Divisions

[Brit]

Hi all,

Following on from my forum post "planning regs and building permits " back in March this year,
the developer has now installed the permenent water supply,paid for the division permits and someone with a GPS system came round and measured my plot. As this was back in April, I went to the District Office this week to find out what was happening.
I was told that the developer had not yet applied for certificate of approval for the division permit.
Does anybody know what this entails?? Does the developer submit a drawing following the plot survey and fill in some kind of form to apply for division approval or is it ,as usual, far more complicated than that ? Does it cost anything??

I now have all the services and a road.The only thing the developer has still to finish is the so called "green area" and a sub station building, which seems to have died a death. Do both of these items need to be finished before I get final approval of the house?

brit

[Nigel Howarth]

Hi Brit,

Your developer will have (hopefully) used the services of a surveyor licensed by the Land Registry to carry out the sub-division. The process here is very long - as you say he now needs a certificate of approval for the division permit.

Once a Division Permit has been issued, a Certificate of Approval of the Division Permit is required. This follows a similar procedure to that of the Certificate of Final Approval - through the Civil Engineer, Building Committee; typed, corrected and signed minutes, etc. Assuming there are no complications, this process will take a further 6 months.

I'm not sure how much this costs (if anything).

Once a Certificate of Approval of the Division Permit has been issued, an application is made to the District Lands' Office for the registration of the property & issue of Title Deeds. Depending on difficulties & complications, this can take anything from 12 - 30 months.

I believe he will have got the Certificate of Completion for the whole of the development (which will include your house) as this is done before he applies for the division permit.

Regards,

[Brit]

Hi Nigel,

Does the developer himself apply for a certificate of approval for the division permit as that's the bit that seems to be holding up the process.
I'm sure he used a licensed surveyor as he has used them many times before and they did the work within a week of him paying for the division permit.
It seems strange that he goes to the trouble of paying for the permit and carrying out the survey but then does nothing for 6 months, unless the application for approval is complicated?? Do you know what is involved in this?

regards

brit

[Nigel Howarth]

Does the developer himself apply for a certificate of approval for the division permit

Yes - he does.

I outlined what is involved in my earlier post "This follows a similar procedure to that of the Certificate of Final Approval - through the Civil Engineer, Building Committee; typed, corrected and signed minutes, etc. Assuming there are no complications, this process will take a further 6 months."

The bureaucracy here is horrendous and I wouldn't be surprised if the approval application was languishing at the bottom of someone's in-tray.

Have you spoken with the developer to see if he can throw any light on what's happening?

Regards,

[Brit]

Hi Nigel,

What I meant by what is involved is what does the developer have to submit to the building committee etc. Is it a drawing, an application form or something else?

I need to know this before I go to the developer as he lies a lot. He will tell me he has applied, so I want to be in a position where I can say "show me the form or drawing or whatever"
District office looked at the file (which started life in 2008) and it's them that are telling me the developer has not applied for approval of the divisions.

regards
brit

[Nigel Howarth]

Hi brit,

OIC - I don't know precisely what's involved - maybe someone else here can help?

Regards,