Question & AnswerQ&A (HLURB ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 02, S. 2006)
The resolution amends the provisions on signatories to subdivision development plans and site development plans for projects under Presidential Decree No. 957 and Batas Pambansa Blg. 220, allowing any licensed and registered architect, environmental planner, civil engineer, or geodetic engineer to prepare, sign, and seal these plans without requiring co-signatories.
Any licensed and registered architect, environmental planner, civil engineer, or geodetic engineer can prepare, sign, and seal subdivision development plans and site development plans.
Previously, subdivision and site development plans had to be signed and sealed by an architect who is also an environmental planner, a civil engineer who is also an environmental planner, a geodetic planner who is also an environmental planner, or an architect or civil engineer or geodetic engineer together with an environmental planner as co-signatory.
Presidential Decree No. 1152, entitled 'Philippine Environmental Policy,' declares this continuing policy.
Yes, an ECC duly issued by the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is required as part of the development permit issuance for subdivision projects to ensure site suitability and public safety.
The Board found, after reviewing EMB’s technical requirements for ECC issuance, that environmental concerns and site suitability are adequately addressed in that process and noted that there are overlapping competencies among professionals involved in subdivision development plan preparation.
The site development plan (schematic plan) should be at a scale ranging from 1:200 to 1:2,000.
The plan must show roads, easements or right-of-way including width, alignment, gradients; lot numbers, lines, areas, and block numbers; and site data such as the number of residential and saleable lots, typical lot sizes, parks, playgrounds, and open spaces.
The Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) and the Local Government Unit (LGU) concerned are involved in approving subdivision development plans.
The resolution took effect fifteen days after its publication on 8 November 2006, following its publication in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on 24 October 2006.