A street line certificate is required when a land parcel located within the area of authority of the Pradeshiya Sabha is mortgaged to a financial institution to secure a loan. The importance of this certificate is that the Pradeshiya Sabha is empowered to deal with any building constructed in contravention of street lines.

Eligibility,

• The building concerned should be located within the area of authority of Pradeshiya Sabha.
  For this Purpose,
• An application form should be obtained from the assessment section of the pradeshiyasabha office by paying the relevant fee
• The application should be submitted together with two copies of the original plan of the land.
• It should be confirmed that the applicant has paid license fees any other relevant fee without any arrears.
• It the payments are in arrears; such should be settled.
• Street lines will be marked in the originals and duplicates of the plan submitted by the applicant will be inspected by the Technical Officer and the building boundary pertaining to that building will be markedand thereafter a certificate of street line will be issued.
• The applicant should also have paid al assessment taxes in arrears.