Mr. Tong Duc Tien, Head of the Building Licensing Department, Ho Chi Minh City Building Department, reported that the granting of building permits on agricultural land projects faces many obstacles due to regulations that cannot be built on land. agricultural. However, the rapid development in Ho Chi Minh City has appeared in demand and more and more.
Mr. Tien said that recently, the Department has submitted a report to advise the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee to enact a pilot construction process for production works on agricultural land in 3 districts of Can Gio, Nha Be and Cu Chi. They are localities where there is a great need to build works at the service of agriculture. In particular, the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee agreed on the scope of application for organizations, individuals and households wishing to build works for cultivation, farming and aquaculture (without distinguishing between agricultural land, other agricultural land and other non-agricultural land ). land; regardless of the land use function as per approved planning). The constructive solutions are classified into 2 groups of works. Group 1 includes elements of watchtowers, garden houses (with an area not exceeding 15 m²) that are not for residential use and are installed with environmentally friendly materials such as trees, pictures, bamboo, leaves; canals and ditches serving irrigation; Assembled components to cover films and nets to create a suitable environment for plants and animals. According to the Department of Construction, with this group, the work will be done by itself on the ground under the right of legal use, but the Popular Committee of the Commune must be notified to coordinate the inspection and management of the implementation in accordance with the investor.
Group 2 includes projects with a level 4 scale, with a construction density of no more than 5% and 1 floor, a construction area of less than 1000 m², a construction height of less than 6 m … This Department also highlights that the project must be approved by the district Popular Committee on the appropriate scale of the agricultural production plan for the investor to evaluate and approve and notify the construction start date to the Commune Popular Committee for coordinated inspection and management of the order of construction in accordance with pre-built Regulations.
Accordingly, the investors of these agricultural projects should explain the agricultural production plan to determine the needs and the need to build works for agricultural production and some requirements on the area diagram. Showing the workplace on the plot of land, the working distance to the surroundings. Boundary of land and adjacent buildings, area, height, building materials encouraged to use environmentally friendly materials … In addition, the technical connection infrastructure for electricity supply, water supply and drainage, traffic and environmental sanitation; Arrangement of vehicles to meet fire protection requirements. After obtaining the written agreement of the District People’s Committee, the investor arranges the evaluation and approval of the construction design by himself. At the same time, please send notice of the construction start date to the People’s Committee of the Commune to coordinate the inspection and management of the construction order in accordance with the regulations.
So far, information from the City People’s Committee, Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Vice Chairman Vo Van Hoan has signed a document accepting the Construction Department’s proposal. Allow 3 districts of Cu Chi, Can Gio and Nha Be to experience building works licenses for agricultural production on agricultural and non-agricultural land. The scope only applies to jobs such as: guard huts, garden houses for non-residential purposes; canals and ditches serving irrigation; Assembled structures to cover films and nets to create a suitable environment for plants and animals. The construction works are also only for cultivation and livestock … The Popular Committee of the City has clearly instructed the responsibilities of the Popular Committees of the aforementioned districts to periodically inspect, review and report to the Popular Committee of the City. In particular, there should be an evaluation and propose the next direction to promote agricultural production. At the same time, assign specific responsibilities to the Popular Committees of the districts, minimizing the situation of taking advantage of the pilot to carry out work not in accordance with the law.
