Communities · Master developer: Dubai Investments
DIP mixes logistics sheds, factories, labour accommodation, offices and homes in one master community. We prepare drawings and coordinate the DIP NOC, the building permit and the Civil Defence approvals for industrial works there.
Dubai Investments Park works on leases within leases. A company may hold ground from DIP, build a warehouse complex and sub-let the units, and those tenants may sub-let space again. Before any authority looks at your drawings, the first job is to work out whose consent you need.
| Master developer | Dubai Investments Park, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dubai Investments PJSC, established in 1997 |
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| Scale and mix | Dubai Investments describes a 23 million m² park, with logistics and industrial uses making up about 78{b6bd08b3c1132384522624c50ccc0d18a78d323afdbe829335e256301401c2e5} of operating space, residential 14{b6bd08b3c1132384522624c50ccc0d18a78d323afdbe829335e256301401c2e5} and commercial, retail and hospitality 8{b6bd08b3c1132384522624c50ccc0d18a78d323afdbe829335e256301401c2e5} |
| Developer consent | DIP NOC. DIP's online e-services include NOC applications. |
| Building-permit authority | Generally Dubai Municipality, with the DIP NOC forming part of the application. We confirm the authority and the DIP requirements for each plot. |
| Fire and life safety | Dubai Civil Defence |
Dubai Investments reports more than 1,200 tenants and over 4,000 sub-leases in the park. That structure decides how a fit-out starts.
If you rent a unit from a company that holds the ground lease, its written consent comes first. Many landlords want to review drawings for structure, roof loads and fire systems that serve the whole block.
Tenant · landlord
The master developer's NOC confirms the works and use fit the plot's lease and the park's rules. It usually goes in through the lease holder.
Ground lessee · DIP
Technical drawings go to the authority for the building or decoration permit, with the NOCs attached.
Registered consultant or approved contractor
Fire systems are approved, installed by an approved contractor and inspected before the space is used.
Fire contractor · DCD
Where several parties are involved, our NOC coordination service keeps them aligned on one set of drawings.
Ground lessees building new sheds need the full permit route: architecture, structure, MEP, fire strategy, utility connections and completion. See our building design service.
Office blocks, partitions, cold rooms and dock equipment inside a sub-let unit. Non-structural decoration over 100 m² on DM plots needs a decoration permit filed by a DM-approved contractor.
Steel mezzanines and taller racking change loads and fire risk. Read our guides on mezzanine approval and racking approval rules.
Converting space for workers' housing is a change of use with its own fire, sanitation and occupancy standards. See change of use approval.
The general process for industrial projects is on our warehouse and industrial approvals page.
Usually, yes, for works beyond cosmetic changes. As a sub-tenant you normally apply through your landlord or the ground lessee, who deals with DIP.
Generally Dubai Municipality, with the DIP NOC as part of the application, and Civil Defence for fire safety. We confirm this for each plot before submitting.
Often, but it needs landlord and DIP consent, structural design, fire-safety approval and a permit. The existing slab and the block's fire systems decide how simple it is.
It depends on how many parties must consent and how many review rounds the drawings need. We give a project-specific plan once we know the scope and the lease structure.
Leasing or building in DIP?
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Approvals for warehouse mezzanines, high-bay racking, new storage uses and industrial unit changes in Dubai: Civil Defence, structural checks, Trakhees and DM.
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Get support for Dubai Municipality approval: drawings, NOCs, permits, submissions and completion coordination. Check the approval route for your project.
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DCD approval support in Dubai for fire and life-safety drawings, fire alarm and firefighting coordination, submissions, inspections and completion.
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One team to track every NOC your Dubai project needs: developer, building management, DEWA, Civil Defence, RTA, telecoms and more, sequenced around your permit.
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Understand how proposed changes or observed concerns affect a building’s structural assessment. We help define the investigation brief and coordinate the records required by the responsible structural professional.
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A mezzanine introduces floor area, loads and circulation inside an existing building.
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Racking drawings should identify more than rows and aisle widths.
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Fire-safety coordination begins with the proposed use and layout.
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