Cyprus plots are advertised with a planning zone code such as Η2, Κα6 or Γ3. The code decides how much you may build. This page explains how to read one, and lists the official figures.
Every parcel of land in the Republic is covered by a planning zone. The zone fixes the permitted use — housing, farming, industry, tourism — and caps the size of anything built on it. Two systems set them:
Κα, Πα, Εβ, Βα and Τ.Η, Π, Γ, Ζ, Τ and a handful more, and they mean the same thing island-wide.That split is why you see two residential families. Η is a village or countryside residential zone; Κα is the town equivalent. The Department's own legend notes that Κα zones correspond to the Η zones of the Policy Statement.
Within a family, a higher number means less building. Η2 is denser than Η6; Γ1 allows twice what Γ3 allows.
A zone comes with four limits, and a plot is bound by all of them at once:
0,90:1, i.e. 90%.The letter carries the use; the number carries the density. Descriptions below are the Department's own wording.
| Code | Meaning | Official description | Set by |
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These apply nationally, outside Local Plan areas.
| Zone | Use | Coefficient | Coverage | Floors | Height | On this site |
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Κα6 is defined separately by each plan — the coefficient tends to agree at 0,90:1, but the height limit varies between 8,30 m and 13,50 m depending on the town and whether the plot sits inside a protected-character area. Read the figure from the Local Plan that covers the plot, not from a table like this one.
Η2, H2, h2 and Η2 100% — Greek and Latin letters look identical here but are different characters. Some entries are percentages, plot numbers, a town name, or «δεν γνωρίζω». Treat it as a hint about which plots to look at, never as a fact about what you may build.
Η6 (67%) / Ζ3 (33%) or Γ3(54%), Ζ3(46%). The buildable allowance is calculated per part, so a headline area can be mostly unbuildable protection zone.