DDA-planned colonies use a plot-size-indexed FAR and coverage table — the smaller the plot, the higher the permitted FAR and coverage, down to a flat FAR 2.0 / 50% coverage above 3,750 sq m. Height is capped by a road-width formula, not a flat number.
Delhi Development Authority (DDA) · Master Plan for Delhi 2021 (MPD-2021), Cl. 4.4.3 / DDA Handbook on Development Controls 2021 · last verified May 2026
What we hold for this sector
FAR (plot-size indexed)
3.50 (≤100 sq m) down to 2.00 (>1,000 sq m)
DDA Handbook on Development Controls 2021, p.4 (FAR/coverage table)
Ground coverage
90% (≤100 sq m) down to 50% (>1,000 sq m)
Setbacks (plot-size indexed)
0m all round (≤100 sq m) up to 15/9/9/9m (>10,000 sq m)
Max height
1.5 × road width + 3.0m, capped at 15m (17.5m with confirmed stilt parking)
DDA Handbook 2021 height formula; Supreme Court order 14/3/2003 (DU cap)
Construction rate
CPWD DSR 2023 composite activity rates (~90 line items, e.g. RCC in slabs ₹11,505.50/cum)
CPWD Delhi Schedule of Rates 2023, Vol. 1 & 2 (Civil)
April-2023 price base; White Warp applies a stated +21% escalation factor for a 2026 estimate, never a silent one.
Worked example
Plot area
200 sq m (≈ 239 sq yd)
FAR used
3
Buildable area
600 sq m
Ground footprint
150 sq m
A 200 sq m DDA plot falls in the 100–250 sq m band: FAR 3.0 and 75% coverage. Buildable area = 200 × 3.0 = 600 sq m; ground-floor footprint = 200 × 0.75 = 150 sq m.
What's different about Delhi
DDA is the only NCR authority in this set where FAR runs in the opposite direction of the others as plots get smaller — up to FAR 3.5 on a ≤100 sq m plot — because the table is built around the Supreme Court's 2003 dwelling-unit cap rather than a road-width ladder. Gurugram and Noida both taper FAR down on tiny plots instead of up.
Height in DDA colonies is not a flat number: it is 1.5 × the abutting road width + 3.0m, capped at 15m (17.5m with stilt). Gurugram and Noida both use flat absolute caps (16.5m and 15m respectively) that don't move with road width — a DDA plot on a narrow lane can be shorter than the flat-cap authorities even before hitting the 15m ceiling.
Frequently asked
The table is built around a Supreme Court order (14/3/2003) that caps dwelling units per plot size, not floor area directly — smaller plots get a higher FAR/coverage allowance so the permitted built form still makes sense at that DU cap. It is not a general small-plot incentive.
No. MCD (older/regularised colonies) uses a separate road-width-indexed FSI table, and White Warp doesn't currently hold a page/clause-cited MCD table the way it does for DDA — this page and the calculator both direct MCD plots to confirm directly with MCD instead of printing a number without that citation.
Yes — 17.5m is permitted only with confirmed stilt parking. This page and the FSI calculator both default to the conservative 15m figure unless stilt parking is confirmed.
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