Obtain geological survey of the land plot
Agency: Private firm
According to the Law of Republic of Kazakhstan “On Architectural, Town-planning and Construction Activity in the Republic of Kazakhstan”, and the new Law “On amendments and additions to some legislative acts of Kazakhstan on issues of architecture, urban planning and construction activities (Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated October 28, 2015 № 366-V), Article 27-4, it is made mandatory to obtain a topographic and geological survey of the land plot in order to start the project design works. These surveys are conducted by different private licensed entities and can be initiated at the same time.
Time and cost: 14 days, KZT 450,000
Obtain topographic survey of the land plot
Agency: Private firm
According to the Law of Republic of Kazakhstan “On Architectural, Town-planning and Construction Activity in the Republic of Kazakhstan”, and the new Law “On amendments and additions to some legislative acts of Kazakhstan on issues of architecture, urban planning and construction activities (Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated October 28, 2015 № 366-V), Article 27-4. The requirements to engineering survey results and to the project documentation, made mandatory to obtain a topographic and geological survey of the land plot in order to start the project design works. These surveys are conducted by different private licensed entities and can be initiated at the same time.
Time and cost: 7 days, KZT 35,000
Request and obtain architectural planning assignment (APZ) and technical conditions for utility connections
Agency: Almaty City Architecture and Town-Planning Department
Once BuildCo obtains the geological and topographic surveys of the land plot, the architectural planning assignment (APZ) must be obtained. In order to do this, BuildCo must submit a business plan and project feasibility study to the city architecture department. The application must include any plans for construction, a description of the business activities to take place on site, and estimated utility hook-up and consumption requirements. In addition, BuildCo must submit a copy of the property title along with the plot document, approval of engineering-geological estimation of the plot, and company registration documents.
The architectural planning assignment is a permit to develop a building plan/design/project. It includes some provisions and requirements that must be taken into account while developing the project and building.
Time and cost: 10 days, no charge
Request and obtain approval of the architectural drawings (Eskiz) from the department of architecture and town planning
Agency: Department of Architecture and Town Planning
Once all the technical conditions, topographic survey and geological study are completed, the architect can develop the draft architectural plans of the project design (Eskiz) and submits it to the department of architecture and town planning for approval. According to the Standard of State Service on “Approval of the sketch design (Eskiz)”, approved by Government of the RK from 03.17.2016 year №137, the official time limit for the approval of the Eskiz is 10 business days for technically not-complex buildings and 15 business days for technically complex buildings, free of charge.
BuildCo must submit the following documents at the time of the application:
- Official application form
- Identification documents
- Sketch of the project (Eskiz)
- A copy of the Architectural and Planning Assignment
Time and cost: 14 days, no charge
Request and obtain clearance of the plans for engineering networks from the water and sewage authority
Agency: Almaty Su
Once the technical conditions and the APZ are obtained, a project draft of the engineering networks for each utility (heat, gas, water, electricity, etc.) must be cleared by their respective utility which had initially issued technical conditions. Each utility provider checks its own section of the working project to ensure that the project of engineering networks complies with the specifications indicated in the technical conditions and if satisfied, stamps the relevant page of the working project to give their approval.
Time and cost: 10 days, no charge
Submit project documentation to the single window to undergo expert evaluation
Agency: Committee for Construction, Housing and Communal Services and Land Resources Management
Once the investor has obtained the architectural planning assignment (APZ) and technical conditions for utility connections, all project documentation is submitted to the single window to conduct an expert evaluation of the construction project by various involved agencies. The single window is managed by the Committee for Construction, Housing and Communal Services and Land Resources Management, which is in the jurisdiction of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Everything is submitted online at www.epsd.kz and must be electronically signed.
After submitting the application materials through the single window, the investor signs an agreement with the expert organization(s) that will be conducting the evaluation of project materials. After all documents are submitted and experts are assigned through the single window, the fee for their services is calculated based on the complexity, size, and location of the construction project. The contract is sent to the investor through the single window portal. After the investor pays the fee and signs the contract, the expert examination begins. If the submitted application, along with supporting documents, is not complete, the investor is contacted by a representative of the single window portal and is asked to supply the missing materials. The expert evaluation through the single window takes around 30 days, provided that there are no delays due to missing or incomplete application materials.
Included in the expert evaluation are: project clearance from the Sanitation and Epidemiological Authority (SES), project clearance from the the electricity company, project approval from the Fire Service Department, project evaluation and approval by the Environmental Protection Agency, seismological project opinion from the Republican Enterprise Kazakhstan Scientific Institute “Kaz NIISA,” project clearance from the Almaty City Architecture and Town-Planning Department, and other approvals as deemed necessary based on specific project documentation. Whereas previously these project clearances and approvals were obtained at separate agencies, now the process has been simplified and all project evaluation is done through the single window portal.
The single window portal was introduced by amendments to Law No. 242 on Architectural, Town-planning and Construction Activity in the Republic of Kazakhstan, by way of the Order of the Minister of Economics No. 299 “Rules for comprehensive non-departmental examination of feasibility studies and design and estimate documentation for the construction of new buildings, and changes (reconstruction, expansion, technical re-equipment, modernization and overhaul) to existing buildings and structures and their complexes, engineering and transport communication regardless of funding sources,” dated April 1, 2015.
Time and cost: 30 days, KZT 448,000
Hire construction technology supervision company
Agency: Construction Technology Supervision Company
A licensed construction engineering supervision company or Individual who holds the appropriate certificate carries out the technical process of checking the different stages of the building. The average price is USD 3 – 6 dollars per square meter, and may depend on the complexity of construction.
Time and cost: 1 day, USD 5,202
Notify the Architecture and Town-Planning Control Department of Almaty about the start of construction
Agency: Almaty City Department of Architecture and Town-Planning Control
After having passed through all the various examination at the project review phase in the “single window,” having obtained all the necessary approvals, and after having hired the construction technology supervision company, the client notifies the Almaty City Department of Architecture and Town-Planning Control about the start of construction through the e-license website (https://elicense.kz/).
The notification requirement is stipulated in Law No. 242 on Architectural, Town-planning and Construction Activity in the Republic of Kazakhstan in article 68 (12) in accordance with Law No. 202-V on Permissions and Notifications in article 46 (2).
Time and cost: 0.5 days, no charge
Receive visit from Administration of State Architectural and Construction Control (GASK)
Agency: Administration of State Architectural and Construction Control (GASK)
GASK will conduct a site visit within 5 working days after the receipt of the notification about the start of construction. The purpose of this visit is to check if the information submitted in the notification about the start of construction is correct, also to check the licenses of the construction company and the technical supervision company. This is regulated by the Article 33 of the Law on Architecture, Construction and Urban Planning Activity.
Time and cost: 1 day, no charge
Receive connection to water and sewage systems
Agency: Almaty Su
BuildCo puts down all pipelines and prepares for connection to water and sewerage systems. Connection to water takes one day because the authorities are only present at the time of connection. The Act is signed on the spot.
Time and cost: 1 day, KZT 56,250
Register the Act of Acceptance at the Public Service Center
Agency: Public Services Center
The Act of Acceptance is brought by the client to the Public Service Center. Then PSC forwards it to the Government Information Database of “Registration of Property” (GIBDRN), where the technical characteristics are entered into the database and the Act of Acceptance is stamped that the technical characteristics have been added to the database.
Time and cost: 1 day, KZT 4,403
Register the Act of Acceptance at the Administration of State Architectural and Construction Control (GASK)
Agency: Administration of State Architectural and Construction Control (GASK)
Upon completion of the warehouse (construction), the Act of Acceptance is signed by the builder (the author of the project), the investor and the technical supervision company/individual expert. This Act is then submitted to GASK for registration (archiving) within 3 working days of signing, in accordance with Article 24, paragraph 1 subparagraph 12 of the Law on Architecture and Urban Planning Activity.
Time and cost: 1 day, no charge
Register the Act of Acceptance at the Department of Architecture
Agency: Department of Architecture and Town Planning
BuildCo submits the Act of Completion to the Department of Architecture and Town Planning according to Article 73, paragraph 8 of the Law on Construction and Urban Planning Activity, amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29 December 2014 “On amendments and additions to some legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on issues of fundamental improvement of the business environment in the Republic of Kazakhstan”, that came into force on 1 January 2016.
The Department of Architecture and Town Planning duly registers the project in the municipal Cadaster’s unified plan of engineering structures. This can be done in parallel to the previous procedure (submitting the Act to GASK).
Time and cost: 1 day, no charge
Register BuildCo’s right to the warehouse
Agency: Registration Service Committee
BuildCo must register the building with the Department of Justice at the place of location of the warehouse, once it has been registered with the Public Service Center, Administration of State Architectural and Construction Control (GASK) and the Department of Architecture and Town Planning.
The official time limit is 3 business days, as specified in article 23 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan (no. 310-III) on Registering rights to immovable property of July 26, 2007.
Small businesses pay a reduced fee of KZT 2,147.3 for property registration (as of September 27, 2018 under the Decree of the Minister of Information and Communication of RK on “Establishing prices for goods and services in the field of property registration”).
The documents to be submitted include an application, legal documents proving ownership, payment receipt, identification or legal entity registration certificate, charter, decision of the Akimat approving the building for use, the act of the state commission on approval for use, and so forth. An officer of the Registration Service Committee accepts the documents and issues a receipt that lists the documents received and indicates the date and time the documents were received.
Time and cost: 3 days, KZT 2,147
Request a technical passport
Agency: Public Service Center (PSC) or Center for Immovable Property of Alamaty City
The procedure for obtaining a technical passport is specified in the Rules for Issuing Technical Passports of Immovable Property (Order No. 246 of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated April 28, 2015) (“Rules”). State technical inspections are carried out by Public Service Center (PSC) or the Center for Immovable Property of Almaty City.
Application for technical passport is done online through the e-gov website. In order to obtain a technical passport, BuildCo must submit the following documents:
- Application in the form specified in the Rules, where such an application contains the name of the authorized body, the type of the immovable property with its address, and information on a person who files documents on behalf of BuildCo, the name and address of BuildCo;
- Title documents (deeds) in respect of the warehouse with the land identification document;
- A document confirming fee payment for issuance of the technical passport.
An inspection is conducted within the period of 20 business days necessary for obtaining a requested technical passport.
Generally, a technical inspection consists of primary and subsequent inspections (i.e. land survey and a schematic plan of a land plot, the structure’s measurement and a floor plan).
Time and cost: 1 day, KZT 2,465
Receive an inspection for the issuance of technical passport
Agency: Real Estate Center
A specialist from the Real Estate Center contacts BuildCo and coordinates the date of the inspection to take the measures of the building using electronic measurement tools. After the inspection, the technical passport is issued.
Time and cost: 1 day, no charge
Obtain a technical passport
Agency: Public Service Center (PSC) or Center for Immovable Property of Alamaty City
A technical passport is issued upon the results of technical inspections. If a structure is newly constructed, its technical passport is subject to issuance upon the results of a primary inspection.
A technical passport is usually obtained at the very end of the construction permitting process.
Time and cost: 14 days, KZT 63,859
