APPLICATION FOR BUILDING PERMIT

REQUIREMENTS

1. Application form
2. TCT Certified Copy
3. Lease Contract or Contract to Sell (if applicant is not the registered owner)
4. Tax declaration
5. Lot Plan
6. Design Documents

DESIGN DOCUMENTS

1. 5 Sets of Architectural and Engineering Plans Signed and Sealed by Design Professionals
2. Bill of Materials and Materials Specifications
3. Electrical Analysis
4. Structural Analysis

BASES OF ASSESSMENT

A. FOR BLDG. FEES:

1. Character of Occupancy
2. Cost of Construction
3. Floor area
4. Height

B. OTHER FEES
1. Fire Safety Certification
2. Zoning Certification
3. Electrical Etc.
NOTES

1. O CCUPANCY CLASSIFIED: GROUP B- RESIDENTIAL: HOTELS AND APARTMENT- GROUP B

OCCUPANCY HALL INCLUE BOARDING OR LODGNG HOUSES
2. Very Important Notes (for Architects): 1) The default is always PD1096 and since the lot
sizes under PD957 and BP220 are really much smaller than those prescribed as minimum
total lot areas (TLAs) under PD1096, the setback and easement requirements were somewhat
relaxed under the other 2 laws and their regulations. As such, the intended quality of life
under PD1096 dwellings may not be achievable under the other 2 laws.
3. 2) Unless there is a proper declaration in the TCT that the lot was developed as part of a
subdivision under either PD957 or BP220, the default standard to be applied is the PD1096
standard (including setbacks, footprints, abutments, firewalls, etc.). 3) As the development
control (DCs) under PD1096 and its 2004 Revised IRR are the stated national minima, the
architects must always check (compare) these against the provisions found in other Philippine
laws (special laws or more recent statutes, including, jurisprudence), prescriptions of LGU
zoning ordinance (ZO, or applicable LGU special ordinance/SO) and also against the private
DCs such as the Deed of Restrictions (DoR), the Development Guidelines (DG),
Construction Guidelines (CG) and the possible Design Guidance (DG), which may all
contain DCs that are far more stringent than the NBCP minima. 4) Architects must always
remember that the most stringent set (or mix) of international-level (as applicable), national-
level, local-level and private-level DCs must apply i.e. and that shall result in the least
amount of construction and the least negative effect to the environment i.e. a form of
sustainable design instituted in the 2004 Revised IRR (RIRR) of PD1096 (1977 NBCP).
Thanks.

PD957 wholly defers to the PD1096 standards for vertical design & construction. As such, they are
one in that respect. However, PD957 also has a standard for the horizontal component of the
subdivision i.e. not found in PD1096. While some regulations found in BP220 also defer to PD1096
e.g. abutments or firewalls, BP220 is overall of a much lower vertical design and construction
standard (as compared to both PD1096 and PD957). Thanks.

you can look at your TCT to know whether the lot has been subdivided under PD 957 or BP 220.
Most government housing projects are filed under BP 220 while most small private subdivisions arw
under PD 957. If the lot is original as is without subdivisions, we follow PD 1096.