We have passed a significant milestone in our project. Today we learned that our plans have been approved by the Penang council and we have been granted the Commencement of Work Certificate.
The process required the submission of the following documents:
- Two copies of the land title – proof we own it
- Two copies of the survey plan – what we own
- Copies of the architectural drawings – what we are doing
- Copies land tax slip – that we don’t owe them anything
- Copies of up to date quit rent receipt – that we don’t owe them anything
- A signed letter of authorization that our arkitect is representing us on the project
After submitting these documents, our architect met with the council and explained the project. The council meets every 2 weeks to review applications for buildings within the heritage zone. We received approval roughly 2 weeks after the meeting, so the whole process took about 1 month.
We feel that this process was rather smooth for us because our plans do not deviate from the heritage guidelines in any meaningful way. In that sense it was all quite straightforward.
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