What is DAP (Detailed Area Plan)?

What is the Detailed Area Plan?

The Detailed Area Plan (DAP) 2022–2035 is RAJUK's statutory land-use and development control plan for the Dhaka metropolitan region (~1,528 km²). It replaces the earlier DAP 2010–2015 framework for the 2022–2035 planning period.

DAP answers four questions for every plot:

1. What land use is permitted? (zoning)
2. How intensely can it be built? (FAR, coverage, height)
3. What building type is allowed? (category × zone matrix)
4. What special overlays apply? (TOD, heritage, flood, agricultural)

Legal hierarchy

Instrument	Role
DAP 2022–2035 (gazetted Aug 2022)	Base plan
SRO 271/2023	First amendment
SRO 466/2025 (14 Dec 2025)	Second amendment — current FAR rules
Bidhimala 2025 (SRO 469-Law/2025)	Building construction code

PlanBD uses SRO 466/2025 as the current regulatory version for all calculations.

What DAP controls

• 17 zoning types — R1–R3 residential, C1–C3 commercial, mixed use, industrial, agricultural, flood, water body, etc.
• 68 density blocks — merged from 275 ward-level blocks (SRO 466/2025)
• Plot FAR tables — road width × building category
• Incentive FAR — bonuses for TOD, affordable housing, open space
• Setbacks, open space, parking, height — per Bidhimala 2025

Where to find official maps

RAJUK publishes GIS layers at masterplan.rajuk.gov.bd including proposed land use, overlay boundaries, transport network, and RS Mauza cadastral tiles.

Browse the raw regulatory dataset on the Regulations page.