Building a house no longer suffers from licensing procedures

The signing of the Official Dispatch by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requires focusing on cutting and simplifying administrative procedures in the construction sector. Notably, the procedures for granting construction permits for projects with a 1/500 planning or areas with approved urban designs will be reduced, which people are looking forward to.

Most homeowners cannot complete construction permit documents themselves

According to regulations, it only takes 10-15 working days to get a license to build an individual house, but when asked, many people were moved and held their heads sighed because they encountered too many problems and worries.

Mr. Nguyen Hung (name changed), residing in District 7 (HCMC), said that before the Lunar New Year, he submitted an application for a house construction permit on a plot of land belonging to a project in District 8. Although he hired a large design company to do the painting, when submitting the documents, the district officials informed him that the painting was not in accordance with the construction targets and the requirements for editing.

For nearly two months, Mr. Hung has supplemented the documents many times but still has not completed the procedures. Finally, following a suggestion from a friend, he was forced to go to the service and was introduced to the list of consulting units. After spending a few tens of millions of VND to re-draw the painting, the documents were approved.

Mr. Nguyen Ninh, an architect (KTS) specializing in the field of townhouse construction in Tan Binh district, Ho Chi Minh City, said that during the process of applying for construction permits, many unpredictable points may arise. Some common problems that homeowners encounter are: Violating road boundaries, boundary markers, changed areas, and the current status of the house not in accordance with pink and red books. Detailed nail drawings must not ignore errors and must strictly follow the prescribed ratio, so most homeowners cannot do it themselves...

KTS Nguyen Ninh shared: “Everyone knows the fact that many people have to spend money on the service, the application for construction permit will be handled quickly. Many drawings are only coping, making it to legitimize the procedure, while the actual construction is wrong compared to the granted license. Even the form of application online is not really convenient. Submit back ”.

Each pilot exempts construction permits

Previously, in 2018, Ho Chi Minh City piloted the exemption of construction permits for individual houses in Tan Quy ward, District 7. However, due to the requirement to have a 1/500 planning of the ward but in reality there is no such thing, the pilot cannot be implemented.

By 2021, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee issued Decision 56/2021 approving the Regulations on architectural management in the area, regulating the construction density, height, height of the building, rear areas, as well as architectural parts such as balconies, terraced roofs, ceilings, welcome roofs, basements, and floors for each street and every street. Based on this regulation, some housing subdivisions in urban areas have detailed plans 1/500.

Therefore, according to Mr. Le Hoang Chau, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Real Estate Association, individual housing construction projects for individuals and households in urban areas with detailed 1/500 planning or approved urban designs should be exempted from construction permits. For individual houses in areas without detailed 1/500 planning in 1 ward, the Ministry of Construction can study to issue a temporary set of technical regulations. Based on that, the government will publicly announce mandatory parameters such as red line boundaries, roads, and backwards alleys for people to comply with...

Mr. Le Hoang Chau said that one of the weaknesses and inadequacies at present is the adjustment of detailed zoning plans at a scale of 1/2,000. The appraisal and approval process of detailed plans 1/500 is very complicated. It is right to remove the construction permit, because the detailed 1/500 planning almost fully shows the rear area, high floor, and house design.

"For individual housing projects, households located in urban areas with a detailed 1/500 planning or approved urban design, should consider exempting construction permits. This will help reduce administrative procedures for small-scale, simple projects that have been controlled in terms of planning and design," Mr. Chau stated his opinion.