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Floor Area Ratios

(1) Save as otherwise determined by the Mayor-in-Council, with regard to any specification made in this behalf under the West Bengal Town and Country (Planning and Development) Act, 1979, the Floor Area Ratios shall be as specified in Table 3 below:

Table 3 Maximum Permissible Floor Area Ratio
Sl.No.
Width of means of access (Meters)
Use groups of buildings
Residential Buildings
Educational Buildings
Industrial, Storage and Hazardous Buildings
Assembly, Institutional business, Merchantile (incl. mixed use) Buildings
1.
Below 2.4
NIL
NIL
NIL
NIL
2.

Above 2.4 to 3.5

1.25

NIL
NIL
NIL
3.
Above 3.5 to 7.0

1.75

NIL
NIL
NIL
4.
Above 7.0 to 9.0

2.00

2.00
NIL
NIL
5.
Above 9.0 to 15.0
2.25
2.25
2.00
2.00
6.
Above 15.0 to 20.0
2.50
2.50
2.00
2.25
7.
Above 20.0 to 24.0
2.75
2.75
2.00
2.50
8.
Above 24.0
3.00
3.00
2.00
2.75
Provided that the width of means of access mentioned under Table 3 is to be taken as the average road width abutting the entire length of the plot.