Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 102 of the 2014 Construction Law amended by Clause 36, Article 1 of the 2020 amended Construction Law on the process of granting construction permits according to current regulations as follows:
- The investor submits 2 sets of documents requesting a construction permit and adjusting a construction permit to the competent authority issuing a construction permit.
- The competent authority issuing the construction permit is responsible for receiving the documents of organizations and individuals requesting the issuance and adjustment of the construction permit; checking the documents; recording the receipt in case the documents meet the regulations or instructing the investor to complete the documents in cases where the documents do not meet the regulations.
- Within 7 working days from the date of receipt of the dossier, the competent authority issuing the construction permit must organize the dossier appraisal and field inspection. When appraising the dossier, the competent authority must determine that the documents are missing, the documents are not in accordance with regulations or are not in accordance with reality to notify the investor in writing once to supplement and complete the dossier.
+ In case the additional dossier does not meet the requirements according to the notice, within 05 working days, the competent authority is responsible for notifying the investor in writing to continue completing the dossier. The investor is responsible for supplementing and completing the dossier according to the notice.
+ In case the supplement of documents still does not meet the contents according to the notification, within 03 working days, the competent authority is responsible for notifying the investor about the reason for not granting the license.
- The competent authority issuing the construction permit is responsible for comparing the conditions according to the provisions of this Law to send documents to collect opinions from the state management agency on areas related to construction works according to the provisions of law.
- Within 12 days from the date of receipt of the dossier for individual works and houses, the state management agencies that are surveyed are responsible for responding in writing to the contents under their management functions. After the above deadline, if these agencies do not have an opinion, they will be considered to have agreed and must be responsible for the contents under their management functions; the construction licensing agency shall base on current regulations to decide on the issuance of a construction permit.
- From the date of receiving a complete and valid dossier, the competent authority issuing the construction permit must review the dossier to issue a certificate within 20 days for the case of granting a construction permit, including a construction permit with a term, an adjusted construction permit, a relocation permit and within 15 days for individual houses.
In case the licensing period has come but further consideration is needed, the construction licensing agency must notify the investor in writing of the reason, and at the same time report to the competent authority directly managing for consideration and direction of implementation, but not more than 10 days from the expiration date as prescribed in this clause. The time for granting a construction permit for advertising works is implemented in accordance with the provisions of the law on advertising.