Building permit

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 Today Special "How to Get Building permit" 

Building permit is an important document to start the construction work or any other structure in your land. You must get building permit from secretary of municipality if you are looking to construct a house in your land. As per municipality rules every person who wants to develop or build any structure should apply in writing to secretary in the form Appendix A of building rules. It will take 30 days to getapproval. The Secretary will notify you in writing if any additional document he required within 30 days after your request. The documents that should submit to get permit are as follow. All these Documents should be signed by you and engineer/Architect before submission.

1. Filled application form (Appendix A)

2. Site plan shall be drawn to a scale of 1:400 and shall be fully dimensioned. Site plan should contain following things

All boundaries of the plot and the any neighboring street in relative to the position of the site

Access to the site and the name of the same. Also mark width of the access.

All structures exist in the plot

All street path and footpath exist in the site.

Mention the subdivion if the plot is subdivided to any division

The area of undevelopable such as rocky outcrops, steep terains, marshes etc.

The area and the land which is not proposed to develop with in the plot.

The area of any paddy field

The north direction and wind direction

Topographic contour

The site plan shall include a key plan drawn to a scale of 1:4000that gives all details of the site, adjacent landmarks within a distance of 30 KM of the plot.

3. Service plan in scale 1:400

Existing watersuply plan

Existing electricity plan

Existing drainage and sewage plan

Proposed water supply plan

Proposed electricity plan

Proposed drainage and sewage layout

All the drawing should be prepared in A3 paper (24*33) cm and signed by a registered engineer

4.Building Plan Building plan is an another important document to submit to get residential permit. It should contain street elevation building section of the home that you are going to build. All these drawings shall drawn to a scale 1:100.

All floor plans, staircase, water closet bath, sink etc.

All street elevations

Section of the building from foundation to roof

Location and direction of water tank , fire fighting and all small structures.

5.A Certificate:Attach a certificate from the designer to effect that the work shall be carried out in the supervision of him

6.Fees depending on the area and type of building you are going to construct.

Approval of site plan and issue of permit

After inspection, the secretary shall approve the site and site plan. After approving the site plan he will study the building plan elevation and section of the building and specification of the work and approve the plan and issue permit to execute the work. Approval of the plan and building permit shall be intimated to the applicant in writing.

Time frame to approve the permit by secretary

The maximum time took by secretary to approve the site plan and building permit is 30 days. If not the applicant can make a request to council and they will approve wihin 30 days. Even council not make any response, consider the permit is given and can start work.

Items of work that don't want permit to do work

Following small works are excluded from resdential permit.

Adding or removing of windows or doors

Adding inter-communication doors

Adding or removing of partitions

White or color washing

Painting

Plastering and patchwork

Interior decoration without any structural alterations.

Gardening excluding any permanent structures

Qualificaion of Designer.

Now you have doubt who can actually submit the building plan in panjayath or municipality. The role of designer are advise the owner regarding the feasibility of the project at preliminary stage, coordinate the project, agent of owner to supervising the work, make specificaton,scedule and drawing and work as arbitrator in the building project between the owner and the contractor. The qualification and competence of designer are as follow

Supervisor. Qualification of a supervisor is certificate diploma holder in architecture or engineering and 5 year’s experience. A supervisor can submit the building permit application connected with the building permit up to 300 sq.m and up to two storeys.

Architect. Qualification of architect is any degree in architect. He can submit all pan and information connected with building permit for one hectare area. He can also workout structural details for building o plots up to 500sq.m and up to three storeys.

Engineer Qualification is civil engineering degree. He can submit as mentioned above for an architect and structural work of any building.