Development Control Via
One Stop Centre Online
E
ffective and efficient development control is
critical to Malaysia’s urbanization process.
Development control captures several
important dimensions of the construction sector
which is an important economic driver of the
country due to its linkages to the manufacturing
and services sectors. Malaysia Productivity Report
2012/2013 registered a 18.5% growth in the
construction sector which contributed 3.4% to GDP
,
to a total of RM 25.3 billion.
Malaysia’s planning and construction laws
prohibit development without approved planning
permission, building plans and engineering
plans. Prior approvals from the local authorities
which are also the planning authorities must be
obtained before undertaking any development.
Understanding the importance of an effective
and efficient development control process,
the Ministry of Urban Well Being, Housing and
FEATURE
By Aminah Abd Rahman,
Director, Local Government Department,
Ministry of Urban Wellbeing, Housing & Local Government
Local Government (MHLG) has embarked on an
e-Submission initiative through the establishment
of One Stop Centre (OSC) Online.
Working towards a transparent, fast and
efficient service delivery system at the local
authorities the Government introduced OSC in
2007 to facilitate the approval processes for 32
types of development proposals applications. The
processes were carried manually subjected to )مɥ