This document outlines the basic principles for creating plans according to NBCP Rule 7 & 8. It discusses essential site elements like setbacks and site occupancy. It also explains development controls which determine the maximum development potential of a lot. This includes allowable building footprint, percentage of site occupancy, total open space, maximum construction area, floor-to-lot area ratio, building height limit, and computations for gross floor area and total gross floor area. Sample computations are also provided to illustrate how to apply these guidelines and controls when creating development plans.

1. Basic
Principles in
Creating
Plans from
NBCP Rule 7 & 8

2. IMPORTANT THINGS IN CREATING PLANS as per NBCP Rule 7 & 8
01 Site Requirements (Essential Elements)
02 Development Controls
03 Floor Area Ratios
04 Lot Types
05 Sample Computation

3. ESSENTIAL SITE ELEMENTS
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4. ESSENTIAL SITE ELEMENTS
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5. ESSENTIAL SITE ELEMENTS
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See Sec. 709-B “Guidelines on Building Bulk, Development Controls,
Buidings and Other Accessory Structures within Cemeteries and Memorial
Parks”
1. Allowable Maximum Building Footprint (AMBF)
Two major factors to be considered: PSO and Setbacks
Whichever is stringent between Percentage of Site Occupancy (PSO max) and
Setbacks (minimum)

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See Sec. 709-B “Guidelines on Building Bulk, Development Controls,
Buidings and Other Accessory Structures within Cemeteries and Memorial
Parks”
2. Percentage of Site Occupancy (PSO)
If setback prevails, compute for the actual PSO,
PSO =
𝐴𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑚 𝐵𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐹𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑡 (𝐴𝑀𝐵𝐹)
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐿𝑜𝑡 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 (𝑇𝐿𝐴)

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3. Total Open Space within the Lot (TOSL) – Section 803.3.b
• Factors to be considered:
• Maximum Allowable Impervious Surface Areas (ISA) – paved open spaces (pccp,
slab on grade, tiled)
• Minimum Allowable Unpaved Surface Areas (USA) – unpaved open spaces (green
areas, exposed soil, and gardens, landscaping)
• TOSL = Maximum ISA + Minimum USA
• PSO + TOSL = 100 %

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4. Maximum Allowable Construction Area (MACA)
MACA = PSO + ISA
5. Floor to Lot Area Ratio (FLAR) : See Table VII.G.1
- An initial determinant of the volume of the building
- FLAR = GFA/TLA
6. Building Height Limit (BHL)
- Maximum height of the building that can be built on a site.

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7. Gross Floor Area (GFA) –
total floor space within the perimeter of the permanent external building walls
(inclusive of main and auxiliary buildings) such as office areas, residential areas,
corridors, lobbies and mezzanine level/s.
The GFA shall also include building projections which may serve as floors or
platforms that are directly connected to/integrated with areas within the
building/structure, e.g., balconies
(Refer to Section 1004 of Rule X of this IRR) and the GFA excludes the following:
(a) Covered areas used for parking and driveways, services and utilities;
(b) Vertical penetrations in parking floors where no residential or office units are present; And
(c) Uncovered areas for helipads, air-conditioning cooling towers or air-conditioning condensing unit (ACCU) balconies,
overhead water tanks, roof decks, laundry areas and cages, wading or swimming pools, whirlpools or jacuzzis, terraces, gardens,
courtsor plazas, balconies exceeding 10.00 sq. meters, fire escape structures and the like.
GFA = TLA x FLAR

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8. Total Gross Floor Area (TGFA) –
The total floor space within the main and auxiliary buildings primarily consisting of
the GFA and all other enclosed support areas together with all other usable horizontal
areas/surfaces above and below established grade level that are all physically attached
to the building/s which shall consists of the following:
(a) Covered areas used for parking and driveways, services and utilities. The TGFA specifically excludes
provisions for courts above grade level;
(b) Vertical penetrations in parking floors where no residential or office units are present;
(c) Uncovered areas for helipads, air-conditioning cooling towers or ACCU balconies, overhead water tanks,
roof decks, laundry areas and cages, wading or swimming pools, whirlpool or jacuzzis, terraces, gardens, courts
or plazas, balconies exceeding 10.00 sq. meters, fire escape structures and the like; and
(d) Other building projections which may additionally function as floors or platforms if properly reinforced,
e.g., the top surfaces of roof extensions/eaves, sun-breakers, large roofed or cantilevered areas such as porte
cocheres, canopies and the like.

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8. Total Gross Floor Area (TGFA) –
TGFA1 = BHL x % of LOT (Table VII.1)
TGFA2 = GFA x Multiplier (Table VII.G.2)
TGFA3 = GFA + Non-GFA - IS

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SAMPLE COMPUTATION
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