Are you expecting to build a new house? you must have a approved council drawing. Why we need to get approval for the council drawing? Do you know, more than 90% of people in our country use to take loans from bank to built or purchase house. Approved council drawing, land ownership status, land approval are major requirements to take loans from private and government sector banks. Furthermore, it's advantageous to have a approved drawing, if government decide to enhance infrastructure facilities you can claim the damages from them if you loose something from your property. The proposed land area should be fulfilled a minimum of 6 perch for design a house.

Then the following key areas may essential to consider before prepared a drawing.

a) Is the site affected by street line or any reservation? 

b) street boundary or street line details.

c) Maximum building covering Area (60 % -70 % ) from the total land area. (Percentage will change according to the Manuciple councils, divisional secretariats, UDA decisions )

Plot Coverage = Area covered by the Building / Site Area (excluding area within a street line) ×100% 

You should have an overall idea about the above key areas that will help you to complete a success drawing.

Details of a Council drawing:-

1) Site plan 

It is mainly important to identify building location, service locations such as Rainwater pit, NWS&DB (National water supply and drainage board) water supply point, wastewater pit, soakage storage pit, and street line, or any reservations. You may need to mark it on a scale of 1:1000, 1:500, 66 feet to an inch, but most probably use the 1:1000 scale in most of government authorities.

2) Floor plan


You may need to mark it on a scale of, 8 feet to an inch and remember to mark all dimension meter /feet, floor area of each basic items such as living room, dining room kitchen, master bedroom, bathrooms, balcony, terrace, etc. Each floor plan must separate into units, if there is external access to each floors. In each unit must colour up into the different colours along the wall. 

3) Section (Roof details / Cross Section's / Longitudinal section's )

4) Front Elevation 

5) Rear Elevation 

6) Side Elevation

7) Foundation of Details/details of columns & footings

8) Staircase Details

9) Services Details 

10) Mark each floor area's and total area

11) Door & window schedule


"I believe that the above information will help you to get approval from the council for your drawings. Anyhow you can get more accurate result by referring the book given by the council. " 

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