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Dispute related to boundary wall and house distance


29-Oct-2025 (In Civil Law)
Sir, i live in siliguri, sibmandir area.. recently my neighbour is making his house keeping only 2.5 feet from the common boundary wall area.. as per my know one has to leave 3 foot minimum between boundary wall to new house wall construction.. i told him but he told he know the rule so he is making it.. kindly suggest is it permissible to have 2.5 feet distance beteen common boundary wall and his new wall??
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Minimum side open space required is about 0.9 m (≈ 3 ft) in many applicable rules in West Bengal. Your neighbour wants to build with only 2.5 ft (≈ 0.76 m) gap from the boundary. Unless you find a specific local exemption/relaxation for your plot (small plot size, special layout, etc), it appears that your neighbour’s proposed gap is less than the minimum legal requirement. So yes — you appear to have a strong argument that the construction is not permissible under standard setback norms.
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