Before You Build in Bali

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PBG · Persetujuan Bangunan Gedung

Approval for an owner to build new, alter, extend, reduce, and/or maintain a building in accordance with technical building standards. For a new-build project, it concerns technical planning before construction.

02

SLF · Sertifikat Laik Fungsi

A certificate declaring the building functionally fit before it is used. It concerns the readiness of the building, not just the intention shown in a design.

English explanations of the official terms, not a substitute for the Indonesian regulation. PBG is not an automatic SLF, and neither is a blanket approval for every business or site condition.

References: DPUPR Badung · BASICKementerian Pekerjaan Umum · SIMBGDitjen Peraturan Perundang-undangan

1. 01↓→

   Understand the site

   Existing conditions, land information, and spatial context.

2. 02↓→

   Define the program

   Intended use, activities, and project needs.

3. 03↓→

   Architectural design

   Organize spaces and develop the building proposal.

4. 04↓→

   Technical coordination

   Bring architecture, structure, and services together.

5. 05↓→

   Regulatory / PBG process

   Confirm the applicable route and technical requirements.

6. 06↓→

   Construction

   Communicate the coordinated proposal to the site team.

7. 07↓→

   As-built / verification

   Records, inspections, and technical checks where applicable.

8. 08↓→

   SLF / functional readiness

   Complete the applicable fitness-for-use process.

9. 09○

   Building use

   Use the building under the applicable framework.

Conceptual, not an administrative checklist. Exact requirements and sequence may vary depending on project type and applicable regulations. Site and regulatory checks inform design throughout.

References: Kementerian Pekerjaan Umum · SIMBGDPUPR Badung · BASICJDIH Kementerian Keuangan

01

A business license is not a building approval

PP 28/2025 replaced PP 5/2021 for risk-based business licensing. Articles 108 and 122 address PBG before construction and SLF before building use for the business-building framework.

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Existing-building provisions need a separate check

Article 123 includes a direct SLF application route for business buildings already standing without IMB/PBG before PP 28/2025 took effect. Confirm how this provision applies to the particular building; do not use the new-build diagram as a retrospective checklist.

SIMBG’s general existing-building FAQ and the newer business-licensing provisions should be read in their respective contexts. Confirm the current SIMBG / OSS route with the relevant authority.

References: JDIH Kementerian KeuanganKementerian Pekerjaan Umum · SIMBG

Document categories drawn from Badung’s published guidance. The applicable scope is not identical for every building. Confirm current site, environmental, spatial, and technical requirements before submission.

References: DPUPR Badung · BASICKementerian Pekerjaan Umum · SIMBG

Record existing conditions

This stair-survey photograph records site observation. It does not establish a building’s approval status.

Translate observations into information

An anonymized plan shows room relationships and openings. A drawing is part of a technical package, not evidence that approval has been issued.

Selected previous-employment field documentation and anonymized drawing excerpt. Project identities and administrative information are omitted.

01

Unresolved documentation

Which decisions and required records are still missing before work begins?

02

Licensing assumed interchangeable

Has the building route been checked separately from the business-license route?

03

Late design changes

How will a revised layout affect coordinated information?

04

Separate disciplines

Do architecture, structure, and services describe compatible decisions?

05

Unverified existing conditions

Are observations and measurements reliable enough for the next stage?

06

Site requirements considered late

Have location and regulatory constraints informed the proposal?

Preparation questions, not predictions of sanctions or a universal submission checklist.

Bring design, site evidence, technical documentation, and regulatory requirements into the same conversation—before decisions become difficult to change.