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Services & Permits
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Official document
The full official documents-and-fees catalogue
A PDF of 161 pages. Issued by the Local Government Services system for Hay Wasat, Alexandria (5 September 2026), and adopted by this site for Borg El Arab Markaz and City, which publishes no services guide of its own. Its fees and timescales are indicative; confirm them at the district’s technology centre before you apply.
125 services
Building-violation reconciliation (21)
- Reconciliation of a violation report9 working days3 documents
- Reconciliation of a violation7 working days11 documents
- Reconciliation of an administrative seizure7 working days3 documents
- Reconciliation of building violations3,000 working days (as printed in the official catalogue; confirm the time at the district office)13 documents
- Reconciliation for damage caused7 working days3 documents
- Utility verification and connection (temporary reconciliation)7 working days7 documents
- Utility verification and connection (permanent reconciliation)7 working days7 documents
- Reconciliation of certain violations and regularisation, first application, under Law 187 of 202390 working days17 documents
- Reconciliation and regularisation under Law 187 for applications refused, or whose refusal was upheld, under Law 1790 working days17 documents
- Reconciliation and regularisation for applications not completed under Law 1745 working days16 documents
- Grievance against a reconciliation decision60 working days2 documents
- Completion of a floor within the same reconciled footprint and at the same height15 working days5 documents
- Payment of reconciliation instalments7 working days2 documents
- Data certificate for a building or unit applying for reconciliation45 working days4 documents
- Reconciliation in the airport zone under Law 18745 working days17 documents
- Utility verification and connection, temporary reconciliation under Law 187 of 202330 working days7 documents
- Verification of Law 187 reconciliation applications for which form 7/8 has been issued30 working days3 documents
- Reconciliation and regularisation under Law 187 of 2023 (first application, or refused under Law 17)45 working days14 documents
- Reconciliation and regularisation for applications not completed under Law 17 (airport zone)45 working days16 documents
- Regularisation of possession of land20 working days2 documents
- Reconciliation outside the urban boundary (Engineering Authority)30 working days14 documents
Utility connections (5)
- Permanent utility connection (electricity, water, telephone, sewerage, gas)7 working days12 documents
- Temporary utility connection (electricity, water)3 working days10 documents
- Utility verification and connection (licences)7 working days11 documents
- Utility verification and connection30 working days10 documents
- Utility connection, permanent form 8–10 (Engineering Authority)30 working days3 documents
Building and demolition permits (36)
- Site suitability statement (villages / national projects)20 working days3 documents
- Building licence (villages / national projects)40 working days20 documents
- Renewal of a building works licence7 working days5 documents
- Amendment of a building licence (material amendment)15 working days10 documents
- Building licence (additional storeys)30 working days19 documents
- Replacement of a lost building licence, or a certified copy1 working day4 documents
- Extension of a building licence's validity7 working days3 documents
- Assignment of a building licence8 working days6 documents
- Purchase of regulatory surplus land30 working days4 documents
- Demolition licence30 working days8 documents
- Restoration licence20 working days6 documents
- Site inspection15 working days3 documents
- Verification of a building's fitness-for-occupation certificate, partial or full3 working days5 documents
- Certified copy of a restoration order3 working days3 documents
- Street occupancy licence15 working days13 documents
- Certified copy of a demolition order5 working days2 documents
- Resumption of works previously halted by a suspension order7 working days2 documents
- Documents released under court authorisation7 working days3 documents
- Site suitability statement (urban)20 working days5 documents
- Building licence (urban)40 working days8 documents
- Site suitability statement (airport zone)30 working days6 documents
- Building licence (airport zone)30 working days31 documents
- Waiver in respect of a violation report, suspension order or removal order30 working days11 documents
- Study of a height-limit violation60 working days3 documents
- Completion of a floor within the same footprint (1 km airport zone)30 working days5 documents
- Grievance to the Licensing Department (Engineering Authority)30 working days3 documents
- Licence for additional storeys, more than four and up to eleven floors30 working days30 documents
- Building licence, ground floor up to eleven floors30 working days30 documents
- Licence for additional storeys, more than four and up to eleven floors (airport zone)30 working days30 documents
- Building licence, ground floor up to eleven floors (airport zone)30 working days30 documents
- Change of activity for residential buildings already holding a building licence30 working days7 documents
- Approval of mixed use on the ground and first floors for new building licences (ground plus four floors)30 working days6 documents
- Correction of a decision of the competent authority7 working days4 documents
- Partition of assessed agricultural land20 working days5 documents
- Certificate issued under court authorisation1 working day3 documents
- Approval of subdivision schemes20 working days5 documents
Road occupancy (2)
Shops and advertising (16)
- Certificate for Social Insurance on cancellation of a shop licence10 working days3 documents
- Grace period to open premises3 working days3 documents
- Personal licence for premises (manager or supervisor)30 working days9 documents
- Public premises licence90 working days10 documents
- Industrial or commercial premises licence90 working days9 documents
- Renewal of a temporary operating licence for premises7 working days6 documents
- Replacement of a lost shop licence, or a certified copy1 working day4 documents
- Replacement of a damaged shop licence1 working day2 documents
- Transfer of a shop licence on the licensee's death7 working days12 documents
- Amendment of a shop licence (change or addition of an activity)10 working days9 documents
- Cancellation of a shop licence7 working days9 documents
- Assignment of a shop licence7 working days7 documents
- Advertising licence60 working days6 documents
- Renewal of an advertising licence15 working days6 documents
- Inspection of a commercial advertisement7 working days3 documents
- Construction of a kiosk20 working days1 document
Housing and occupants’ unions (13)
- Registration of an occupants' union3 working days8 documents
- Dissolution of an occupants' union3 working days5 documents
- Statement concerning an occupants' union3 working days4 documents
- Joining an occupants' union3 working days5 documents
- Change of an occupants' union officer7 working days7 documents
- Transfer of ownership of a flat15 working days4 documents
- Assignment of a property15 working days4 documents
- Exchange of a property15 working days4 documents
- Change of use to residential15 working days3 documents
- Allocation of a housing unit14 working days4 documents
- Real Estate Registry letter7 working days4 documents
- Replacement of a lost contract, or an official copy of it30 working days2 documents
- Payment of rent instalments or periodic debts7 working days1 document
Lifts and technical licences (8)
- Mobile booster station licence7 working days9 documents
- Radio and television licence10 working days3 documents
- Licence to install a new lift10 working days17 documents
- Renewal of a lift licence5 working days10 documents
- Cemetery licence15 working days3 documents
- Licence or renewal for a hoarding7 working days4 documents
- Steam boiler licence7 working days3 documents
- Lift operating licence7 working days5 documents
Street works, cleaning and lighting (4)
Payments (7)
- Payment of a violation fine10 working days2 documents
- Payment certificate7 working days3 documents
- Refund of an auction entry deposit7 working days2 documents
- External collector's remittance7 working days1 document
- Payment of instalments10 working days1 document
- General payment3 working days1 document
- Payment of inspection fees1 working day2 documents
Certificates and letters (9)
- Certificate of a decision under court authorisation (removal or suspension of works, whether or not the accused was served)3 working days2 documents
- Certificate on form 6-Th (correspondence)30 working days3 documents
- Certificate that a removal has been carried out3 working days5 documents
- Request for a statement3 working days3 documents
- Application addressed to external bodies3 working days4 documents
- Letter addressed to government bodies, authorities or public sector companies1 working day2 documents
- Certified copy of documents held by the authority1 working day2 documents
- Establishment data certificate10 working days1 document
- Spatial registration certificate15 working days6 documents