PLANNING REGULATIONS BUILDING LINE AND CONTROL LINE The ‘building line’ refers to the line of building frontage, i.e., the line up to which the plinth of the building adjoining the street or an extension of a street or on a future street may lawfully extend. This line is often known as set back or front building line and is laid down in each case, parallel to the plot boundaries, by the authority, beyond which nothing can be constructed towards the plot boundaries. Certain buildings
