Ghana - Complaint about Illegal Construction

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Procedure

Apply In-Person
Reporting an illegal construction

1. To Complaint about Illegal Construction, applicant has approach the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) office in Ghana Contact Link
2. If there is an illegal construction then, one can go to the municipal corporation of the city and can lodge a complaint with the proper procedure.
3. The applicant has to make sure he or she has all the required documents that are required for this process to be successful and they can be found under the "Required Documents" section of this page.
4. Applicant should attach photocopies of documents (whichever is necessary) along with the applicant form while submitting it at the office.
5. Payment of appropriate fees should be made and that can be found under the "Fees" section of this page.
6. The municipal corporation will send a notice to the residents/owner of the property.

Process of notice

1. A notice is sent to the person residing in the illegal construction and is given a time period for reply.
2. The person is also provided sufficient time period by the municipal corporation for obtaining a stay order from the court.
3. If no action has been done by the owner then the construction is liable for demolition.
4. The government has also launched an online portal, through which one can file a complaint against illegal construction.
5. A person can also file a complaint with police and can take help for prevention of illegal construction.
6. The processing time for this procedure is 1 day.

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Required Documents

• Complaint letter
• Documents need to be given to the municipal corporation as evidence and validating the authenticity of complaint.
• Proof of illegal construction

Office Locations & Contacts

Environmental protection agency (EPA)
Address: HR22+H42, Accra, Ghana
Postal address: P.O .Box M.326 Accra, Ghana
Emailid: [email protected]
Phonenumber: 0302 664697-8/ 0302 662690
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Eligibility

• All Ghanaian citizens are eligible.
• Applicant must be submitted a proof of smoke nuisance.

Fees

• There is no fee for this procedure.

Validity

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Processing Time

• The processing time for this procedure is 1 day.

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Instructions

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Required Information

• Applicant name
• Residential address
• One has to provide name, house, and photo-id.
• Necessary other information to be given to municipal corporation relating to the illegal construction.

Need for the Document

• Illegal construction not only blocks the land  in an illegal manner but also becomes a threat of life for the people living out there, like if an area is declared as a green zone and is not fit for any construction and if any construction is been made there then there can be collapsing of building and loosing of lives. These generally happen because the soil is not appropriate for construction and just in order to build apartments and house people anyhow starts their constructions.
• India is currently facing a huge traffic problem, and among various different causes, the main cause which arises here is illegal construction, by having houses beside the road and construction of houses beyond the permissible area not only makes the roads smaller but also results in blocking roads for vehicles thus resulting in traffic.
• The municipal authority although has a mechanism for preventing illegal construction, but should come up with such counter-attack plans for this people, that they find it hard to create an escape plan and neither can mislead any law by any unfair means and hence do their construction only by legal means.

Information which might help

• The growth of population day by day has led to an increasing number of constructions, among them few are legal and a large number can be found to be illegal. These illegal constructions are not made without any proper authority, nor do they have any legal documents of the area to construct. To save their pockets they do not realize to go through all the necessary registration and hence go on making an illegal construction. Other main causes of illegal construction are poverty, urbanization and excess need of housing demands.

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