DAP December 2025 Amendment: What Changed?

DAP Second Amendment (SRO 466/2025) — 14 December 2025

This is the current regulatory version used by PlanBD.

1. Density blocks consolidated

275 ward-based blocks → 68 merged blocks. Area FAR caps are now set at the block level (Appendix 3.6).

2. Road FAR increased

Road width	Before	After
6 m (≈20 ft)	2.75	3.25
9 m (≈30 ft)	3.25	3.50

Most road-width tiers saw 20–80% increases.

3. Agricultural land protection

All residential and infrastructure construction on agricultural land is fully prohibited. Previous DAP allowed limited urban services — revoked.

4. Flood zones merged

"Main water flow" and "general water flow" merged into a single Flood Flow Zone (FF) — all construction prohibited.

5. Population density raised

Maximum permissible population density: 250 → 300 persons per hectare.

6. TOD incentives formalised

Transit-Oriented Development bonus FAR of +0.5 officially recognised in TOD overlay zones.

7. Bidhimala 2025

Dhaka Imarat Nirman Bidhimala 2025 (SRO 469-Law/2025) replaces the 2008 building rules, aligned with BNBC 2020.

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