Postby Mr. Red Sleeper » July 23rd, 2009, 11:47 am
Evoloution,
All the crap as usual in here will get you nowhere.
The easiest way to go about this is as follows:
Go to the T&C Planning Division ANY DAY OF THE WEEK, and collect the Application for Outline Approval form.(free at counter; take a couple in case of mistakes in filling in the info)
At home, if more comfortable, Fill out the form at your earliest convenience, putting in the relevant information which will be found on your cadastral sheet which is a plan of the land which everyone should be in possession of , once you own a parcel of land.
One very important piece of info requested by them on the form, is the intended use by you for said land.(residential,commercial, multi-family residential (apts/ Condos etc).
Providing that you have the cadastral, you then make a copy of it and attach to the plan and go in to the T&C Planning Division and submit it to the attendant.
She/he will write up a receipt aith a ref. #, that verifies that you have submitted the relevant docs.,and thats it.
On average, it's supposed to take 2 - 3 wks for them to mail your outline approval back to you. But with the PNM and local govt, union minded employees, etc. this has taken from 4 - 8 mths.
The outline approval will tell you what you are allowed to use the land for and based on your intended use, the stipulations that you are required to abide by.
However, in an effort to speed up that whole process, it helps to be a tactful nag and call their offices once or twice a week after the initial 2 wks have passed, just quoting your reference number on the receipt to the attendant on the phone.
Thats the process as spelt out as you will get it.
Their's always the easier a nd time proven method of walking with a bottle of Johnny walker in a bag and discreetly hand it to the first pleasant faced employee that you see.(good luck finding that in a govt office on a clerical level).
Let them know what you need and they'll try to pull it through the system a little quicker for you.