State to follow online building permit system from Aug 11

Shillong, Aug 7: The state will adopt an online building permission system starting August 11, allowing applicants to submit their requests digitally without the need for physical submission.

Announcing the second amendment to the Meghalaya Building Byelaws, 2025 here on Thursday, chief minister Conrad K Sangma said the change will streamline the process of obtaining building permissions and promoting ease of doing business.

“Technical permissions and approvals will not be required from the Meghalaya Urban Development Authority (MUDA) for low-risk buildings, such as residential, commercial, and industrial buildings up to 2500 sq ft or a built-up area up to 3000 sq ft with G+1 and 7 meters maximum building height,” he said.

He continued, “If you are building a low risk building, there will be empanelled architects who can empanel themselves onto the websites and once they are empanelled as an individual who would like to construct a building and a house in the low risk residential industrial areas as specification have been mentioned, they would simply have to self attest or get it approved by these engineers or architects who are empanelled by the government, submit it online and they can start the construction even when the permission is not given and in 30 days time the permission will be granted to these individuals to start the construction.”

For larger buildings (G+2 and up to a maximum built-up area of 750 sq ft), Sangma said third-party verification agencies will be engaged to facilitate the permission process.

“Therefore, we are working in order to ensure it is easy for people to get building permissions and this amendment was today cleared in the cabinet,” he added.

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