Lagos State Government has said that the number of approved buildings in the state is less than 25 per cent. The state’s Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr Oluyinka Abiodun Olumide, disclosed this, yesterday, during a media briefing to announce the state’s physical planning summit slated for October 15-16, 2024.

According to him, the state government is bothered about the low approved buildings and it plans to use the summit to interact with critical stakeholders to solve all the bottlenecks concerning physical planning issues in the state.

He promised that the summit, though the first, would be held every two years with submissions in each of the conferences examined if they have been implemented, in the next edition.

He said that for any resident to do any physical development on their landed property, such a person needs a physical planning permit.

He further said that it is important that residents get approval for their buildings, especially if they have been built without approval, saying that no compensation will be paid on a building without approval if such a building is demolished for the public interest.