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What we learn designing, installing and maintaining mechanical parking in India — written down with the sources, so you can check it.
Featured · Regulation
Delhi parking under UBBL 2016: 16 sq m per stacked car
Delhi sets the number of car spaces through MPD-2021 and the area each one takes through UBBL 2016. A basement bay counts at 32 sq m per ECS; stacked and automated parking at 16 sq m.
03 Nov 2026 · 5 min read · Delhi
Regulation · Greater Noida
Greater Noida parking: 1 ECS per 80 sq m, read closely
Greater Noida's Building Regulations 2010 ask group housing for one ECS per 80 sq m of permissible FAR area and size each covered ECS at 30 sq m. Here is what the parking table says, and what it leaves open for mechanical parking.
07 Nov 2026 · 5 min read
Research
How Indian codes count a mechanical parking space
A stacked car is not worth the same everywhere. We compare how nine Indian building codes count a mechanical parking space, from area credits and bay sizes to caps and silence.
03 Nov 2026 · 5 min read
Regulation
Patna Parking Norms: 2014 Byelaws vs the 2026 Draft
Patna's notified byelaws set parking as a share of built-up area. The 2026 draft switches to Equivalent Car Spaces (ECS) and gives stacked mechanised parking its own, much smaller area per car.
31 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
Research
What NBC 2016 Says About Fire Safety in Car Parks
Annex H of the National Building Code 2016, Part 4, sets India's base fire rules for open, enclosed and automated car parks. Here is what it says, clause by clause, and what it means for mechanical parking design.
31 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
Regulation · Surat
Surat Parking Under CGDCR: What SUDA's D1 Rules Mean
Surat follows the same statewide CGDCR 2017 as Ahmedabad, but its own FSI table, ring-road high-density zone, tall-building rules and city parking policy shape how much parking a project needs and where it can go.
31 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
Regulation
Thane and Navi Mumbai Parking Norms Under UDCPR
Thane and Navi Mumbai both build under Maharashtra's UDCPR, but the parking picture differs: Thane sits at the 1.00 base factor, while Navi Mumbai's ratios are under court-directed review.
31 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
Regulation
UP's 2026 rules give mechanical parking an 11 sq m ECS
Uttar Pradesh's Model Building Regulations 2026 are set to replace the 2010 rules in NOIDA, Greater Noida and YEIDA. Group housing is counted per flat, and stacked mechanical parking gets its own area per car: 16 sq m double, 11 sq m triple.
27 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
Regulation
Bhubaneswar parking: 30% of built-up area, 15 sq m per ECS
Odisha's development authority rules set parking as a share of built-up area, 30% for apartments, and credit each stacked or automated car space as 15 sq m. Here is what Rule 37 means for a mechanical layout in Bhubaneswar.
25 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
Regulation · Kochi
Kochi parking under KMBR 2025: the 50% mechanised cap
Kerala's 2025 amendment to the Municipality Building Rules lets only half of the mandatory car parking be mechanised, and counts both cars in a twin stack against that cap. Here is what Rule 29 now says for Kochi.
24 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
Regulation · Chandigarh
Chandigarh parking rules: CBR (Urban) 2017 in figures
Chandigarh UT sets parking through its own Chandigarh Building Rules (Urban), 2017: 1.5 ECS per flat up to 111.48 sqm in group housing, plus 10% guest parking on the surface. Here are the figures by use, the basement and stilt rules, and what they mean for a mechanical parking design.
23 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
Regulation · Goa
Goa parking rules: ECS ratios, stilts and basements
Goa sets parking by dwelling-unit size in Table IX-A of its 2010 building regulations, from 1.00 to 2.00 car spaces per flat. Stilt heights, basement use, ramps, EV-ready and accessible bays then shape the design.
23 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
Regulation · Visakhapatnam
Visakhapatnam parking: area, not bays, under AP rules
In GVMC limits, the AP Building Rules 2017 set parking as a percentage of built-up area: 20% for apartments, 30% for offices and hotels, 60% for multiplexes. Since 2025 the rules also allow podium parking and extra basements with mechanical lifts on sloping sites.
23 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
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