Building permit in Madagascar

For the capital Antananarivo city, the Service of the Urban Commune of Antananarivo, CUA, located in Tsimbazaza will provide you on site with the list of documents to be provided: pre-printed forms. It is the professional who made your plan, who must be responsible for completing it.

Then, a descent on this ground is organized. Construction engineers will study your plans. They are entitled to ask you to modify your plans after studying your file. At this level, it is recommended that these discussions take place between professionals, that is to say with the people to whom you have entrusted the realization of your plans. We understand each other better and this will avoid surprises and comings and goings to these services. This reduces the delays in issuing the building permit.

Recently, the Town Hall of Antananarivo city stated that the building permits will be issued in one month. A month and a week for the periphery. These times are indicative, of course. Overall, the authorities have promised that the practice of "kolikoly" is prohibited and denounced to the appropriate services.

From this moment, once your file has been submitted, you can consider putting up the fences, without going beyond the limits and starting the excavations.

 

The services give you a numbered Receipt "in the form PC001/21. These last 2 digits indicate the year of submission of the file. You will find the answer by posting at the AUC office or at the town hall if you are on the outskirts of the capital.

Do I have to pay anything for filing the building permit file?
Sure ! Fees are provided. They will be calculated based on the size of your construction project. Ask to see the scale. The practice of “kolikoly” is officially prohibited. We even invite you to denounce it. But "custom and usage" means that you leave a little "tip" discreetly: too small, your file will "sleep", too large, it is corruption. It is therefore necessary to be reasonable without spreading out.

For the capital Antananarivo city, the Service of the Urban Commune of Antananarivo, CUA, located in Tsimbazaza will provide you on site with the list of documents to be provided: pre-printed forms. It is the professional who made your plan, who must be responsible for completing it. Then, a descent on this ground is organized. Construction engineers will study your plans. They are entitled to ask you to modify your plans after studying your file. At this level, it is recommended that these discussions take place between professionals, that is to say with the people to whom you have entrusted the realization of your plans. We understand each other better and this will avoid surprises and comings and goings to these services. This reduces the delays in issuing the building permit. Recently, the Town Hall of Antananarivo city stated that the building permits will be issued in one month. A month and a week for the periphery. These times are indicative, of course. Overall, the authorities have promised that the practice of "kolikoly" is prohibited and denounced to the appropriate services. From this moment, once your file has been submitted, you can consider putting up the fences, without going beyond the limits and starting the excavations.

The services give you a numbered Receipt "in the form PC001/21. These last 2 digits indicate the year of submission of the file. You will find the answer by posting at the AUC office or at the town hall if you are on the outskirts of the capital. Do I have to pay anything for filing the building permit file? Sure ! Fees are provided. They will be calculated based on the size of your construction project. Ask to see the scale. The practice of “kolikoly” is officially prohibited. We even invite you to denounce it. But "custom and usage" means that you leave a little "tip" discreetly: too small, your file will "sleep", too large, it is corruption. It is therefore necessary to be reasonable without spreading out.

In any country, you can be considered to be illegal. In Madagascar, theoretically, you risk fines of around 5 times the fee you would have had to pay for your legal building permit. Of course, you have heard plenty of anecdotes on this subject. If you want to build with peace of mind and sustainably, we recommend respecting the law and doing things according to the rules of the art. (In the act of corruption, there is corrupter and corrupted!)
In any country, you can be considered to be illegal. In Madagascar, theoretically, you risk fines of around 5 times the fee you would have had to pay for your legal building permit. Of course, you have heard plenty of anecdotes on this subject. If you want to build with peace of mind and sustainably, we recommend respecting the law and doing things according to the rules of the art. (In the act of corruption, there is corrupter and corrupted!)