ARC 807: Professional Practice and Procedure Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria ARC 807: Professional Practice and Procedure Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria BUILDING CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR PROJECT APPROVAL IN NIGERIA BY EDWIN OKOSUN ARC/08/4019

ARC 807: Professional Practice and Procedure Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria ARC 807: Professional Practice and Procedure Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria BUILDING CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR PROJECT APPROVAL IN NIGERIA THE ANTECEDENCE Building Planning approval is an attempt to forestall normalcy in the way houses are built by setting out reasonable regulations to bring about a sanitised environment. In achieving these feats, certain documents are required from the clients or the client’s representatives as basic formalities and majorly record purposes in the instance of dispute resolution and compensation by the government in the occasion of an overriding public interest.

ARC 807: Professional Practice and Procedure Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria ARC 807: Professional Practice and Procedure Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria BUILDING CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR PROJECT APPROVAL IN NIGERIA DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR PROJECT APPROVAL IN NIGERIA: 1.Sets of relevant drawings (architectural, electrical, and structural) 2.Survey plan with proof of consent to survey government acquisition land 3.Proof of ownership of land (with governors consent document where necessary) 4.Evidence of payments of approval fees 5.Tax clearance certificates

ARC 807: Professional Practice and Procedure Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria ARC 807: Professional Practice and Procedure Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria BUILDING CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR PROJECT APPROVAL IN NIGERIA Sets of Relevant Drawings (Architectural, Electrical, and Structural) The architectural drawings provide the evidence of spatial consideration used by the architect or designer to provide the spaces requested by the client. The spaces are expected to flow into each other and be compatible. one of the sheets of a set of architectural drawing showing a site plan of a simple residential design

ARC 807: Professional Practice and Procedure Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria ARC 807: Professional Practice and Procedure Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria BUILDING CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR PROJECT APPROVAL IN NIGERIA Survey Plan With Proof Of Consent To Survey Government Acquisition Land This is a document that shows the accurately determined terrestrial position of points, distances and angles between them. It is used to establish land maps and boundaries for ownership or governmental purposes. A valid survey plan document will have the following information: a.Name, seal and registration number of the surveyor b.Name of the property owner c.Date the survey was carried out d.Address of the plot e.Area and size of the land f.Scale of the survey g.Orientation (usually UTM zone 31)

ARC 807: Professional Practice and Procedure Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria ARC 807: Professional Practice and Procedure Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria BUILDING CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR PROJECT APPROVAL IN NIGERIA Proof Of Ownership Of Land (With Governors Consent Document Where Necessary) This is a form of receipt or deed of agreement with which the land owner claims the property. Land can be transferred, out-rightly bought or inherited. However the case, a document is usually signed by the family whom has agreed to sell or transfer the land

ARC 807: Professional Practice and Procedure Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria ARC 807: Professional Practice and Procedure Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria BUILDING CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR PROJECT APPROVAL IN NIGERIA EVIDENCE OF PAYMENTS OF APPROVAL FEE After the processing fee would have been prepared by the clerical staff, and the payments made, the client or client representative is expected to advance to the accounting department to convert all tellers obtained from banks into treasury receipts which is the only acceptable document recognised by the development permit departments.

ARC 807: Professional Practice and Procedure Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria ARC 807: Professional Practice and Procedure Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria BUILDING CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR PROJECT APPROVAL IN NIGERIA TAX CLEARANCE CERTIFICATES This is an evidence of responsibility to the government. A tax clearance certificate is always requested when an application for building plan approval is embarked on. In recent times, the tax clearance certificate is electronically driven and only a photocopy of the document is required as an essential document to be presented to the clerical officer.

ARC 807: Professional Practice and Procedure Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria ARC 807: Professional Practice and Procedure Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria