The purpose of this service is to grant a reclamation permit of both types: Marine reclamation which include all reclamation works within the sea area and land reclamation which include Any deep filling works in a land-locked area. The licensed engineering offices with “Land Surveying” discipline may apply for, track, and manage Reclamation permit applications through Benayat system.

• Bahraini Citizens
• GCC Citizens
• Non-Bahraini Residences
• Commercial Entities
• Governmental entities

• Licensed Engineering offices with “Land Surveying” discipline.

1. Engage engineering offices

Landowners must Cooperate with a land Surveying Engineering office licensed by the Kingdom of Bahrain’s Council for Regulating the Practice of Engineering Professions to prepare all required drawings and documents in order to apply for reclamation permit.

2. Submitting the Application Electronically

The engineering office will handle all necessary tasks for applying for the reclamation permit on behalf of the property owner through Benayat system. (Click here to view list of the licensed engineering offices).

3. Reclamation request stage

The applicant engineering office should enter the required information for the request in this stage, which includes:

• Owner & Applicant Details
• Land details
• Project details
• Reclamation details
• Required documents
4. Review Stage
1. Pre-Approval stage:

   Based on the request pre-defined conditions, the request will be distributed to the concerned Governmental entities automatically. These conditions and cases are outlined in the below table:

Entities	Special Cases Details	Government Processing Time
Central Process Office - Ministry of works (CPO)	All cases: Marine reclamation Land reclamation	15 Working Days
Survey and Land Registration Bureau (SLRB)
Environmental Assessment & Control Directorate - Supreme Council for Environment (EACD – SCE)
Urban Planning & Development Affairs (UPDA)
Coast Guard Commandant - Ministry of Interior (CGC – MOI)	All cases of Marine reclamation only
General Directorate of Marine Resources - Supreme Council for Environment (GDMR – SCE)

• It also requires the approvals of some additional entities which will be followed up by central planning office (CPO) as it is showing in the table below:

Entities	Special Cases Details	Government Processing Time
Roads Planning & Design Directorate (RPDD)	All cases: Marine reclamation Land reclamation	10 Working days
Local Agriculture Production Directorate - Ministry of Municipalities Affairs & Agriculture (LAPD-MUN)		10 Working days
Vegetation Development Directorate - Ministry of Municipalities Affairs & Agriculture (VDD-MUN)		10 Working days
Planning & Studies Directorate - Electricity and Water Authority (PSD-EWA)		10 Working days
Damage Prevention Section - Electricity and Water Authority (DPS-EWA)		10 Working days
Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA)		10 Working days
Sanitary Engineering Planning & Projects Directorate - Ministry of works (SEPPD)		10 Working days
Ports and Maritime Affairs - Ministry of Transportation & Telecommunication (PMA-MTT)	All cases of Marine reclamation only	10 Working days
Strategic Projects Directorate - Ministry of works (SPD-MOW)		10 Working days
Land Transport Affairs - Ministry of Transportation & Telecommunication (LTA-MTT)	If parcels falling under fencing area specified by LTA- MTT	10 Working days
Archaeology & Museums Directorate - Bahrain Authority for Culture & Antiquities (AMD-BACA)	If parcels falling under fencing area specified by AMD-BACA	10 Working days
Projects Follow-up and Management Directorate - Ministry of Housing (PFMD-MOH)	If parcels falling under fencing area specified by PFMD-MOH requests will be sent for pre-approval, all other requests will be send for view only	10 Working days
Monitoring and Licensing Directorate - Ministry of Oil and Environment (MOOE)	If parcels falling under fencing area specified by Ministry of Oil and environment	10 Working days
Hidd Power Company (HPC)	If parcels falling under fencing area specified by HPC	10 Working days
Al Ezzel Power Company (APC)	If parcels falling under fencing area specified by APC	10 Working days
Muharraq STP Company (STP)	If parcels falling under fencing area specified by STP	10 Working days
Reef Island (RI)	If parcels falling under fencing area specified by Reef Island	10 Working days
Bahrain Bay Utilities - Veolia	If parcels falling under fencing area specified by Bahrain Bay - Veolia	10 Working days
Bahrain Bay- TIO	If parcels falling under fencing area specified by Bahrain Bay - TIO	10 Working days
Arab Ship-building & Repair Yard (ASRY)	If parcels falling under fencing area specified by ASRY	10 Working days
Bahrain District Cooling Company (Tabreed)	If parcels falling under fencing area specified by Tabreed	10 Working days
Electricity Distribution Directorate - Electricity and Water Authority (EDD-EWA)	Marine reclamation Land reclamation	Will receive the requests for view only
Water Distribution Directorate - Electricity and Water Authority (WDD-EWA)

5. Engineering Office Review Stage:

In this stage the land surveying engineering office (Applicant) must submit all required drawings and documents to another engineering office reviewer (Category A) to review and ensure compliance and fulfillment of all conditions mentioned in the Unified Guide for Building Permits in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

6. Payment stage

The Property owner / or engineering office should pay the required fees in order to issue the Reclamation Permit automatically from the system, which includes:

• Municipality Fees: fees are calculated for reclamation permit as showing in the table below, and it must be paid online through the Benayat system.

m²	Fee / B.D
1	0.400

7. Issue Reclamation Permit electronically

Once all the reclamation permit fees are paid, the system will instantly issue an electronic reclamation permit. The reclamation permit is valid for one year from the date of issuance.