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New committee to ease building permit

process set up in Dubai

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al applications.
Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of The assistant director-general for Engineering
the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has issued a new and Planning Sector at Dubai Municipality will
decision pursuant to which a temporary committee chair the new committee. It will be composed of
named ‘Dubai’s Committee for Building Permit representatives from Dubai Municipality, Dubai’s
Procedures Development’ will be formed. Roads and Transport Authority, Dubai Electricity
The decision authorizes the committee to list, and Water Authority, Dubai Civil Aviation Authority,
analyze, revise and develop procedures for Dubai’s Directorate General of Civil Defense,
providing services related to the issuance of Dubai Development Authority and Department of
building permits, unify the requirements and Planning and Development (Trakhees).
conditions for applying for them, reduce service The chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai
time frames, ease procedures by establishing a will issue all the legislations required to ensure the
single window for the entire service, automate implementation of this decision.
the process and speed it up through smart

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