News: Uttar Pradesh draft building rules for Noida, Greater Noida and YEIDA: five proposals to know-20-04-2026
The Uttar Pradesh government has released draft Unified Regulations for Industrial Development Authorities, 2026, and invited objections and suggestions. The framework aims to simplify rules on map approvals, plot amalgamation, permissible covered area, fire safety, road widths and building heights. It will apply to authorities including Noida, Greater Noida, Yamuna Expressway, UPSIDA, UPEIDA and any future industrial development authority. A Greater Noida authority officer, speaking anonymously, said each authority now has different norms, which confuses people and makes enforcement hard.
Floor Area Ratio: FAR now ranges from 0.6 to 2 for industrial plots, 2.75 to 3.5 for group housing, 0.8 to 2.75 for institutional projects and 1.2 to 4 for commercial development, with authorities using discretion over setbacks, ground coverage and height. Under the draft, FAR will rise and be linked to road width, allowing denser development on wider roads.
Setbacks: Industrial plots that needed setbacks of up to 16 metres could see this cut to 3 to 9 metres, closer to housing board norms. Setbacks are standardised at 9 metres in front and 6 metres on the other three sides. Ground coverage was typically 35 to 40% for group housing and 35 to 60% for industrial plots.
Parking: Commercial projects had to provide one slot for every 30 to 100 square metres of built-up area; the draft widens this to one slot for every 50 to 500 square metres depending on project size. Residential projects would need 1 to 1.5 slots per unit and industrial projects one slot per 300 square metres.
Greenery: The 25 to 50% of a plot now kept for greenery would fall to 5 to 10 per cent, with greenery ensured at layout level through tree planting.
Height: Limits of 10 to 24 metres will be removed, except where aviation safety or heritage rules apply.
The draft is on the Noida authority portal, and objections can be submitted at the Sector 6 office between 10 am and 5 pm or mailed within 15 days, until May 3. After they are resolved, the rules will be finalised.
Dinesh Gupta, president of CREDAI West UP, called the draft beneficial, noting that agencies such as Awas Vikas had already allowed higher FAR while Noida and Greater Noida kept stricter limits. He said lower setbacks reflect shrinking land banks and should drive vertical growth. Suresh Garg, CMD of Nirala World, said linking FAR to road width is a step towards planned, infrastructure-led urbanisation and a single transparent framework for developers.
Rajiva Singh, president of the Noida Federation of Apartment Owners Associations, said the code could streamline development but raises concerns. Sewage, power and water must be upgraded along with density, and higher ground coverage should not cost green space, natural light and ventilation.
