The council demands a single system to link agencies and enhance project integration. Dubai: In an effort to promote sustainable urban development throughout the emirate, the Sharjah Consultative Council (SCC) has accepted a set of proposals that call for the Department of Planning and Survey to accelerate its digital transformation and improve its institutional integration. The SCC emphasized the need to further develop the department’s operating framework in order to improve urban planning standards and keep up with the emirate’s long-term development goals during its fifth meeting of the third ordinary session of the 11th legislative term, which was chaired by Dr. Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi and held at the Council’s headquarters in Sharjah.
Senior officials, including Engineer Ali Sultan Al Muhairi, the department’s director, and Engineer Hamad Jumaa Al Shamsi, a member of the Sharjah Executive Council and chairman of the Department of Planning and Survey, attended lengthy discussions on the department’s policy before the recommendations were made. In order to standardize databases, improve coordination, and guarantee better integration of infrastructure projects from the planning stage through implementation, the Council emphasized the significance of creating a single system that links pertinent government agencies with the Department of Planning and Survey. It claimed that doing so would lessen conflicts and overlaps while increasing project quality and efficiency.
The SCC also demanded the creation of a single digital platform for building permits and land applications, as well as the acceleration of digital transformation through the application of AI. The suggested platform will provide quicker and more accurate service delivery by streamlining processes, cutting bureaucracy, and enabling applicants to track requests in real time. The completion of the street-naming and building-numbering project in all of Sharjah’s cities and regions, along with integration into smart systems to enable quicker response times, especially for emergency, security, and service-related operations, was one of the main recommendations.
In order to guarantee the long-term sustainability of urban development, the Council also recommended adherence to a thorough, authorized master urban plan that is in line with the emirate’s future vision, infrastructure requirements, population expansion, and expanding investment projects. Regarding land and property issues, the SCC emphasized the significance of establishing unambiguous regulatory policies for redevelopment and replacement initiatives, such as uniform compensation procedures and an open framework for appraising inherited lands while defending the rights of all stakeholders. In order to speed up ownership confirmation decisions and more effectively address related concerns, the suggestions also called for reviving property verification committees and bolstering existing operating structures.
As the session came to an end, the Council reiterated its support for the Government of Sharjah’s initiatives to improve institutional performance, build the urban planning system, and accomplish sustainable, balanced development that raises the standard of living throughout the emirate. The SCC declared that the policy of the Department of Public Works in Sharjah will be the main topic of discussion at its upcoming meeting, which is set for January 5.
