List of Land Use Categories permissible in various Zones - Bangalore Real Estate

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 C- 3, 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: U-1 to U-4
• 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.

Permissible Land uses in Residential Category

R	Residential Land Uses
1	Plotted Residential Developments
2	Villas, Semi-detached houses
3	Apartments, Hostels, Dharamshala
4	Multi-dwelling Housing, Service Apartments
5	Group Housing (Development Plans)

Permissible 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

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
11	Kalyana mantaps
12	All the uses of C1 are permitted

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

Source: Revised Master Plan 2015, Bangalore 2007