Understanding Development Control evidence

Planning documents in Abuja vary by property, land use and the date of construction. A building-plan approval, a development permit and a completion or habitation record are distinct documents serving distinct purposes.

Ask which specific document is being offered, what it authorises, and whether it matches what has actually been built.

Where alterations or extensions have been carried out, ask whether they were separately approved.

Enforcement or contravention notices should be disclosed by the seller. Their absence from a file is not proof that none exists.