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Permits, registrations, rates and support programmes — what the Assembly provides, what you need to bring, and which office handles it.

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Business operating permit

Required for every business in the district and renewable each year. Covers chop bars and caterers, corn, rice and flour millers, bakers, hawkers, artisans, kiosks, herbalists, liquor sales, hotels, entertainment services, pharmacies and chemical sellers, filling stations, lottery businesses, breweries and distilleries, and dealers in bicycles, tricycles and motorcycles.

Revenue Unit, Central Administration · renew before expiry to avoid penalties.

Building permit

The Assembly prohibits the construction of any new building until submitted plans have been approved. Lodge your drawings and site details with the Physical Planning Department before work begins.

Physical Planning Department · Works Department inspects during construction.

Births & deaths registration

Register a birth or a death at the district Births and Deaths Registry and obtain the certificate you will need for school enrolment, passports, banking and estate matters.

Births and Deaths Registry, Central Administration.

Property, basic & cattle rates

Property rate is charged on immovable property, basic rate on adults, and cattle rate on herds. Rates fund the boreholes, classrooms, markets and drains built each year.

Revenue Unit · see the fee schedule below.

Market tolls & store rentals

Daily tolls in the six weekly markets, plus rental of market stalls, stores and the 10–unit market stores at Nakpali. Market fees are the Assembly's single largest internal revenue line.

Market revenue collectors · receipts must be issued for every payment.

Livestock & kraal fees

Fees for kraals and livestock handling, and for the export of commodities out of the district. Goats and sheep are commonly sold in the lean season from May to July.

Revenue Unit with the Department of Agriculture.

Stool land revenue & royalties

Stool land revenue is collected and shared in accordance with national law. Bring your allocation papers and traditional authority endorsement when making enquiries.

Central Administration with the Lands Commission and the traditional authority.

Street naming & property addressing

The Assembly undertakes street naming and house numbering so that properties can be located for deliveries, emergency response and rating.

Physical Planning Department.

Disability Fund, LEAP & NHIS

The Assembly facilitates and monitors the Persons With Disability Fund, LEAP cash transfers and National Health Insurance registration. Ask about eligibility and current application windows.

Social Welfare and Community Development Department.

Sanitation & waste management

Refuse evacuation and maintenance of the final dumping site, desilting of major drains, and dislodging of public latrines across the district.

Environmental Health Unit with the Works Department.

Water points & borehole repairs

Report a broken–down borehole or hand pump. Six mechanised boreholes were drilled in 2024 and twenty more are planned under the 2026 budget.

District Water and Sanitation Team (DWST).

Agricultural extension

Advice and demonstration plots for yam, maize, millet, sorghum, cassava, groundnuts, cowpea and soya beans. Ten cowpea and maize demonstrations ran across five communities in 2025.

Department of Agriculture.

Disaster relief & NADMO

Report fire, flood, rainstorm or windstorm damage. Over 1,000 residents were displaced by a severe rainstorm in October 2025 and relief was coordinated through this office.

NADMO — Disaster Prevention and Management Department.

Step by step

How do I…?

Apply for a business operating permit

  1. Come to the Revenue Unit

    Visit the Assembly's Central Administration block at Tatale during office hours and state the type of business you operate.

  2. Complete the application

    Provide the business name, location, the nature of the trade and the name of the proprietor.

  3. Assessment

    Your fee is assessed against the approved fee–fixing resolution for your business category.

  4. Pay and collect

    Pay at the Revenue Unit, insist on an official receipt, and collect your permit. Renew before the expiry date each year.

Get a building plan approved

  1. Secure your land

    Obtain documentation from the traditional authority and, where applicable, the Lands Commission.

  2. Prepare drawings

    Have a competent draughtsperson prepare a site plan and building drawings.

  3. Submit to Physical Planning

    Lodge the drawings with the Physical Planning Department. Construction must not begin before approval.

  4. Inspection

    The Works Department inspects at agreed stages. Keep your approval on site.

Register a birth or a death

  1. Report the event

    Go to the Births and Deaths Registry at the Assembly. Register as soon as possible after the event.

  2. Bring your evidence

    For a birth: the weighing card or hospital record, and the parents' identification. For a death: the medical cause–of–death record or the report of the community leader.

  3. Complete the register entry

    The registrar records the particulars and reads them back to you. Check every spelling before signing.

  4. Collect the certificate

    Pay the prescribed fee and collect the certificate. Keep it safe — replacements take longer than the original.

Report a broken borehole or a sanitation problem

  1. Note the location

    Record the community, the nearest landmark and, for a water point, any identification number on the pump.

  2. Tell your area council or assembly member

    Reports routed through the area council reach the Works Department with the community's endorsement.

  3. Or report directly

    Use the report form or walk in to the District Water and Sanitation Team.

  4. Follow up

    Ask for the reference given to your report so you can check progress.

Apply for support from the Persons With Disability Fund

  1. Speak to Social Welfare

    Visit the Social Welfare and Community Development Department to confirm the current application window.

  2. Provide documentation

    Bring identification, evidence of disability and details of the support you are requesting — equipment, education, medical costs or livelihood capital.

  3. Assessment by the committee

    Applications are assessed against the Fund's guidelines and available allocation.

  4. Notification

    Successful applicants are notified through the department and, where relevant, the area council.

Where the money goes

Internally generated funds, 2026

The Assembly projects internally generated funds for 2026. Every cedi collected is budgeted and reported on.

Source: Tatale Sanguli District Assembly Composite Budget, Ministry of Finance.
Revenue source2026 projection (GH¢)What it pays for
Market fees153,000Market maintenance, stores and sanitation
Lands and royalties63,000Statutory sharing and land administration
Licences & business operating permits25,300Business regulation and inspection
Property rates15,000Local infrastructure and services
Fines10,000Enforcement of by–laws
Cattle rates3,500Livestock services
Other sources20,200Rents, tender documents and investment income
Total projected290,000—

Revenue and public service

Prompt payment of rates and permits directly improves local roads, water points, schools and sanitation that the Assembly delivers across the district.