List of Land Use Categories Permissible in Various Zones · Bangalore Development Authority - Revised Master Plan 2015, Zoning Regulations

Various land uses permissible within each zone are listed below.

Land uses are grouped according to the nature and intensity of use in an ascending manner. For e.g.: C-4: indicates C= Commercial and 4 the order within the category. The C-4 list includes all land uses permissible specific to C-4 and the lower order uses of C3, C-2, and C-1 unless specifically mentioned.
The various codes used include:
R: Residential
C: Commercial: C-1 to C-6
o I: Industrial: I-1 to I-4
T: Transportation: T-1 to T-4
U: Public and Semi Public: U1 to U4.
Though the various uses are listed, the corresponding space standards for buildings/uses are to be referred. The two main parameters are minimum size of Plot and the Minimum width of Road.

Table 1Permissible Land uses in Residential category

R	Residential land uses
1.	Plotted residential developments
2.	Villas, semi detached houses
3.	Apartments, Hostels, Dharmashala
4.	Multi Dwelling Housing, Service Apartments.
5.	Group Housing ( Development Plans )

Note: When service apartments are permitted, fee under section

18 of KTCP Act, 1961 for commercial use shall be levied.

Table 2Permissible Land uses in Commercial Category

C1	Commercial Uses
1	Petty shops, Newspaper, stationery and milk booth, vulcanizing shops
2	Tutorial centers not exceeding 50 sq.m
3	STD/ FAX/internet centre/ ATM centers
4	Hair dressing and beauty parlors
5	Offices/ clinics belonging to "Professional services" category and self owned not exceeding 50 sq.m
6	Tailoring, dry cleaners
7	Bakery and sweetmeat shop
8	Pathological labs.
9	Recreational Clubs as per Table.7 provisions

C3	Commercial Uses
1	Commercial and corporate offices
2	Retail Shopping complexes
3	Restaurants and Hotels
4	Convention centers and banquet halls
6	Financial institutions
7	Cinema and multiplexes
8	Places of assembly, exhibitions centers
9	Entertainment and amusement centres.
10	Hospitals and specialty hospitals
11	Automobile repair and garage centers , spares and stores
12	All uses of C1 & C2 are permitted

C2	Commercial Uses
1	Eateries such as darshinis, tea stalls, and takeaways
2	Gyms, orphanages, old age homes clinics
3	Retail shops & hardware shops
4	Banks, ATMS, insurance and consulting and business offices
5	Mutton and poultry stalls, cold storages
6	Job typing/ computer training institutes, cyber café, internet browsing.
7	Uses for small repair centers- electronic, mechanical , automobile, etc
8	Photo Studio
9	Nursing homes and poly clinics/ dispensaries /labs subject to minimum 300sq.m plot size and NOC from pollution control board after adequate parking facility is provided.
10	Fuel stations and pumps, LPG storage (as per Table.7)
11	Kalyana mantaps as per Table.7
12	All the uses of C1 are permitted

C4	Commercial Uses
1	Sale of second hand junk goods , junk yards
2	Warehouses and storage areas for goods
3	Whole sale and trading
4	All uses of C1, C2 & C3 are permitted

C5	Commercial Uses
1	Wholesale and warehouses -business
2	Agro Mandis
3	Heavy goods markets
4	All uses of C1, C2, C3 & C4 are permitted

Table 3Permissible land uses in Industrial Uses Category

I-1	House hold industries
1	Tiny and household industries
Above Uses are permitted subject to condition that the zone permits the extent of area and the power consumption does not exceed 5 KW. The activity follows the required space standard given in Table.7 Note: The power required for air conditioners, lifts & computers shall be excluded while calculating the kilowatt above. Illustrative list as in table.4	Above Uses are permitted subject to condition that the zone permits the extent of area and the power consumption does not exceed 5 KW. The activity follows the required space standard given in Table.7 Note: The power required for air conditioners, lifts & computers shall be excluded while calculating the kilowatt above. Illustrative list as in table.4

I-3	Light Industries
1	All uses in I-1 and I-2 included
Uses permitted subject to condition that the zone permits the extent of the area and power consumption, the activity follows the required space standard, performance characteristics such as Noise, Vibration, Dust, Odour, Effluent, General nuisance	Uses permitted subject to condition that the zone permits the extent of the area and power consumption, the activity follows the required space standard, performance characteristics such as Noise, Vibration, Dust, Odour, Effluent, General nuisance

I-5	Heavy Industries
1	All uses of I-1, I-2, I-3 & I-4 are included
2	Hazardous industries and heavy manufacturing industries

Uses permitted subject to condition that the zone permits the extent of the area and installed power and performance characteristics such a Noise, Vibration, Dust , Odour, Effluent, General nuisance are to be considered

I-2	Service industries
1	R & D labs , Test centers , IT, BT , BPO activities
2	All uses included in the I-1 category

I-4	Medium Industries
1	All uses of I-1, I-2 & I-3 included
2	Warehousing, loading and unloading platforms to be provided
Uses permitted subject to condition that the zone permits the extent of the area and installed power and performance characteristics such as Noise, Vibration, Dust , Odour, Effluent, General nuisance are to be considered	Uses permitted subject to condition that the zone permits the extent of the area and installed power and performance characteristics such as Noise, Vibration, Dust , Odour, Effluent, General nuisance are to be considered

Table 4Illustrative list of uses in the Industrial (I-1) category:

I-1. Industrial land uses
1) Food products	5) Other works such as
Preparation of bakery products & confectionaries,	Ornamental jewellery, gold and silver thread,
Candies, sweets, ice & ice creams, Biscuit making, huller and flour mills,	Repair of kitchen related equipments, Porcelain wares,
Aerated water and food beverages.	Medicines, wax polishing, & washing soaps, candles and wax products,
Supari and masala grinding,	Chalk, crayons, and artists colour, Musical instruments
Coffee powder , packing, milk and dairy products,	Laundries, bleaching, dyeing, Photo processing laboratories
Juice crushers and processing, etc	Cement moulded products, Plaster of Paris,
	Repacking/ mixing of liquids, powder, pastes, not involving hazardous materials, etc
2) Textile products
Embroidery works, handloom and power looms,	6) Tobacco and Agarbathis
Hosiery, netted garments, crepe, cotton and silk printing, tailoring of apparels.	Rolling of Beedis, Agarbathis and packing, etc
Bedding material, textile bags, mosquito nets, others;
	7) Leather products
3) Wood products and carpentry	Manufacture and repair of finished leather goods
Manufacture of wooden furniture, fixtures, toys, mirrors & photo frames	Upholstery, suitcases, etc
Bamboo and cane furniture works, Repair and sale of wood junk, etc 4) Paper products and printing	8) Rubber and plastic products Re treading , recapping and vulcanizing, toy making,
Manufacturing of cartons for packing,	Rubber/polymer stamp,, brush making, conduit pipes fabrication,
	buckets and household plastic products.
Printing, publishing, book binding, engraving , etching
Making of stationery - post cards, mathematical items, block making, etc	Manufacturing of rubber balloons, hand gloves, other products