Morocco Unblocks MRE Building Permits and Urban Projects

Every summer, the return of Moroccans residing abroad overwhelms urban planning services. This period, often chosen to settle investment or housing matters, becomes a real ordeal. Complaints raised by consulates point to a glaring lack of coordination, weak digitalization, and extreme slowness in processing requests. The supervisory authority also noted that certain elected officials and intermediaries were taking advantage of this procedural complexity to monetize their services, with the aim of reaping electoral gains ahead of September elections.

On Bladi.net : Morocco Interior Ministry Unblocks MRE Investment Projects Fast

To end these abuses, governors of the Casablanca-Settat, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Marrakech-Safi, and Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima regions have ordered a general mobilization. Officials must drastically reduce file processing times, particularly for compliance certificates and building permits. The priority objective is to spare users from making unnecessary trips between various administrations to complete a single transaction.

On Bladi.net : Morocco Cracks Down on Bureaucratic Delays, Targets Corruption in Local Government

Central administration refuses to let these new directives remain a dead letter and demands regular follow-up reports. Authorities are particularly monitoring the implementation of court decisions. Currently, many final judgments pronounced in favor of diaspora members against municipal presidents remain unapplied for years. These blockages frequently concern demolitions of illegal buildings on private land or regularization of construction sites, a legal situation further aggravated by recent waves of revocations within elected municipal councils.