UDCPR 2020 / Chapter 6, General building requirements - setback, marginal distance, height and permissible FSI

6.10.1

UDCPR 2020 as amended to 30.01.2025

Fire Officer of the Authority or Director of Fire services, if required, under these regulations.

      Sr.                                 Authority / Area                                             Permissible height (m.)
      No.                                                                                              excluding parking floor

upto 6.0 m. height

1. For Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Nagpur, Nashik, Permissible height as per Municipal Corporations in MMR and Metropolitan approval from Fire

(2) Authorities area and Area Development Authorities, Department.

Special Planning Authorities (3) CIDCO as Planning Authority by Virtue of NTDA within these areas.

      2.      For remaining Municipal Corporations area (2) and Area                                             70

Development Authorities, Special Planning Authorities within these areas.

      3.      For All Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats, Non                                                  50

Municipal Council D.P. and Regional Plan areas.

Provided that higher height may be allowed in case of Integrated Township Project where fire station and fire-fighting facilities are to be constructed / provided. Also, if such facilities are available in nearby area of the project, then buildings of higher heights may be allowed in such project. However, necessary certificate to that effect and NOC shall be produced from Director of Fire Services.

(1) Inserted Vide Corrigendum / Addendum No.CR.79/2021, dt.02nd December, 2021

(2) Inserted vide Corrigendum / Addendum CR.121/21, dt.02nd December, 2021

(3) Inserted vide Notification u/s.37(1AA)(c) No.CR.236/18 (Part 3), dt.12th October, 2022 (*) Directives u/s 154 issued by Govt. Vide Order No. UOR 31/2024/CR 100/2024/UD13 dt. 25 th September, 2024.

(ii) The building height upto 24.0 m. shall be allowed on roads less than 12.0 m. For a building having height more than 24.0 m., the minimum road width shall be 12.0 m.

(iii) For building in the vicinity of aerodromes, the maximum height of buildings shall be subject to parameters framed by the Civil Aviation Authorities or the development permission shall be considered only after applicant produces NOC from Airport Authority.

(iv) (a) In addition to (iii), for Industrial Chimneys in the vicinity of aerodromes, it shall be of such height and character as prescribed by Civil Aviation Authorities and all Industrial Chimneys shall be of such character as prescribed by the Chief Inspector of Steam Boilers and Smoke Nuisance, and

(b) Buildings intended for hazardous godowns for storage of inflammable materials and storage of explosives shall be single storied structures only.

(v) The buildings of height more than 70.0 m. shall be allowed subject to fulfilment of the requirements mentioned in Regulation No.6.12.

To see how 6.10.1 and the rest of UDCPR apply to a particular plot, with the clause behind every figure, open Citiwise.

The text of the Unified Development Control and Promotion Regulations for Maharashtra State, as amended to 30.01.2025. The notification of the Urban Development Department, Government of Maharashtra, is the authoritative text.