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What is SIMBG and How to Obtain Building-Related Permits?

Business actors still rely heavily on physical buildings as places to conduct their business activities. While some business actors choose to utilize existing buildings, some others choose to build new ones.

In accordance with Indonesian law, building owners/users are required to obtain building-related permits i.e., Building Approval (Persetujuan Bangunan Gedung/PBG) and Certificate of Worthiness (Sertifikat Laik Fungsi/SLF) as regulated under Law No. 28 of 2002 on Buildings, and amended by Regulation of the Government in Lieu of Law No.2 of 2022 on Job Creation (Law 28/2002). 

PBG was previously known as Building Construction Permit (Izin Mendirikan Bangunan/IMB) but then this permit is no longer valid after the issuance of Government Regulation No. 16 of 2021 on the Implementation Regulation of Law No. 28/2002 (Regulation 16/2021). The difference between the two permits is that PBG allows buildings to have multiple functions, while IMB only allows buildings to have one function. 

What is SIMBG

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Off to the main question, how to obtain PBG, SLF, and other building-related permits? According to Law 28/2002, the application to obtain PBG and SLF can be made through the Building Management Information System (Sistem Informasi Manajemen Bangunan Gedung/SIMBG), which is organized by the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing. Besides for processing PBG and SLF, SIMBG is also used to process other building-related permits including: 

  1. Building Ownership Certificate (Surat Bukti Kepemilikan Bangunan Gedung/SBKBG)
  2. Technical Demolition Plan (Rencana Teknis Pembongkaran Bangunan/RTB)
  3. Other building data/information 

The use of SIMBG is mandatory for building owners and users to obtain PBG, SLF, and SBKBG for commercial and residential buildings. This week’s Legal Updates will discuss in general about SIMBG and how to obtain the aforementioned permits. 

PBG, SLF, and SBKBG each have their respective purposes and functions, for which business owners are required to obtain each for different purposes. ET Consultant has summarized the objectives of obtaining permits, the functions, and the validity of each permit in the table below:

 

Types of Permit Objectives of Obtaining Permits Permit FunctionsValidity
PBG
  1. Construction of new buildings 
  2. Renovation of buildings 
  3. Expansion and/or reduction in the sizes of buildings 
  4. Building maintenance
  1. Ensuring the legal status of the building
  2. Ensuring that the building operations fulfill the applicable standards
  3. Maintaining records of the building plans 
Lifetime validity once issued
SLF
  1. Renovation of Buildings
  2. Stipulation of the building worthiness prior to utilization 
  1. Ensuring that the building is safe for utilization 
  2. Ensuring that the building complies with the applicable standards 
  3. Maintaining records of the physical existence of the building 
20-year period for single and terraced residential houses; 5 years for other buildings. 
SBKBGProof of building ownership status
  1. Ensuring the building ownership status
  2. Ensuring that building is legal and meets the technical standards
  3. Maintaining records of the building ownership
Remain valid until all or part of the data in SBKBG no longer corresponds to the status of the building (due to transfer of rights, amendments, deletions, and so forth). 

 

 

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What are the steps to obtain PBG, SLF, and SBKBG? As briefly discussed above, applications for these three permits can be made through SIMBG (simbg.pu.go.id). Below are several steps to take to obtain the permits as summarized by ET Consultant: 

 

StepDescription 
1Registration and creation of a SIMBG account
2Login to the SIMBG account 
3Application for permits by fulfilling the required data and documents
4Verification of application:

  1. 28 working days for PBG
  2. 3 working days for SLF and SBKBG
5Payment: 

  1. For PBG, the payment is to be made after the regional technical department has completed the verification of application and determined the relevant regional retribution.
  2. No payments are required for the issuance of SLF and SBKBG
6Once the relevant regional government office approves the application, the regional permit office then prints out the permit.
7Permit issuance. The applicants can take the printed permit from the relevant regional permit office.
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