Section 45 in Cuttack Development Authority (Planning and Building Standards) Regulations, 2001
45. Interior open space.
(1)At least one side of all the rooms intended for human habitation, if such room does not abut on the front or the rear or the side setbacks, shall abut on an interior open space whose minimum dimension shall be 3 metres x 3 metres in cases of buildings up to a height of 12 metres. In cases where the height of the building is more than 12 metres, the width of the interior open space shall be increased at the rate of one metre for every additional 3 (three) metres height. This provision shall be applicable to all categories of buildings, namely, residential, group housing, commercial, public, semi-public and Industrial.(2)In case any interior open space is intended to be used for the benefit of more than one building belonging to the same owner, the width of such open space shall be the one specified for the tallest building abutting on such open space provided that such open space shall not be less than three metres.(3)In case of group housing, if the interior open space is used for providing access to the building blocks the same shall not be less than six metres in width.
