Temporal Structure Development Permit

Apply officially to the Municipal Chief Executive with details of your name, address,
telephone contact(s), intended use of the structure, and the following required attachments:
a) Three (3) sets of working drawings with Site Plan (Scale 1:1250 or 1:2500)
b) Evidence of ownership or letter of consent from landowner or relevant state institution
as may be applicable.
Processing Procedure
a) Application is forwarded to Municipal Physical Planning Department for processing
within five (5) working days of submission of application
b) Officers from the Physical Planning and Works Departments would inspect the site
with the developer to confirm the site as shown on the site plan and its suitability for
the proposed development within ten (10) working days of submission of application
c) The inspection team makes appropriate recommendation for approval or rejection of
application within five (5) working days after site inspection
d) Upon approval, applicants are required to pay temporal structure permit fee at the
Finance Department
e) The approved application is then forwarded to the Municipal Physical Planning
Officer, Municipal Works Engineer and Municipal Environmental Health Officer
respectively for endorsement

Collect your Temporal Structure Development Permit from the Works Engineer’s Office one

(1) month after submission of application.

Please Note:

• Temporal Structure Development Permit is valid twelve (12) calendar months, and

subject to renewal

• Development must conform to the approved temporal structural permit
• Fees charge are subject to change and regulated by fee fixing resolution adopted by

the General Assembly annually

1. Processing Procedure
   1. Apply officially to the Municipal Chief Executive with a base map from Survey

   Division of the Lands Commission

   1. Application is forwarded to Physical Planning Department for designing within five (5) working days of submission of application
   2. The initial inputs, recommendation and / or corrections within fourteen (14) months of submission of application.
   3. Technical Committee meets to evaluate the application and makes recommendation

   to the Statutory Planning Committee (SPC) within fifteen (15) working days after

   public consultation

   1. Statutory Planning Committee meets to approved/deny the application within ten (10)

   working days after the Technical Committee meeting

   1. Pay the appropriate fee and collect your approved Land Use Plan from the Physical

   Planning Department sixteen (16) months after submission of application

   1. The Physical Planning Department then distributes the approved Land Use Plan to

   other land sector agencies