Last Updated: 1 December 2016

[PHA 23,860] Maximum building height48 

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(1) In any area in which the height of buildings is regulated under a town planning scheme, the maximum height of any building and the number of storeys permitted therein shall be as so regulated.
(2) Where no town planning regulations as regards height of buildings are in force the maximum building height in respect of any allotment of land shall be one and a quarter times the width of the street to which such allotment has frontage, provided that—
  • (a)where any allotment has frontage to 2 streets of differing width the building height shall, unless otherwise directed by the local authority, be determined by the width of that street forming the principal frontage;
  • (b)in no case shall the height of a building exceed 72 feet.