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URBAN AGENCY OF TÉTOUAN

Circuits and Procedures

Programming

Control

Structures in charge of examining authorization request files:

One-stop window for urban-planning permits

The single window for urban planning authorizations is the single point of contact for applicants. It provides them with all the useful information relating to:

  • The documents constituting the authorization request files;
  • The circuits and procedures for issuing authorisations;
  • The status of the authorisation applications under examination.

The single window for urban planning authorizations examines the applications for authorization concerning construction projects, subdivisions, or the creation of a housing group and parcelling.

To this end, it carries out all the steps necessary to obtain the opinions and visas required by the legislation and regulations in force, and which are necessary for the issuance of the authorizations.

It also prepares the administrative decisions to be submitted for the signature of the president of the communal council.
The aforementioned authorizations are collected, as soon as they are issued, at the single window for town-planning authorizations.
Prefectural or provincial urban planning committee

For the examination of authorisation application files in municipalities whose population is less than or equal to 50,000 inhabitants, one or more prefectural or provincial urban planning committees shall be established at each prefecture and province, responsible for collecting the opinions and approvals required prior to the issuance of authorisations.
Procedures for examining authorisation request files

The review of authorisation applications is carried out according to two procedures:

  • Major-projects procedure;
  • Procedure for small projects;

“Major projects” means any project listed in Annex 1.
As soon as the authorisation application files are submitted to the registry office of the municipality concerned, the latter forwards them to the members of the review committee, within a period not exceeding three working days from the date of their receipt by the said municipality.

The members of the said committee rule on the authorization request files submitted to them within a period not exceeding 15 working days from the date of receipt of the said files by the commune concerned.

“Small projects” means any project listed in Annex 2
The authorisation application files falling under the small projects procedure are submitted to the members of the review committee as soon as they are deposited at the registry office of the municipality concerned, for immediate examination.
Committees for the review of authorisation application files
The examination of permit-application files, within the one-stop windows for urban-planning permits and the prefectural and provincial urban-planning committees, is entrusted to examination commissions:

These committees are composed of permanent members:

  • The prefecture or the province;
  • The commune;
  • The Urban Agency;

In the case of the review of authorisation application files falling under the major projects procedure, the aforementioned permanent members are joined by representatives of the General Directorate of Civil Protection, the services competent in telecommunications networks, and the bodies responsible for managing the various networks.

The permanent members of the examination committees for parcelling authorization requests are the representatives of:
  • The prefecture or the province
  • The municipality
  • The Urban Agency
  • Land registry conservation

Given the specific nature of the authorisation application files submitted for examination by the investigation committees, the non-permanent members of the said investigation committees shall be limited solely to the representatives of the administrations whose opinion or approval is required by the legislation in force.

The secretariat of the instruction committee is ensured, at the level of the single window for urban planning authorizations, by the communal services competent in urban planning matters, and at the level of the prefectural or provincial urban planning committees, by the services competent in urban planning matters reporting to the prefectures or provinces.
  • The various entities whose opinion is required regarding the examination of the different authorization application files are required to give their opinion, within the limits of their competences, within the prescribed time limits or, at the latest, during the meeting of the review commissions, in compliance with the laws and regulations in force, while avoiding the succession of opinions.
  • The opinions issued must in no way be conditioned by the prior payment of the fees for the services rendered.

However, the settlement of these fees may take place after obtaining the opinions and approvals, and this prior to the issuance of the authorisations to the applicants.

The project designer may, at his request or at the request of the president of the communal council, attend the work of the review commission, to present the project and provide the necessary clarifications relating thereto, whenever the members of the said commission so request, provided that he withdraws during the deliberation of the commission in question.
Submission of authorization application files
  • The authorisation application files are deposited at the registry office of the municipality, against a receipt, numbered and dated.
  • The acknowledgement of receipt serves as an attestation of admissibility of the file. This admissibility remains, however, conditional upon the presentation of the principal document.
  • The said deposit is made by the petitioner, by the project designer or any other person duly mandated for this purpose.
  • En cas d’existence d’un guichet unique des autorisations d’urbanisme, le dépôt des dossiers s’effectue, au bureau d’ordre dudit guichet. Dans ce cas, l’accusé de réception mentionne la date de la réunion de la commission d’instruction.
  • The documents constituting the files consist of main documents and information documents.
  • Any file that does not contain all the principal documents is inadmissible.
  • Information documents may be attached before the authorizations are issued. The absence of one of the information documents may in no case constitute grounds for rejecting the applications, neither at the level of their submission nor at the level of their processing.
Examination of authorisation request files
  • At the conclusion of the work of the examination committee, a report is drawn up formalising the individual opinions of the members of the said committee.
  • The members of the commission must record their opinions on the written and graphic documents of the authorisation applications submitted to them.
  • The minutes of the proceedings of the investigation committee, accompanied by the written and graphic documents, are transmitted to the president of the communal council so that he may take a decision thereon within a period not exceeding three working days from the date of the meeting of the investigation committee.
  • The president of the communal council decides on the action to be taken on the request for authorization, in the light of the opinions and visas pronounced by the members of the review commission.
  • The authorization may under no circumstances be issued without the conforming opinion issued by the representative of the Urban Agency within the examination committee.
  • In the event of refusal to grant the authorisation, the president of the communal council is required to justify their decision and to inform the applicant thereof.
  • The president of the communal council is required to send the petitioner a registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, in order to introduce the required modifications in light of the opinions expressed, within a period not exceeding two working days from the date of receipt of the minutes of the proceedings of the instruction committee.
  • In this case, the time limits provided for by the legislation and regulations in force for the issuance of authorisations shall only begin to run again from the date of submission by the applicant of the amending or supplementary plans or other documents, against a receipt duly dated and signed by the applicant.
  • When the examination of a file gives rise to observations consisting of the submission of complementary documents or the lifting of reservations deemed to have no impact on the opinions and approvals issued by the members of the examination committee, the said observations are notified to the designer of the project, and an additional period not exceeding five working days from the date of notification is granted to him to make the necessary corrections and provide the required complements.
Issuance of the authorization
  • The president of the communal council issues the authorization, after having affixed the mention "ne varietur" on the graphic and written documents of the file bearing the opinion of the members of the instruction committee.
  • A copy of the authorisation decision is transmitted within a period of two working days from the date of its issuance to the local administrative authority, as well as to the members of the examination committee.
  • The president of the communal council informs the applicant of the action taken on his authorisation application.
  • The authorization decision is notified to the applicant, by registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt, within a period not exceeding two working days from the date of delivery of the authorization.
  • The said decision is accompanied by a copy of the graphic and written documents bearing the words "ne varietur".
Habitation permit and certificate of conformity

The habitation permit and the certificate of conformity are issued by the president of the communal council, upon request of the petitioner.

The submission of the application file for the occupancy permit and the certificate of conformity is made, against a numbered and dated acknowledgement of receipt, at the registry office of the municipality concerned or, where applicable, the one-stop shop for urban planning authorisations.

Annex 1: List of major projects

Projects to be carried out by or for the administrations, local authorities, public establishments and public enterprises, whether they are projects intended for the exercise of their main activities or projects of a secondary nature in relation to their main activities. The following construction and development projects fall under this heading, by way of example and without limitation:
Administrative buildings intended for carrying out public-service activity;
Buildings intended for the exercise of the activity of companies in which the State holds, directly or indirectly, a participation or exercises any form of control;
The ancillary facilities of these buildings;
Public educational establishments of all levels and their annexes;
Public health facilities such as hospitals, health centers, dispensaries, clinics to be built wholly or partly by the State, local authorities or public establishments;
Sports facilities such as sports complexes, sports grounds and halls, swimming pools, etc.;
Public rest and leisure centres (public parks and gardens, green or wooded areas, natural sites, …);
Social centers such as youth centers, charitable centers, women's homes, centers for the elderly, …;
Cultural facilities such as theaters, museums, libraries, cultural centers, clubs, …;
Social facilities to be carried out by the aforementioned bodies for the benefit of their staff.
Construction projects for private establishments for public use or receiving the public such as:
Tourist facilities: hotels, motels, campsites, holiday centers, etc;
Private sports facilities;
Private schools of whatever nature;
Leisure facilities: cinemas, night clubs, audiovisual centres.
Commercial facilities such as supermarkets, the 3 shopping centres, and kissariats, to be built on a total floor area (built or to be built), excluding the ground floor, of more than 500 m² or more than 5.50 m in height.
Construction projects for industrial establishments of any category with the exception of third-category establishments to be built on a total floor area (built or to be built) of gross floor area less than or equal to 500 m2 or 5.50 m in height;
Building construction projects whose height exceeds 15.50 m (Ground floor + 3 storeys), all superstructure included, whether it concerns a building intended for residential use or for any other activity, and buildings whose height is equal to 15.50 m located outside a received subdivision.
All construction projects of housing groups, whether or not they have been subject to subdivision, and whose overall programme to be carried out immediately or in the long term exceeds 20 dwellings.

Annex 2: List of small projects

Construction projects for residential or professional use such as:

The construction of individual dwellings such as villas, pavilions and detached houses, and generally any building whose height is less than or equal to 11.50 m (ground floor + 2), all superstructures included, located in an approved subdivision or in an irregular subdivision that has been the subject of a restructuring in accordance with the provisions of Title II of Law No. 25‐90 relating to subdivisions, housing groups and parcelling, concerning the restructuring of irregular subdivisions;
Building construction projects located in a received subdivision, whose height is less than or equal to 15.50 m (ground floor + 3 storeys), all superstructure included, whether it concerns a building intended for housing or for any other activity, as well as any extension or elevation that would raise the height of an existing construction to this height;
The construction or development of a commercial or industrial premises of the third category to be carried out on a total area (built or to be built) of gross floor area of less than 500 m² and 5.50 m in height, such as shops intended for retail trade, cafés, tea rooms, dairies, pastry shops, small restaurants, mechanical repair workshops, craft workshops, carpentry workshops, …;
Modifications to existing constructions falling within the category of the projects mentioned above;
Modifications to existing constructions that do not fall into this category but that do not entail a change in dimensions (height, mass…).
And, in general, all projects not concerned by the major-projects procedure.

Counters, Committees and Commissions:

Procedures Committee days Territory Location of the commission
One-Stop Shop Small projects Tuesday + Friday Municipality of Tétouan Municipality of Tétouan
Major projects Wednesday
Prefectural Committee Small projects Monday Municipality of M'diq and Martil Prefecture of M'diq-Fnideq
Thursday Municipality of Fnideq
Major projects Wednesday Municipality of M’diq, Martil, Fnideq and Allyenne
Provincial Committee Small projects Thursday All the municipalities of the province Province of Tétouan

Within the framework of strengthening communication with its partners, and in order to support the local authorities and the bodies operating in the field of urban planning, and to consolidate its efforts to enhance this field, the Urban Agency of Tétouan implements and applies the provisions of Law No. 12.66 relating to the control and suppression of offences in the field of urban planning and construction (published in Official Bulletin (BO) No. 6501 of 19 September 2016). It participates in the following committees:

Work of the building-control vigilance committees
Works relating to the committee for the demolition of illegal construction
Works relating to the committee for buildings threatening to collapse