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title: Dubai renovation approval times, reported | SoukLocal
url: https://souklocal.ae/insights/approval-times
source: SoukLocal (souklocal.ae), facts cited to the sources listed
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> How long renovation approvals take in Dubai, community by community: developer NOCs, building management and permits, reported by homeowners and contractors.

# Dubai renovation approval times

Nobody publishes how long a developer NOC or a permit really takes. Homeowners and contractors who have been through it can. Report yours in a minute, anonymously; medians appear here once a community has 5 reports.

The short answer

Approval times for Dubai renovations vary by developer, community and job, and no authority publishes them. SoukLocal collects reported times from homeowners, contractors and consultants: days from a complete application to approval, by community and approval step. Medians are published only once a community has at least 5 reports; individual reports are never shown.

By SoukLocal Advisor Updated 29 October 2026

## Reported times

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Which approvals a job needs in each community: [Who approves my job?](https://souklocal.ae/tools/which-authority-approves) and the [approvals dataset](https://souklocal.ae/insights/dubai-renovation-approvals-by-community).

## Questions

**How long does a renovation NOC take in Dubai?**

It depends on the developer, the community and the job. Building management NOCs for apartments are often quoted at 7 to 14 days. SoukLocal collects reported times from homeowners and contractors and publishes the median per community once there are at least 5 reports.

**How are approval times calculated?**

Each report gives the calendar days from submitting a complete application to receiving the approval. We publish the median and the middle half of reports for each community and approval step, only when at least 5 reports exist, and never show individual reports.

**Who can report an approval time?**

Anyone who applied: homeowners, contractors and consultants. Reports are anonymous; we keep no names, only the community, the approval step, the job type, the month and the days.