Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO) Approvals
We prepare drawings and manage approvals for fit outs, building modifications and warehouses in Dubai Silicon Oasis, including the Civil Defence approvals that go with them.
- Authority ready drawings prepared by our engineers
- Submissions, comments and follow up handled for you
- Through to permit, NOC or completion certificate

How Dubai Silicon Oasis approvals work
Dubai Silicon Oasis is an integrated free zone and community that now forms part of the Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIEZ). Planning and building works in DSO follow its own engineering approval procedures.
We confirm the current DSO requirements for your scope at the start, prepare the drawing set, and coordinate the landlord, DSO and Civil Defence steps through to completion.
Projects we handle
- Office and showroom fit outs
- Retail and F&B units
- Warehouses and light industrial units
- Building modifications
- Villa and townhouse modifications in DSO residential areas
Approval stages
The exact steps depend on the scope and the plot. This is the usual sequence we manage.
Scope and route
We check the unit or plot, the landlord and the DSO approval route.
Drawings
Architectural, MEP and fire and life safety drawings as required.
Submissions
DSO and Civil Defence submissions with comment management.
Permit and works
Permit issue to the contractor and coordination during works.
Completion
Inspections and completion documents.
Typical documents
- Tenancy contract and Ejari (for tenant works)
- Landlord or building management NOC
- Trade licence of the tenant (for commercial premises)
- Proposed architectural, structural and MEP drawings
- Fire and life safety drawings where systems are added or altered
- Contractor appointment letter and contractor trade licence
What we do
- Jurisdiction and feasibility check before any spend
- Drawing preparation, or review and conversion of your consultant's drawings
- Landlord, master developer and authority submissions, made through appropriately registered professionals where required
- Responses to authority comments and resubmissions
- Coordination of inspections with your contractor
- Permit, NOC and completion documents handed over to you
Every authority has its own checklist and it changes from time to time. We send you the exact list for your project after the first review.
Dubai Silicon Oasis approval questions
Is DSO under Dubai Municipality?
Dubai Silicon Oasis has its own authority framework as part of DIEZ, so most building approvals follow the DSO route instead of DM. We confirm this for your plot.
Do you handle residential modifications in DSO?
Yes. We prepare the drawings and manage the approvals for villa and townhouse modifications where permitted.
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View serviceTell us about your project
Share the plot or unit location and a short description of the works. An engineer reviews it and replies with the approval route and a quotation.
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- Mobile+971 55 492 9782
- Office04 431 5558
- Emailinfo@dubaiapprovals.ae
- AddressUnit 103, Eros Building, Street 3, Al Quoz 3, Dubai
- HoursMon to Sat, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
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- We review your scope and location
- We confirm the authority, approvals and documents
- You receive a clear quotation
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