Thailand construction license.
Constructing, modifying or destroying a building necessitates acquiring a construction license for your business.
Legal construction
in Thailand.
A construction permit or license will be required in the following cases:
When building a new building- When adding or modifying the existing building by:
- Changing the structure of the concrete (prestressed concrete building), or the material, size, amount or type of the building
- Changing a part of the building whereby the weight will be increased by more than 10 percent Changing a part of the floor or roof whereby the surface increases or decreases more than five square meters
- Adding posts or beams
- When constructing or modifying a building other than approved by plan before if:
- The space between the building and the public area is different from the approved area plan by more than 20 percent, or the area plan is changed
- The proportion of structure is different from the approved plan by more than five percent
- When destructing or moving a building
- Using differently or changing the usage of a building
- Modifying or using the parking, u-turn, car entrance and/or exit for another purpose
To submit the application for the construction license, we can apply at the following places:
In Bangkok
- Public Works Section in the Local District Office, in case it’s a residence building, a block, dormitory, flat, apartment, office, townhouse, condominium, showroom, warehouse (no more than 10 meters between each pillar), commercial building (no more than four floors and not higher than 15 meters), row house (no more than 2 floors), pet building, temporary building or wooden bridge.
- Building Control Division in the Department of Public Works and Town & Country Planning (Din Daeng), in case it’s a building which has more than four floors, public building, toxic building, any other building not mentioned above, and in any case for changing the building’s usage including applying for the certificate, etc.
In another province
- Inside the municipality area, submit the application at the Engineering Section of the local Municipality Office
- Outside the municipality area, submit at the local government service office, for example, Tambon Administration Organisation Office
