BMA to consider lenient laws for reviving abandoned buildings

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BMA to consider lenient laws for reviving abandoned buildings

By The Nation

 

 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and the Department of Public Works and Town & Country Planning (DPT) plan to enable owners of abandoned buildings to continue construction, expecting it to generate revenue to boost the country’s economy by over Bt100 billion.

 

It is also expected to create safety in citizens’ life and property and improve the country’s landscape.

 

A survey by BMA’s Department of Public Work found that there are 32 projects with 46 buildings remaining in Bangkok. Most of them are office buildings and condominiums which the department estimated the owners could not persist with due to the Tom Yum Kung crisis at that time.

 

Currently, the department has assessed a number of projects to propose to the DPT for issuing lenient laws, such as announcement or exceptions to enable owners to continue construction until completion.

 

A BMA officer said the reason why investors and owners could not continue construction was the new laws issued after 1997, such as Ministerial Regulation No 55, which states that the housing estate should have a space of three metres, while for buildings it is six metres.

 

Meanwhile, one of DPT’s officer said that the department will propose the number of abandoned buildings to Building Control Bureau for approving lenient laws.

 

“The Department will speed up the operation to solve these problems which most building owners are facing with non-performing loans and Ministerial Regulations on the Bangkok comprehensive plan effective from 1999,” said the officer.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30379308

 

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[johng]

So buildings from the 97 crash will finally be finished with some legal "jigerry pokerry" ..how about the Hopewell project ?

[RichardColeman]

Translation :Expect your Thai neighbour to build an extension so you can't open your window

[newnative]

And, now on to Pattaya and let's either finish in some form or tear down Waterfront condo--I don't care which--just don't keep it the half-finished eyesore it's been in Pattaya's most prominent spot year after year--since 2014!  

[phil2407]

You had a beautiful building in BK - was the British Embassy - sold for billions what did the Thais do - flatten It and then  request a plaque back to build another mall / high rise 

 

[mmushr00m]

Expect a lot of leaky buildings.

Buyers beware

[johng]

2 hours ago, mmushr00m said:

Expect a lot of leaky buildings.

They can be brand new and leaky..leaky roof,leaky water pipes buried in the walls,leaky sewers and then the things that should leak but don't  like bathroom floors sloping the wrong way ( away from the drain)  toilets full of building rubble, sewage pipes that flow uphill !...there is also often no damp proof membranes in the wall or floors even in bathrooms/wet rooms