Delhi’s Master Plan 2047 opens a path for 100-plus-floor landmark towers

Delhi’s skyline could eventually include towers of more than 100 floors under the newly notified Master Plan of Delhi 2047, though the plan makes such height conditional on infrastructure and urban-design safeguards.

It defines structures above 100 floors as “tall buildings” and says they should function as landmark developments. Their design must account for historic landmarks, ceremonial avenues, heritage areas and important view corridors. The plan also calls for compact building footprints that leave more room at ground level for public plazas, pedestrian streets, landscaped spaces and green infrastructure.

High-density, mixed-use development is envisaged within 500 metres on either side of existing and planned Metro corridors, and within a 500-metre radius of nodes around RRTS, railway and high-speed rail stations. The plan’s wider housing roadmap includes nearly 4 million additional homes by 2047.

For high-rise projects, basements used for parking, services, utilities or incidental storage will not count towards floor area ratio. Basements used for activities permitted on the premises will count towards FAR, subject to statutory clearances.

The plan sets FAR limits of 150-200 for group housing, up to 300 for affordable rental housing complexes, and up to 375 for hotels on roads at least 30 metres wide.