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PBG Approval for Your Bali Villa Build

Since 2021 every legal villa build in Bali starts with a PBG in hand — Indonesia's current building approval under GR 16/2021. We assemble the file, lodge it on SIMBG and see it through to sign-off, on its own or inside your build contract.

🗂 Full SIMBG lodgement⏱ Typical timeline 4–8 weeks🏗 Bundled into turnkey builds

Persetujuan Bangunan Gedung — PBG for short — is Indonesia's current building approval, introduced by Government Regulation 16/2021 in place of the older IMB. The switch is more than a new acronym: where the IMB was a permission you requested, the PBG is confirmation that your villa design complies with Indonesian technical building standards and with the plot's zoning. Every application now runs through SIMBG, the government's online building portal, and is reviewed by a technical panel. Build without one and you are exposed to stop-work orders, fines and — in the enforcement waves Bali now runs regularly — demolition. We prepare PBG files as a routine part of villa construction, and just as readily for owners who only need the approval itself.

What This Service Includes

Complete Document File

Proof of land rights (SHM, HGB or a registered lease), the KRK spatial statement, owner identity and tax numbers, and the application forms — assembled and cross-checked before anything is uploaded, because one mismatched name stalls an entire file.

Technical Drawing Package

Architectural working drawings, structural calculations signed by a licensed engineer and MEP layouts, formatted the way SIMBG reviewers expect. If your architect has already drawn the villa we adapt the set; if not, our design team produces it.

SIMBG Lodgement & Consultations

We create and manage the SIMBG account, upload the file, sit the technical consultations, answer every revision note from the review panel and track the application to approval — you get progress updates, not homework.

Rejection-Proofing

Before lodgement we test the design against the plot's ITR: zone, setbacks, building coverage, height. Most refusals are predictable, and catching them on paper costs nothing compared to catching them mid-review.

How It Works

  1. Zoning pre-check

    We confirm the plot's designation and building envelope first — see our zoning and ITR check — because no drawing skill fixes a plot in the wrong zone.

  2. Legal file assembly

    Land certificate or lease, KRK request, IDs, tax numbers and corporate papers if you hold the land through a PT PMA. Gaps are flagged in week one, not week six.

  3. Technical package

    Working drawings, structural calculations and MEP plans are finalised to match both your villa and the plot's rules.

  4. Lodgement & review

    The file goes onto SIMBG, the technical panel reviews it, and we handle every consultation note and drawing revision until the panel signs off.

  5. Retribution & approval

    The system calculates the government retribution from floor area and function; once it is paid, the PBG is issued and construction can legally start.

What It Costs

For a typical villa file, our preparation and lodgement fee runs USD 900–2,500 depending on villa size and on whether working drawings already exist or need producing. On top sits the government retribution, which each regency calculates from floor area, function and its own tariff — for most villas it lands between a few hundred and a couple of thousand US dollars, and we confirm the exact figure inside SIMBG before you pay anything. Inside a turnkey contract the whole item is already included; see the pricing page for how the packages break down.

Timeline reality: a clean residential file clears in 4–8 weeks. Files slow down when land papers are inconsistent, when drawings ignore setbacks, or when the plot's zoning was never checked — which is exactly why steps one and two exist.

Where It Fits in Your Project

The PBG sits in the middle of the legal chain. Before it comes land selection — our land sourcing and due diligence and the zoning and ITR check make sure the plot can carry a villa at all. After it come construction and, once the villa is finished, the SLF worthiness certificate that makes the building legal to occupy and rent. Commission a turnkey villa build and the whole chain sits inside one contract; every permit-related service is collected on our permits and legal hub.

What Owners Ask Us

I hold an IMB from before 2021 — does it still count?
A pre-2021 IMB keeps its validity for the structure it was issued for. New construction, though, is approved under the PBG system, significant structural changes or extensions, and when the building's function changes — for example a private house becoming a rental villa.
How long does a PBG for a villa actually take?
Four to eight weeks is the honest range for a complete, consistent file. Zoning conflicts, mismatched land documents or repeated drawing revisions can double that, which is why we pre-check everything before lodgement.
Can construction start while the application is under review?
Legally, no. Groundbreaking before approval invites stop-work orders and fines, and unpermitted structures have been demolished in Bali. We sequence design and lodgement so approval arrives just as the site team is ready to mobilise.
What are the most common reasons villa applications get refused?
A plot zoned agricultural or otherwise unbuildable, drawings that breach the setback or height rules in the KRK, missing structural calculations, and land certificates that do not match the applicant. All four are checkable before you spend money on the application.
I bought a half-built villa with no permit — can you fix it?
Usually, yes. The route is as-built drawings, adjustments where the structure breaks technical rules, then a PBG application for the building as it stands. It is slower and costlier than doing it first, but it beats owning a structure you can never legally rent or sell.

Areas We Work In

CangguUluwatuUbudSeminyakJimbaranSanurBerawaNusa DuaKutaDenpasar

Need the Approval Handled?

Send us your plot location and villa plans — or just the plot — and we will map the fastest route to a PBG, with a fixed quote.

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