot may be considered a separate independent floor.

(c) The stilt area shall be used exclusively for car or scooter parking, except for staircases

and lifts.

(d) Basement, permitted only as single level, if constructed, may be used for parking,

household storage, habitable except sleeping accommodation or residential purpose and

consultancy service purposes. Basement shall be counted towards Floor Area Ratio, if

used for habitable purposes.

(e) Front boundary wall shall be optional for providing easy access for parking in front

setback within plot area.

(f) No opening is allowed on party wall of properties.

(g) The maximum permissible ground coverage and Floor Area Ratio is subject to the

fulfilment of the setback, height and parking norms.

(h) A toilet, not exceeding 6 sq.m in area and 2.75 m in height, may be permitted on the

terrace and shall be excluded from the FAR calculation.

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(i) Common staircase or common elevator is permissible maximum for two plots subject to

the condition that the minimum clear width of staircases shall be 1350 mm.

Table 3: Economical Weaker Section Residential Plots falling in approved Layout Plan;

Serial

No.

Parameter

Permissible Limits

Minimum Approach Road

7.5 m (only in case of new projects and development.)

Plot Size

Minimum 30 sq.m and maximum upto 50 sq.m

II.

Maximum

Ground

Coverage

No restrictions

III.

Maximum Floor Area Ratio

1:2.0

IV.

Maximum No. of Floors

Two Floors (Ground + One Floors)

Note: Stilt allowed (optional), Clear height of the stilt

shall not be more than 2.4 m.

Setbacks

Not required. However, no projection is allowed

beyond plot boundary except permitted sunshade.

VI.

Minimum

Parking

Space

Required, where stilt not

provided

One two-wheeler

VII.

Staircase Requirement

Minimum Width

750 mm

Minimum Tread

250 mm

Maximum Riser

230 mm

Minimum

Clear

Head

Height