Malaysia legislation

Section 19

of *TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1976

Section 19

(2)

Notwithstanding subsection (1), no planning permission shall be necessary—

(a)

for the carrying out of such works as are necessary for the maintenance, improvement, or other alteration of a building, being works that affect only the interior of the building and do not—

(i)

involve any change in the use of the building or the land to which it is attached;

(ii)

materially affect the external appearance of the building;

(iii)

involve any increase in the height or floor area of the building;

(iv)

involve any addition to or alteration of a building that affects or is likely to affect its drainage, sanitary arrangements, or its soundness; or

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(v)

contravene or involve or result in any inconsistency with any provision in the local plan;

(b)

for the carrying out by any authority established by law to provide utilities of any works for the purpose of laying, inspecting, repairing, or renewing any drains, sewers, mains, pipes, cables, or other apparatus, or for the purpose of maintaining or repairing roads, including the breaking open of any road or ground for those purposes;

(c)

for any excavation, including excavation of or for wells, made in the ordinary course of agricultural operations in areas zoned for agriculture;

(d)

for the use of any land or building for a period not exceeding one month or such further period as the local planning authority may allow for purposes of—

(i)

a temporary or mobile cinema, theatre, or show;

(ii)

a temporary amusement park, fair, or exhibition;

(iii)

a temporary ceremony or festivity of a religious, social, or other character, and for any development necessary to give effect to such use;

(e)

for the construction or erection on any land of temporary buildings for the accommodation of workers involved in the construction or erection of a building on the land, for which planning permission has been granted;

(f)

for the use of any land or building within the cartilage of a dwelling-house for any purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwelling-house as such; or

(g)

for the making of such material change in the use of land or building as the State Authority may prescribe to be a

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material change for which no planning permission is necessary.

Prohibition of development contrary to planning permission

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