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Rokhas — Building permit: practical guide

Access to building-permit procedures through the Rokhas platform, depending on the municipality concerned.

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Screenshot of the Rokhas portal in Morocco — Building permit

Quick answer. Rokhas centralizes applications for urban-planning authorizations, including procedures related to a building permit. The platform does not turn every construction project into an identical file: the procedure, supporting documents, participants and processing time depend on the project and the local authority concerned.

What Rokhas adds to the building-permit process

The portal allows an application to be submitted remotely, its progress to be followed and status changes to be tracked. Resources from the national local-authorities portal describe Rokhas as a tool for dematerializing urban-planning authorizations and enabling digital examination of the file by the relevant participants.

Before submitting

  • identify the municipality and exact project location;
  • confirm which urban-planning procedure actually applies to the proposed work;
  • prepare the administrative and technical documents requested by the Rokhas workflow;
  • if an architect or another authorized professional must intervene, verify that person’s role in the electronic file.
Building permit ≠ business authorization. Rokhas handles several authorization families. For opening or operating an economic activity, use the economic-authorization procedure. For construction work, remain in the appropriate urban-planning workflow.

Recommended working path

  1. sign in to the official Rokhas account;
  2. select the competent authority and correct urban-planning procedure;
  3. complete the project information and upload the required documents;
  4. check land references and applicant information before submission;
  5. follow status changes and respond to requests for additional information inside the same file;
  6. after the decision, keep the electronic authorization and verify exactly what it permits before starting work.

Other useful access points

The Rokhas portal page explains general access, while the Authorizations hub helps users choose between administrative routes.

The final decision is what authorizes the work

A successful online submission is not itself permission to start construction. Wait for the file to be examined and for the competent authority’s decision. Read the scope of the authorization, keep its reference, and answer any request for additional information in the same electronic file so that the history remains traceable.

Official sources checked on 8 September 2026