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Issuing New Licenses for Buildings of Unique Styles Like Commercial and Residential Complexes

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Service Name

Issuing New Licenses for Residential Houses

Issuing New Licenses for Residential or Commercial Buildings with Commercial Facades

Issuing New Licenses for Buildings of Unique Styles Like Commercial and Residential Complexes

Issuing New Licenses for Buildings of Unique Styles Like Hotels

Issuing New Licenses for Buildings of Unique Styles Like Commercial and Residential Complexes

Service Description
Eligibility or Criteria
Required Documents
Procedures
Fees
Downloadable Forms

Service Description

This service allows citizens and the business sector (companies and organizations) to issue new licenses for buildings of unique styles like commercial and residential complexes

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Eligibility or Criteria

Architectural or structural plans are returned to the engineering office, in case they include errors or do not conform to the construction system

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Required Documents

Request letter from the owner

Copy of the real estate document of title

Agreement contract concluded by and between the owner and an approved engineering office

Engineering plan for the building from the engineering office agreed with

Soil testing report for the real estate from the Testing Station of the Ministry of Public Works or any approved laboratory

The planning opinion from the Municipality Planning Department

Approval on the design from the Prevention Department of Kuwait Fire Service Directorate

Approval from the Roads Section in the Municipality Planning Department, in cases of constructing a car parking in the basement or the neighboring areas

Approval of the Buildings of Unique Style Committee on the structural plans

Allocation contract from the State Property Department of the Ministry of Finance, in cases of allocation

Conformity of the submitted design to the allocation stated in the allocation contract

Valid lease receipt from the State Property Department of the Ministry of Finance and the Public Authority of Industry

Approval letter from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in case no basement is required

Approval of Service Ministries

Approval of the Municipal Council

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Procedures

Visit the Department of Engineering Licenses of Kuwait Municipality branch in the governorate concerned with the service and submit the required documents

Develop a file for the new parcels or extract the file from the archives of the Municipality for the parcels previously built

Register the service in the register of the Municipality Center. The request will be transferred to the Buildings of Unique Style Section in the main department to study the building outer facades and landscapes and prepare a report accordingly

Present the file and the structural plans to the drawer for study. The drawer, then, fills the license form

Present the architectural plans to the architectural engineer of the section concerned for review. The engineer prepares the required report for presentation to the Buildings of Unique Style Committee

Present the report to the Buildings of Unique Style Committee for approval

Present the structural plans to the structural engineer of the section concerned for review. The engineer, then, approves the structural approval license form. (A Structural Design Undertaking might be requested from the engineering office, if necessary)

Present the plans to the Head of the Buildings of Unique Style Section to have the license form approved

Print the license and pay the issuance fees

Get the approval of the department manager on the license. The file is then returned to the Municipality Center concerned with the service

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Fees

(0) KD	Variable fees
(200) KD	Fixed Fees

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Downloadable Forms

New Licenses for Residential Houses Application Form (License Application)