Noida opens a master plan route for farmers' pending residential plots

The Noida Authority has amended its Master Plan 2031 to allow residential plots on land next to existing village abadi areas, a step meant to help farmers still waiting for the 5% developed plots they were promised against acquired land. The board approved the changes at its 224th meeting on 28 October 2026, chaired by Deepak Kumar, Uttar Pradesh's infrastructure and industrial development commissioner and chairman of the Noida Authority. The proposal is not final yet.

What the amendment changes

The change amends Clause 7.3.1 of the master plan's zoning regulations, which govern permitted activities and land uses in major land-use areas. The authority has added a new line, 10.7, and a new condition, number 8, under that clause. The provision sits in the floating-use category, which is used when a planned use cannot yet be fixed to a particular site.

The authority's reason is land. Under Noida's land acquisition framework, farmers whose land is acquired are entitled to 5% developed residential plots in return. The authority says it has already planned most of these plots. The remaining cases are pending because it has found it hard to identify and plan suitable land in an area where urban development is largely complete. The amendment allows eligible plots to be planned on land adjoining existing village abadi areas, which are the habitation areas inside villages, under specified conditions.

Villages such as Hajipur, Salarpur, Bhangel and Sorkha have been named as places where the change may help. No plot-level details have been announced, and the authority has not said how many plots will be planned in each village.

What it means for farmers and buyers

For farmers, the amendment opens a planning route for plots they were already promised. It does not complete allotment. The number of affected farmers has been put at about 12,000 to 13,000, but no official count has been published with the amendment. Land acquisition in the area began in 1990. In 2021, farmers said they wanted at least 10% of acquired land returned as residential plots, along with enhanced compensation. The current change does not meet that demand, and the authority has not said whether it will.

For home buyers and investors, the sources do not show any change in prices, supply or sales. The plots in question are for eligible farmers under the entitlement scheme, not open sale. Buyers looking at the Noida villages should treat this as a policy step, not a signal of a new supply pipeline.

The same board meeting also took other decisions. It adopted Uttar Pradesh's Model Building Regulations 2026 for Noida, which removes the upper floor area ratio cap for group housing on roads at least 45 metres wide, and gave in-principle approval for a plot allocation scheme on 68,000 square metres in Sector 147 for institutional IT and ITES use.

What happens next

Public objections and suggestions will be invited first. No end date for that window has been announced. After that, the proposal will be sent to the Uttar Pradesh government for approval. No dates have been set for state approval or for actual plot allotments.

The Greater Noida Authority, on 19 October 2026, approved 6% population plots for 25 farmers from five villages and invited objections to the eligibility list within 15 days. Watch for a similar objection window and an eligibility list in Noida, which would be the first concrete sign that the amendment is moving towards allotment.