* Building planning is the arrangement of various component or unit of a building in a systematic manner so as to form a meaningful and homogeneous structure to meet its functional purpose.

* Building Planning is a graaphical representation of what a building will look like after construction.

* It is used by builders and contractors to construct buildings of all kinds.

* Building planning is also useful when it is essential to estimate how much a project will cost and for preparing project budgets building planning is also useful.

* The basic objective of planning of the building is to arrange all the units of building on all floors at a given level according to their functional requirements. By doing this, one can make the best use of space available for building.

* In building planning, privacy can be obtained by judicious planning of the building with respect to grouping, the position of doors and windows, mode of the hanging of doors, location of entrance and pathways, drives, etc. sometimes, provision of lobbies, corridors, screens, etc.