LAGOS GOVT ANNOUNCES 3-MONTH AMNESTY FOR BUILDING OWNERS TO OBTAIN PLANNING PERMITS
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The Lagos State Government has announced a three-month amnesty window for completed building owners in the state to obtain planning permits.
The Permanent Secretary, Office of Physical Planning, Mr. Oluwole Sotire, said in a statement issued by the Deputy Director, Public Affairs, Mr. Mukaila Sanusi, that property owners could apply for planning permits without paying the usual penalties during the period.
“Property owners and developers of existing (completed) developments without approvals, can obtain their planning permits, otherwise known as Building Plan Approvals, within the stipulated period of May 2 to July 30, 2024.
“They can do that without payment of statutory penalties that usually go with erecting buildings without approval in Lagos State,” he said.
To access the amnesty programme, he said that an applicant was expected to submit for assessment, his/her title document or proof of ownership, survey plan, as-built architectural drawings, and structural, electrical, and mechanical drawings (where applicable).
He said they were to be submitted through the district offices of the Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority in the 57 Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Areas of Lagos State, and the Electronic Planning Permit office at the LASPPPA headquarters in Ikeja, the state capital.
“Other documents to be submitted for assessment are non-destructive integrity test report (where applicable), letter of structural stability and indemnity (where applicable), land use planning analysis report, evidence of tax compliance, and other supporting documents, where applicable,” Sotire said.
He added that the amnesty programme was intended to help property owners regularise their building documents and cushion the effect of current economic hardships on the environment sector.
Sotire said, ”The amnesty programme which is part of measures of the Lagos State Government to cushion the effect of current economic hardships on the built environment sector, also offers additional relief of five percent discount on payments completed within ten working days during the amnesty period.”
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