Pre Approval Process Description

Step Entities Description of special cases Required Documents
1 Urban Planning Development Affairs(UPDA)
Incase of the following cases, applicants must obtain a pre-approval through the Electronic system: Government Processing Time
  • Un-zoned lands (Please consult UPDA offline)
  • Understudy (Please consult UPDA offline)
  • Freezed zones (Please consult UPDA offline)
  • unplanned lands (Please consult UPDA offline)
  • Green build (Please consult UPDA offline)
  • Mangrove Area (Please consult UPDA offline)
  • Oil Fields (Please consult UPDA offline)
  • Protected Areas (Please consult UPDA offline)
  • Preserved Areas (Please consult UPDA offline)
 Not applicable
Special Projects 30 Working days
Public Services 15 Working days or 30 Working days in Zone Conflict
Ministry of Housing 15 Working days or 30 Working days in Zone Conflict
Recreational 15 Working days or 30 Working days in Zone Conflict
Airport Zone 15 Working days or 30 Working days in Zone Conflict
Graveyard 15 Working days or 30 Working days in Zone Conflict
Archaeological 15 Working days or 30 Working days in Zone Conflict
Agricultural 15 Working days or 30 Working days in Zone Conflict
Implementation Stage 60 Working days
  1. Letter from owner
  2. Title deed
  3. Owner & His Representative / Inheritants ID Cards
  4. Recent Land Certificate of Survey
  5. Any relevant Pre-approvals
  6. Inheritance Document (if applicable)
  7. Horizontal projections Engineering drawings (Includes parking/entrances and exits/ramp)
  8. Facades and sectors Engineering drawings
  9. cross section drawing
2 Roads Planning & Design Directorate
Obtain pre-approval for the following cases: Government Processing Time
  • un-asphalted roads
  • Strategic Roads
  • Roads under development
  • Old areas
10 Working days
  1. Letter from owner
  2. Title deed
  3. Owner & His Representative / Inheritants ID Cards
  4. Recent Land Certificate of Survey
  5. Any relevant Pre-approvals
  6. Inheritance Document (if applicable)
  7. TIA Study ( if applicable)
  8. Recent photo of the site
  9. Horizontal projections Engineering drawings (Includes parking/entrances and exits/ramp)
  10. Facades and sectors Engineering drawings
  11. cross section drawing
3 Supreme Council for Environment
Obtain pre-approval for the following cases: Government Processing Time
  • Reclamation
  • Jetty construction
10 Working days
  1. Letter from owner
  2. Title deed
  3. Owner & His Representative / Inheritants ID Cards
  4. Recent Land Certificate of Survey
  5. Any relevant Pre-approvals
  6. Inheritance Document (if applicable)
  7. Plans of internal sewerage and storm water drainage system
4 Tatweer Petroleum
Obtain pre-approval for the following cases: Government Processing Time
Only for parcels falling under zones specified by Tatweer that require special approvals . 10 Working days
5 Civil Aviation Authority
Obtain pre-approval for the following cases: Government Processing Time
Pre-approval is required for buildings exceeding permitted heights . 10 Working days
  1. Letter from owner
  2. Title deed
  3. Owner & His Representative / Inheritants ID Cards
  4. Recent Land Certificate of Survey
  5. Inheritance Document (if applicable)
  6. Horizontal projections Engineering drawings (Includes parking/entrances and exits/ramp)
  7. Facades and sectors Engineering drawings
  8. cross section drawing
6 Bahrain Authority of Culture and Antiquities(BACA)
Obtain pre-approval for the following cases: Government Processing Time
Pre-approval required for specific parcels identified by BACA. 10 Working days
  1. Letter from owner
  2. Title deed
  3. Owner & His Representative / Inheritants ID Cards
  4. Recent Land Certificate of Survey
  5. Any relevant Pre-approvals
  6. Inheritance Document (if applicable)
  7. Horizontal projections Engineering drawings (Includes parking/entrances and exits/ramp)
  8. Facades and sectors Engineering drawings
  9. cross section drawing