Dealing with Construction Permits in the Republic of Congo

The table below summarizes the procedures, time, and costs to build a warehouse in Congo, Rep..

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Data as of: January 2009
Estimated Warehouse Value: XAF 390,180,000
City: Brazzaville

	Procedure	Time to complete:	Cost to complete:
1	Obtain survey map	3 days	XAF 10,000
2	Obtain building permit	2 days	no charge
3	Obtain review by the General Directorate for Construction and Urban Planning (Direction Générale de Construction et de l’urbanisme) and pay fees	35 days	XAF 30,000
4	Obtain a building permit	50 days	XAF 450,000
5	Contract a private building inspection company	1 day	USD 3,902
6	Apply for connection to water mains	1 day	no charge
7	Receive inspection for purposes of drawing up the estimate	7 days	no charge
8	Connection to water mains	70 days	XAF 58,200
*9	Apply for connection to the electricity mains	1 day	XAF 7,000
10	Receive inspection for purposes of drawing up the estimate	1 day	no charge
11	Connect to electricity mains	20 days	XAF 60,436
*12	Apply for a telephone line	1 day	XAF 4,165
13	Receive inspection for purposes of drawing up the estimate	1 day	no charge
14	Obtain installation of telephone line	35 days	XAF 83,230

* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.

Procedure 1.: Obtain survey map
Time to complete:: 3 days
Cost to complete:: XAF 10,000
Name of Agency:: Survey Department (Direction des Cadastres)
Comment:: The cost includes XAF 5,000 for the documents, XAF 2,000 for reproduction, and XAF 3,000 for labor.

Procedure 2.: Obtain building permit
Time to complete:: 2 days
Cost to complete:: no charge
Name of Agency:: Mayor’s Office, Brazzaville
Comment:: The required documents to obtain a building permit are the following - Occupation permit or land title. - Survey abstract. - Very large-scale boundary plan, drawn up by the Lands and Survey Department (Direction du Cadastre et de la Topographie). - Sketches and drawings of the proposed works, produced by an architect or a certified draftsman. - Building permit application (handwritten). - Authorization for the cutting and clearing of trees, if necessary. - Certification of party walls (walls shared by tenants of adjoining buildings). - A certified undertaking to build and maintain streets adjoining the elevations.

Procedure 3.: Obtain review by the General Directorate for Construction and Urban Planning (Direction Générale de Construction et de l’urbanisme) and pay fees
Time to complete:: 35 days
Cost to complete:: XAF 30,000
Name of Agency:: General Directorate for Construction and Urban Planning (Direction Générale de Construction et de l’urbanisme)
Comment:

Procedure 4.: Obtain a building permit
Time to complete:: 50 days
Cost to complete:: XAF 450,000
Name of Agency:: Mayor’s Office, Brazzaville
Comment:: The building permit is obtained after notifying the cadastre and curator (conservateur).

Procedure 5.: Contract a private building inspection company
Time to complete:: 1 day
Cost to complete:: USD 3,902
Name of Agency:: Private inspection company
Comment:: The Doing Business project assumes the cost of construction to be about USD 300 per square meter. The fees for one private inspection may vary between 0.5% and 5% of the cost of the construction, but a project of this size will be about 1% of construction.

Procedure 10.: Receive inspection for purposes of drawing up the estimate
Time to complete:: 1 day
Cost to complete:: no charge
Name of Agency:: Société Nationale d'Electricité (SNE)
Comment:: The contractor may pay XAF 10,000 to cover transport expenses incurred by the building inspectors.

Procedure 11.: Connect to electricity mains
Time to complete:: 20 days
Cost to complete:: XAF 60,436
Name of Agency:: Société Nationale d'Electricité (SNE)
Comment:: The fee for electrical connection is XAF 60,436 for aerial connection or XAF 67,273 for underground connection.