NOIDA, Oct. 29 -- The Noida Authority board on Wednesday approved the adoption of the Model Building Regulations, 2026, cleared by the Uttar Pradesh cabinet earlier this month, potentially paving the way for higher-density vertical development in the city.

The new regulations propose removing the maximum floor area ratio (FAR) cap for group housing projects on plots along roads at least 45 metres wide. The existing maximum permissible FAR for group housing in Noida is 3.5.

FAR is the ratio of a building's total floor area to the size of the plot on which it stands. A higher FAR allows more floor space to be developed on a given plot.

Town planning expert Atul Gupta, president of the Noida chapter of the Uttar Pradesh Architectural Asso...