MPSJ stops issuing CFs
13/06/2007 The Star By Lim Chia Ying

THE Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) will no longer issue the Certificate of Fitness (CFs) as it is being replaced with the Certificate of Compliance and Completion (CCC).

Council president Adnan Md Ikhsan said this when chairing the MPSJ One Stop Centre (OSC) committee meeting which held its swearing-in ceremony on Monday.

“The CCC will be the responsibility of the professionals engaged by the developers,” he said.

Taking oath: The MPSJ OSC committee members at the swearing-in ceremony led by Adnan (right).
Asked if this would be better, Adnan said he believed so.

The swearing-in ceremony also saw the inclusion of councillors and other departments into the committee.

“This swearing-in session is to reinforce and renew the commitment of members towards the OSC. In fact, the OSC has existed in MPSJ since 2004, but it had less responsibilities then, like processing CFs and building plans,” said Adnan.

“This time, following the state government’s initiative to make pre-engineering changes to the entire system and procedure towards the approval of development proposals, we have brought in all relevant departments for a more efficient delivery system with a wider scope of work,” he said.

“Now, the OSC can send applications and building plans to the respective departments. We can also process applications for land development, permit for planning and building plans all at the same time. So there is no need for discussions during full board meetings. We can immediately announce approvals or non-approvals after the OSC meeting,” Adnan said.

He said this system would also be an incentive to developers who follow the concept of build then sell, so that they can obtain approvals within four months.

This is because they will be given the fast lane priority in all matters relating to land development.

He said there was an OSC secretariat that would look into registration of fully completed applications, and to distribute the land development applications to the land office, the Urban Planning Department (for application of planning permit) and the Building Department (for building plan application).

“This would ensure there won’t be a backlog of cases as the decision-making will all be made at one go,” said Adnan.