Kingdom of Saudi Arabia · National Agricultural Land Evaluation · Module 3 of 4v6 · MEWA requirements only

Land Suitability
for a Named Crop

Capability asks whether land can support farming at all. Suitability asks how well one specific crop would do on it. The same measurements are read again — this time against each crop’s own tolerance rather than a general threshold. The class is always set by the single worst factor, never by an average.

Diagnostic Factors26 across 6 groups
Result ClassesS1 → S2 → S3 → N1 → N2
How the Class is SetThe single worst factor decides
Production Systems4 crop systems · 3 MEWA activities
FrameworkFAO Bulletin 55 · ALUES / Sys et al.
Capability and Suitability measure the same land qualities. What differs is the requirement they are compared against. Salinity is salinity — one measurement on a hectare. Capability asks whether that reading is a problem for farming in general. Suitability asks whether it is a problem for date palm specifically, then for tomato, then for wheat — and the answer differs for each crop, because each tolerates a different amount. Suitability does not re-measure anything. It re-reads Capability’s outputs against a crop-specific tolerance ruler.
Why 26 factors here and 19 in Capability. Suitability assesses more factors than Capability because it re-reads every land quality against each crop’s tolerance and adds crop-only requirements that do not exist at the capability stage — irrigation demand, crop nutrient requirement, and the chemical factors that only bite at crop-specific thresholds. The larger count is the design, not an inconsistency.
Capability asks

Is this measurement a problem for farming in general? Uses a general physical threshold. One class per hectare, any land use.

Suitability asks

Is this measurement a problem for this named crop? Uses a crop tolerance table. One class per hectare per crop — the same hectare can be S2 for date palm and S3 for tomato.

S–N Classes S1 — Highly Suitable S2 — Moderately Suitable S3 — Marginally Suitable N1 — Currently Not Suitable N2 — Permanently Not Suitable
Subclass letters: s soil physical z salinity / sodicity n nutrient / toxicity w water / drainage f flood hazard t terrain / topography e erosion hazard d sand drift c climate i irrigation demand ★ ★ new in Suitability
The subclass letter identifies the group, not the individual factor. With 26 factors and 10 letters, a letter cannot say which factor is binding — six factors share s, five share n, five share c. This is a known FAO limitation, handled the same way the Capability and Land Rights & Constraints modules handle it: the subclass letter travels on the map and in summary tables; the specific limiting factor is named in full in the zone record and the attribute table. A result reads S3s on a map, and “S3 — limited by rooting depth” in the location detail.
How the land is read
What the land is for
Every element the Suitability module reads61
The twenty-six factors written for crops are the crop reading of this register. Aquaculture, livestock and poultry are read only on the requirements MEWA sets in its site-selection document (مشاريع الموارد الحيوانية والسمكية والدواجن): 44 conditions, turned into 36 elements. A column is filled where the element is read for that activity, and the activity tabs show each element with the MEWA condition it comes from.
CodeElementWhat is measuredCropالمحاصيلAquacultureالاستزراع المائيLivestockالثروة الحيوانيةPoultryالدواجن
Soil Physical
SQ-A-01Available Water CapacityThe volume of water the soil can store and release to plant roots between field capacity and permanent wilting point (mm/m).●–––
SQ-A-02Soil WorkabilityThe ease with which soil can be tilled, seedbed-prepared, and managed for the specific cultivation system of the target crop.●–––
SQ-A-03Rooting ConditionsThe depth of soil in which roots can grow effectively — free of physically impeding layers, hardpan, gravel, or waterlogged zones.●–––
SQ-A-04Surface Sealing & CrustingThe tendency of the soil surface to seal or crust between irrigations, reducing infiltration and emergence conditions.●–––
SQ-A-05Soil TextureThe relative proportions of sand, silt and clay in the mineral soil fraction, expressed as one of the 12 USDA texture classes.●–––
SQ-A-06Coarse FragmentsThe volumetric proportion of coarse fragments (gravel, stones, boulders) in the effective root zone, expressed as volume percent.●–––
Soil Chemical
SQ-B-01Salinity (ECe)Soil electrical conductivity of the saturated paste extract (ECe, dS/m).●–––
SQ-B-02Sodicity (ESP / SAR)Exchangeable sodium percentage (ESP) or sodium adsorption ratio (SAR) of the soil.●–––
SQ-B-04Toxicity Risk (Boron)Boron concentration in the irrigation water (mg/L), expressed as toxicity risk to the crop.●–––
SQ-B-05Calcium CarbonateCalcium carbonate content of the soil (%), the primary indicator of calcareous soil conditions.●–––
SQ-B-06Gypsum ContentGypsum content of the soil (%).●–––
SQ-B-07Soil pHSoil reaction measured as pH in water. pH governs nutrient availability, microbial activity, and heavy metal solubility.●–––
Water
SQ-C-01Drainage ConditionThe speed at which excess water drains from the root zone.●–––
SQ-C-02Flood HazardThe frequency, depth, and duration of inundation events from wadi floods or irrigation overflow.●–––
SQ-C-03Waterlogging Riskخطر التشبع بالماءHow many days a year the root zone stays saturated.●––●
Topography
SQ-D-01Terrain Workabilityصلاحية التضاريسThe slope of the hectare.●–●●
SQ-D-02Water Erosion HazardThe rate of soil loss by water erosion under the planned production system.●–––
SQ-D-03Wind Erosion HazardThe rate and frequency of aeolian soil removal from the site.●–––
SQ-D-04Sand Encroachment HazardThe directional advance of mobile sand from upwind dune sources onto the site.●–––
SQ-D-07Distance to an active dune fieldالمسافة إلى كثبان رملية نشطةHow far the hectare lies from the edge of the nearest moving dune field.––●–
Climate
SQ-E-01Moisture Deficit (Aridity)The annual deficit between potential evapotranspiration and rainfall, expressed as aridity index or mm/year deficit.●–––
SQ-E-02Thermal SuitabilityThe match between the site growing-season temperature regime and the heat requirement of the target crop: growing degree days (GDD), heat unit accumulation, and maximum temperature stress episodes during critical growth stages.●–––
SQ-E-03Radiation & Solar EnergyDaily insolation (MJ/m²/day) during the crop’s main growing season.●–––
SQ-E-04Length of Growing Period (LGP)Days per year during which temperature permits plant growth.●–––
SQ-E-05Frost RiskThe frequency, severity and timing of frost events at the site, assessed against each crop tolerance for freezing temperatures.●–––
Crop-Specific
SQ-F-01Irrigation Demand (ETc)The total volume of irrigation water required to meet the named crop’s full seasonal evapotranspiration demand (ETc = ETo × Kc), in mm/year or m³/ha/season.●–––
SQ-F-02Crop Nutrient RequirementThe fertiliser nutrient inputs (N, P, K and key micronutrients) required to achieve the target yield of the named crop, expressed as kg/ha/season.●–––
Facilities and infrastructure
SQ-H-02Road accessالوصول بالطريقHow far the hectare lies from the nearest paved road.–––●
SQ-H-03Power availabilityتوفر الكهرباءWhether a grid connection is within reach of the hectare, and how far away it is.–––●
SQ-H-05Potable water availabilityتوفر المياه الصالحة للاستهلاكWhether water fit for consumption reaches the hectare, and from what source.–––●
Water source
WP-A-01Source typeنوع المصدرWhich water sources the hectare can reach, and whether a licensed well exists on the site.–●––
Groundwater protection
WP-F-01Groundwater vulnerabilityقابلية المياه الجوفية للتأثرHow exposed the aquifer beneath the hectare is to contamination from the surface.–––●
Settlement and urban growth
LR-S-01Distance to built-up urban extentالمسافة إلى النطاق العمراني القائمHow far the hectare lies from the edge of the nearest city, village or residential community.–●–●
LR-S-02Distance to planned urban expansionالمسافة إلى التوسع العمراني المستقبليHow far the hectare lies from the edge of the nearest area a municipality has planned for growth.–●–●
Industry and waste
LR-I-01Distance to a quarryالمسافة إلى الكسارات والمحاجرHow far the hectare lies from the boundary of the nearest quarry, rock quarry or clay quarry.–––●
LR-I-02Distance to a cement or block factoryالمسافة إلى مصانع الأسمنت والبلكHow far the hectare lies from the boundary of the nearest cement factory or block factory.–––●
LR-I-03Distance to a landfill or waste siteالمسافة إلى مكب النفايات ومخلفات المصانعHow far the hectare lies from the boundary of the nearest landfill, waste collection site or factory waste site.–––●
Hydrography
LR-H-01Distance to a wadi or flood channelالمسافة إلى مجاري السيول والأوديةHow far the hectare lies from the nearest wadi, river or mapped flood channel.–––●
Marine
LR-M-01Distance to the coastlineالمسافة إلى الساحل — حرم البحرHow far the hectare lies from the surveyed shoreline.–●––
LR-M-02Seabed depth below the siteعمق القاع تحت الموقعThe depth of water beneath a proposed marine site.–●––
Tenure and approvals
LR-T-01Tenure type heldنوع الحيازةWhat the applicant holds over the site: a deed, a Ministry lease, or a lease from another party.–●–●
LR-T-02Remaining lease termالمدة المتبقية من عقد الإيجارHow many years a lease still has to run at the date of application.–––△
LR-T-03Approved site layout on recordوجود مخطط معتمدWhether an approved layout exists for the site.–●––
LR-T-04Aquaculture committee approval on recordموافقة لجنة البتWhether the committee that adjudicates aquaculture applications has approved the site.–●––
LR-T-05Security clearance on recordالموافقات الأمنيةWhether the security approvals for the site have been granted.–●––
LR-T-06Licence application lodgedتقديم طلب الترخيصWhether the investor has lodged the application on the Ministry's platform.–––●
LR-T-07Applicant identity or commercial register validالهوية أو السجل التجاريWhether a valid national identity document or commercial register entry exists, with the required activity added.–––●
LR-T-08Ministry branch technical report on recordالتقرير الفني من فرع الوزارةWhether the relevant Ministry branch has prepared the site report on the circulated template.–––●
LR-T-09Surveyed site sketch on recordالرسم الكروكي المعتمدWhether an accredited engineering office has produced a sketch showing the site coordinates.–––●
LR-T-10Experience and financial suitability certifiedشهادة الخبرة والملاءمة الماليةWhether the applicant has certified experience and financial standing.–––●
Livestock type
LV-01Livestock typeنوع الثروة الحيوانيةWhich animals the project will rear: cattle, sheep or calves.––●–
Project separation
SP-P-01Distance to the nearest licensed project, by activity pairالمسافة إلى أقرب مشروع مرخص حسب زوج النشاطينHow far the proposed site lies from each licensed project around it, compared against the distance the annex requires for that pair of activities.––●●
SP-P-02Project boundaryحدّ سور المشروعThe fence line of a project, which is the geometry every separation distance is measured from and to.––●●
SP-P-03Activity set carried by the projectمجموعة الأنشطة في المشروعEvery activity a project holds, since one project may include a farm, a slaughterhouse and a hatchery at once.––●●
SP-P-04Distance to the nearest crop farmالمسافة إلى أقرب مزرعة نباتيةHow far the proposed poultry site lies from the nearest plant or crop farm.–––●
Aquaculture separation
SP-A-01Open sea frontage to the nearest leased siteالواجهة البحرية المفتوحة إلى أقرب موقع مؤجرThe length of open shoreline between this leased parcel and the next leased aquaculture parcel.–●––
Area
ZN-A-01Contiguous suitable areaالمساحة المتصلة الصالحةThe size of the block of neighbouring hectares that have all passed the earlier stages.–●●●
Parcel geometry
ZN-G-01Coastal frontage length of the parcelطول الواجهة الساحلية للموقعHow far a leased parcel runs along the shoreline.–●––
Plan containment
ZN-P-01Containment within an approved agricultural planالوقوع ضمن المخططات الزراعيةWhether the hectare falls inside the boundary of an approved agricultural layout.–●––
Region
ZN-R-01Administrative regionالمنطقة الإداريةWhich of the thirteen regions the hectare falls in.–●●–
Site design
SD-01Vegetation clearance around facilitiesخلو محيط المنشآت من الأشجار والأعشابWhether a strip around each building is kept clear of trees and grass.–––●
Elements readand of those, how many decide the site on their own2626 govern1414 govern88 govern2524 govern
● governs△ conditional– not read
The twenty-six crop factors in detail — per-crop thresholds, capability cross-reference and assessment method

Select a diagnostic factor to view per-crop tolerance thresholds, Capability cross-reference, and assessment method.

26 crop factors · 4 production systems
Crop Activityنشاط المحاصيل
Irrigated open-field, orchard and perennial, protected and rain-fed production, and the 63-species crop library.
Irrigated Open-Field
Annual crops grown in the ground, watered from a managed supply.
Minimum viable area50 ha for centre pivot · smaller for surface and drip layouts
Distinguishing featureThe reference case. Every factor is read, and the crop threshold library applies in full.
What is being evaluated
The crop species. All 26 factors are read against that crop’s own tolerances.

Irrigation method — how it changes which factors bite

Drip
Water delivered to the root zone. Foliage never wetted.
Chloride tolerance rises — SQ-B-04 and water chloride are read against the soil pathway only, not foliar burn. Slope tolerance is highest of the four methods: drip works on ground a pivot cannot cross. Highest capital cost per hectare, lowest water demand.
Sprinkler
Overhead application. Foliage is wetted at every irrigation.
Chloride and sodium become foliar risks, not just root-zone risks. FAO-29 applies stricter limits under sprinkler than surface application for the same water. Wind speed matters for distribution uniformity — a factor no current element captures.
Centre pivot
Self-propelled circular system covering 50–125 ha per unit.
Imposes a minimum area and a shape. SQ-D-01 terrain becomes binding well before it would for drip — the tower must traverse the whole circle. Sub-50 ha blocks are not viable regardless of every other factor.
Surface / flood
Water moved across the field by gravity.
Requires near-level ground: SQ-D-01 is the governing factor. Demands high water volume, so SQ-F-01 irrigation demand and the water module’s volume parameters bind hardest. Salinity accumulates faster without a controlled leaching fraction.

All 26 factors — and how delivery method changes each

System column●Governs — can set the class on its own▲Conditional — depends on the system or setup○Does not applyMethod columns↑Amplified — binds harder under this method●Standard — behaves as it does for the system generally↓Reduced — the method mitigates this factor◖Inverted — the method turns the factor into a capabilityRead a row across: the system column is the base mark, the four method columns show how that behaviour shifts with delivery. The method marks describe the direction of effect — whether a factor bites harder or less hard under each delivery method.
Code Diagnostic factor This
system		 Shift by delivery method
DripSprinkler Centre pivotSurface / flood
A · Soil Physical
SQ-A-01Available Water Capacitysⓘ●↓●●↑
Surface applies large volumes infrequently, so the soil must store between irrigations. Drip refills the root zone daily and compensates for low holding capacity.
SQ-A-02Soil Workabilitysⓘ●●●●↑
Surface irrigation requires land levelling before the first crop. Workability governs the cost of that operation; the other three methods do not need it.
SQ-A-03Rooting Conditionss●●●●●
SQ-A-04Surface Sealing & Crustingsⓘ●↓↑↑↑
Sprinkler and pivot droplets strike bare soil and drive crust formation. Drip never wets the surface between emitters.
SQ-A-05Soil Texturesⓘ●↓●●↑
Texture sets the infiltration rate, which determines furrow length and basin size in surface systems. Under drip the emitter rate is set independently of the soil.
SQ-A-06Coarse Fragmentssⓘ●↓●↑↑
Tower wheels and levelling equipment both suffer on stony ground. Drip lines are laid over it.
B · Soil Chemical
SQ-B-01Salinity (ECe)zⓘ●●↑↑↑
Sprinkler and pivot wet the foliage, adding a leaf-burn pathway to the root-zone effect. Surface accumulates salt fastest without a controlled leaching fraction. FAO-29 sets stricter limits for overhead application.
SQ-B-02Sodicity (ESP / SAR)zⓘ●↓●●↑
Sodium collapses infiltration. That is fatal to surface irrigation, which depends on water moving across and into the profile; drip delivers under pressure to a point.
SQ-B-04Toxicity Risk (Boron)nⓘ●●●●●
Boron is taken up through the root regardless of delivery method.
SQ-B-05Calcium Carbonaten●●●●●
SQ-B-06Gypsum Contentnⓘ●●●●↑
Gypsum dissolves and can destabilise levelled basins and channels.
SQ-B-07Soil pHn●●●●●
C · Water & Drainage
SQ-C-01Drainage Conditionwⓘ●●●●↑
Surface irrigation applies large volumes at once. Without free drainage the root zone stays saturated far longer than under any pressurised method.
SQ-C-02Flood Hazardf●●●●●
SQ-C-03Waterlogging Riskwⓘ●↓●●↑
Same reason as drainage — application volume per event drives the risk.
D · Topography & Erosion
SQ-D-01Terrain Workabilitytⓘ●↓●↑↑
The primary differentiator. Drip works on ground no other method can cross. Pivot towers must traverse the whole circle. Surface needs near-level ground and governs hardest of the four.
SQ-D-02Water Erosion Hazardeⓘ●↓↑↑↑
Overhead droplet energy and surface flow both detach soil. Drip does neither.
SQ-D-03Wind Erosion Hazardeⓘ●●↑↑●
Wind distorts sprinkler and pivot distribution uniformity as well as eroding soil — a compounding effect no current element captures.
SQ-D-04Sand Encroachment Hazarddⓘ●↑●↑●
Emitters clog with wind-blown fines; pivot towers suffer mechanical damage from drifting sand.
E · Climate
SQ-E-01Moisture Deficit (Aridity)c▲●●●●
SQ-E-02Thermal Suitabilityc●●●●●
SQ-E-03Radiation & Solar Energyc●●●●●
SQ-E-04Length of Growing Period (LGP)c▲●●●●
SQ-E-05Frost Riskcⓘ●●◖◖●
Inverted. Sprinkler and pivot systems are deliberately run during radiation frost — the latent heat released as water freezes on the plant holds tissue near 0 °C. Frost risk becomes a capability the method provides, not a limitation.
F · Crop-Specific
SQ-F-01Irrigation Demand (ETc)iⓘ●↓●●↑
Application efficiency differs sharply: drip is the highest of the four, surface the lowest. The same crop demand becomes a different abstraction requirement.
SQ-F-02Crop Nutrient Requirementnⓘ●↓●●↑
Fertigation through drip places nutrients in the wetted zone. Surface systems broadcast, and losses on a calcareous soil are higher.
24 factors govern this system and 2 are conditional — shown in the system column. Of the 26, eighteen behave differently depending on how water is delivered; those rows carry ⓘ and open an explanation on click. The remaining eight are read identically under all four methods.
Orchard & Perennial
Tree and long-lived crops planted once and kept for decades.
Minimum viable area10 ha — harvest crews, grading and cold-chain handling do not amortise below this
Distinguishing featureThe distinguishing question is time. A 30-year planting must be matched against a water supply horizon, not just current availability.
What is being evaluated
The tree or vine species, assessed over its full productive life rather than one season.
Why the water finding binds harder here
A W2y source with a 28-year remaining horizon is adequate for an annual crop and marginal for a date palm planting that reaches full bearing at year 8 and yields for decades. The suitability class does not capture this — the water state must be read alongside it.
Rooting depth carries more weight
SQ-A-03 governs more strongly than for annuals. A shallow profile that a wheat crop tolerates for one season constrains a tree permanently, and the planting cannot be relocated.
How to read●Governs — can set the class on its own◖Qualifies — the hazard selects the site▲Conditional — depends on the system or setup○Does not apply — assessed, does not biteEvery factor is listed under exactly one heading below. The four headings together account for all 26 — a factor absent from one list appears in another.
●Factors that govern this system22 of 26
SQ-A-01Available Water Capacity●
SQ-A-03Rooting Conditions●
SQ-A-05Soil Texture●
SQ-A-06Coarse Fragments●
SQ-B-01Salinity (ECe)●
SQ-B-02Sodicity (ESP / SAR)●
SQ-B-04Toxicity Risk (Boron)●
SQ-B-05Calcium Carbonate●
SQ-B-06Gypsum Content●
SQ-B-07Soil pH●
SQ-C-01Drainage Condition●
SQ-C-02Flood Hazard●
SQ-C-03Waterlogging Risk●
SQ-D-01Terrain Workability●
SQ-D-02Water Erosion Hazard●
SQ-D-03Wind Erosion Hazard●
SQ-D-04Sand Encroachment Hazard●
SQ-E-02Thermal Suitability●
SQ-E-03Radiation & Solar Energy●
SQ-E-05Frost Risk●
SQ-F-01Irrigation Demand (ETc)●
SQ-F-02Crop Nutrient Requirement●
▲Conditional — depends on the crop or the setup3 of 26
SQ-A-02Soil Workability▲
SQ-A-04Surface Sealing & Crusting▲
SQ-E-01Moisture Deficit (Aridity)▲
○Does not apply1 of 26
SQ-E-04Length of Growing Period (LGP)○
Assessed, and found not to bite. An empty cell would look unfinished; this states the question was asked.
Protected Agriculture
Greenhouse and shade-house crops grown in substrate.
Minimum viable area2 ha — high value per square metre makes small blocks commercially viable
Distinguishing feature16 of the 26 factors do not apply. Substrate cultivation bypasses the field soil entirely, which is why this system can develop land the open-field assessment rejects.
What is being evaluated
The crop species, but read against a controlled root environment rather than the field soil.
What the structure replaces
Soil physical and chemical factors are removed from the assessment because the crop never contacts the field soil. Salinity, sodicity, texture, carbonate, gypsum, pH, rooting depth and coarse fragments are all N/A — not favourable, simply not read.
What still governs
Terrain for construction, water quality for the irrigation solution, radiation, and the thermal envelope the structure must manage. Water quality governs more strictly than open field — there is no soil buffer to absorb salinity.
The consequence for land inventory
A hectare rated poor for open-field cropping on soil chemistry may be fully suitable for protected agriculture. This is the clearest case in the study of a system rescuing land another system rejects.
How to read●Governs — can set the class on its own◖Qualifies — the hazard selects the site▲Conditional — depends on the system or setup○Does not apply — assessed, does not biteEvery factor is listed under exactly one heading below. The four headings together account for all 26 — a factor absent from one list appears in another.
●Factors that govern this system8 of 26
SQ-C-02Flood Hazard●
SQ-D-01Terrain Workability●
SQ-D-04Sand Encroachment Hazard●
SQ-E-02Thermal Suitability●
SQ-E-03Radiation & Solar Energy●
SQ-E-05Frost Risk●
SQ-F-01Irrigation Demand (ETc)●
SQ-F-02Crop Nutrient Requirement●
▲Conditional — depends on the crop or the setup2 of 26
SQ-B-04Toxicity Risk (Boron)▲
SQ-D-03Wind Erosion Hazard▲
○Does not apply16 of 26
SQ-A-01Available Water Capacity○
SQ-A-02Soil Workability○
SQ-A-03Rooting Conditions○
SQ-A-04Surface Sealing & Crusting○
SQ-A-05Soil Texture○
SQ-A-06Coarse Fragments○
SQ-B-01Salinity (ECe)○
SQ-B-02Sodicity (ESP / SAR)○
SQ-B-05Calcium Carbonate○
SQ-B-06Gypsum Content○
SQ-B-07Soil pH○
SQ-C-01Drainage Condition○
SQ-C-03Waterlogging Risk○
SQ-D-02Water Erosion Hazard○
SQ-E-01Moisture Deficit (Aridity)○
SQ-E-04Length of Growing Period (LGP)○
Assessed, and found not to bite. An empty cell would look unfinished; this states the question was asked.
Rain-fed & Supplementary
Crops grown on rainfall, or on seasonal wadi flood water.
Minimum viable area20 ha — area averages year-to-year rainfall variance into a predictable return
Distinguishing featureViable only in the southwestern highlands and on wadi systems. Across most of the Kingdom rainfall alone cannot support a crop cycle.
What is being evaluated
The crop species, read against rainfall and stored soil moisture rather than a managed supply.
Flood hazard inverts here
SQ-C-02 is marked Conditional rather than Governs because spate irrigation deliberately farms wadi flood water. The same hazard that disqualifies an orchard is the water source for a spate system. The mark depends on whether the operation is designed to capture flow or to exclude it.
Moisture deficit is the binding factor
SQ-E-01 governs almost everywhere. This is the system where the version 10.1 change matters most — moisture deficit is now crop-keyed, so the threshold is the named crop’s water requirement rather than a general aridity cut.
How to read●Governs — can set the class on its own◖Qualifies — the hazard selects the site▲Conditional — depends on the system or setup○Does not apply — assessed, does not biteEvery factor is listed under exactly one heading below. The four headings together account for all 26 — a factor absent from one list appears in another.
●Factors that govern this system23 of 26
SQ-A-01Available Water Capacity●
SQ-A-02Soil Workability●
SQ-A-03Rooting Conditions●
SQ-A-04Surface Sealing & Crusting●
SQ-A-05Soil Texture●
SQ-A-06Coarse Fragments●
SQ-B-01Salinity (ECe)●
SQ-B-02Sodicity (ESP / SAR)●
SQ-B-05Calcium Carbonate●
SQ-B-06Gypsum Content●
SQ-B-07Soil pH●
SQ-C-01Drainage Condition●
SQ-C-03Waterlogging Risk●
SQ-D-01Terrain Workability●
SQ-D-02Water Erosion Hazard●
SQ-D-03Wind Erosion Hazard●
SQ-D-04Sand Encroachment Hazard●
SQ-E-01Moisture Deficit (Aridity)●
SQ-E-02Thermal Suitability●
SQ-E-03Radiation & Solar Energy●
SQ-E-04Length of Growing Period (LGP)●
SQ-E-05Frost Risk●
SQ-F-02Crop Nutrient Requirement●
▲Conditional — depends on the crop or the setup1 of 26
SQ-C-02Flood Hazard▲
○Does not apply2 of 26
SQ-B-04Toxicity Risk (Boron)○
SQ-F-01Irrigation Demand (ETc)○
Assessed, and found not to bite. An empty cell would look unfinished; this states the question was asked.
This is the crop library. The Factors tab defines what is measured; the By Industry tab decides which factors a production system reads. This tab holds the other half of the equation — each crop’s own tolerances, the ruler that a measurement is read against. Select any crop to see its full ecological requirement record.
Status: All 63 crops now carry requirement data. 56 crops hold complete numeric S1–N thresholds — 1,268 records across 91 parameters, extracted from ALUES 0.2.1 and source-validated. 7 Saudi-priority crops hold full FAO ECOCROP ecological profiles. No crop is yet operational: production-system-specific thresholds still require Saudi calibration and expert approval before national release.

Select a crop to see its full ecological requirement record — temperature, rainfall, soil, light and production-system detail.

14 elements · 4 kinds of project
Aquacultureالاستزراع المائي
Fish and shrimp production in ponds, tanks or cages.
What is being evaluated
The MEWA siting conditions. Every element in this tab comes from one of the 17 conditions MEWA sets for aquaculture in its site-selection document. Each element shows the condition behind it, with the Arabic text as printed.
■The MEWA conditions for aquaculture17
As printed in مشاريع الموارد الحيوانية والسمكية والدواجن. The identifiers are the study’s own; the document does not number its conditions.
IDSource, pageThe condition (Arabic, as printed)Meaning in EnglishApplies toElements
AQ-01Aquaculture section, p. 1مخطط معتمدAn approved site layout is required.Aquaculture — land-based marineLR-T-03
AQ-02Aquaculture section, p. 1لا يزيد امتداد الموقع المؤجر على الساحل عن ٣ كيلو حسب قرار مجلس الوزراء رقم ٤٣٣ بتاريخ ١٤٣٦/١٠/١٨هـThe leased site may extend no more than 3 km along the coast (Council of Ministers Decision 433, 18/10/1436H).Aquaculture — land-based marineZN-G-01
AQ-03Aquaculture section, p. 1ترك مسافة مفتوحة على الواجهات البحرية لا تقل عن ٢ كيلو بين المواقع الاستثمار السمكي المراد تأجيرهاLeave an open sea frontage of not less than 2 km between aquaculture investment sites to be leased.Aquaculture — land-based marineSP-A-01
AQ-04Aquaculture section, p. 1يكون حرم البحر ١٠٠مThe sea setback (حرم البحر) is 100 m.Aquaculture — land-based marineLR-M-01
AQ-05Aquaculture section, p. 1خارج النطاق العمراني والتوجهات المستقبلية للمدنOutside the urban boundary and the cities' future directions of growth.Aquaculture — land-based marineLR-S-01 LR-S-02
AQ-06Aquaculture section, p. 1موافقة لجنة البت بطلبات مشاريع الاستزراع المائيApproval of the committee adjudicating aquaculture project applications.Aquaculture — land-based marineLR-T-04
AQ-07Aquaculture section, p. 1الموافقات الامنية للموقعSecurity approvals for the site.Aquaculture — offshoreLR-T-05
AQ-08Aquaculture section, p. 1الاعماق حسب نوع المشروع وكمية الانتاج المستهدفةWater depth according to project type and target production volume.Aquaculture — offshoreLR-M-02
AQ-09Aquaculture section, p. 1موافقة لجنة البت بطلبات مشاريع الاستزراع المائيApproval of the aquaculture adjudication committee.Aquaculture — offshoreLR-T-04
AQ-10Aquaculture section, p. 1عائدية الموقع لصالح الوزارةThe site must vest in the Ministry.Aquaculture — inlandLR-T-01
AQ-11Aquaculture section, p. 1يقع ضمن المخططات الزراعيةLocated within the approved agricultural layouts.Aquaculture — inlandZN-P-01
AQ-12Aquaculture section, p. 1بئرA well.Aquaculture — inlandWP-A-01
AQ-13Aquaculture section, p. 1مناسبة الموقع لمكونات المشروع المراد طرحهSite suitability for the components of the project being offered.Aquaculture — inlandThe condition does not name a measurable property, so no element is attached to it.
AQ-14Aquaculture section, p. 2المساحات المستهدفة للموقع — لا تقل عن ٥٠ ألف متر مربعTarget site area — not less than 50,000 m² (5 ha).Aquaculture — allZN-A-01
AQ-15Aquaculture section, p. 2المساحات الفنية بين المشاريع — لا يوجدTechnical distance between projects — none required.Aquaculture — allThe document records that no distance is required between aquaculture projects. There is nothing to measure, so there is no element.
AQ-16Aquaculture section, p. 2المناطق المستهدفة للمياه الداخلية — جميع مناطق المملكةTarget regions for inland water — all regions of the Kingdom.Aquaculture — inlandZN-R-01
AQ-17Aquaculture section, p. 2عدد المشاريع المستهدفة للمواقع البحرية — ساحل البحر الأحمر (جازان + عسير + مكة المكرمة + المدينة المنورة + تبوك)Target marine sites — Red Sea coast only (Jazan, Asir, Makkah, Madinah, Tabuk).Aquaculture — marineZN-R-01
■Elements evaluated for aquaculture14
A cage at sea and an earthen pond inland are judged on almost entirely different grounds, so the list changes with the kind of farm. Pick one here or in the column alongside. Open any element for its description, the range it permits and an example.
5 of 14 elements are read for Pond-based — 5 govern the decision.
نوع المصدر
MEWA condition
AQ-12 · Aquaculture section, p. 1 · applies to: Aquaculture — inland
بئر
A well.
Description
A well is required on an inland fish farm site.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedA licensed well exists on the siteRequired for an inland fish farm.
acceptedSeawater, taken directly from the seaA seventh source code is needed for it. The six inland codes all assume a source that can run down, fall in level or be allocated from a basin, and seawater does none of those.
not acceptedNo licensed well and no sea access
Example
An inland fish farm with a licensed well on the parcel qualifies. The same site with the nearest licensed well 8 km away does not.
Where the value comes from
Already held by the Water module, plus the well register.
Note
The module records which sources a hectare can reach. Whether a licensed well physically exists on the site is a further question the register has to answer.
نوع الحيازة
MEWA condition
AQ-10 · Aquaculture section, p. 1 · applies to: Aquaculture — inland
عائدية الموقع لصالح الوزارة
The site must vest in the Ministry.
Description
A certified deed, a Ministry lease, or a valid lease. An inland fish farm site must belong to the Ministry.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedA certified deed
acceptedA lease from the Ministry
acceptedA valid lease from another partySubject to the remaining term.
not acceptedAnything else
 For an inland fish farm, the site belongs to the Ministry
Example
A certified deed qualifies. A verbal arrangement with a landholder does not, whatever has been agreed.
Where the value comes from
The deed and lease registers, partly held by the Land Rights module.
Note
The tenure condition needs two elements, because the document sets a condition on the kind of tenure and a separate condition on how long it still has to run.
المساحة المتصلة الصالحة
MEWA condition
AQ-14 · Aquaculture section, p. 2 · applies to: Aquaculture — all
المساحات المستهدفة للموقع — لا تقل عن ٥٠ ألف متر مربع
Target site area — not less than 50,000 m² (5 ha).
Description
Four hectares for a poultry project and five hectares for a fish farm. A livestock site must hold at least four poultry barns or an intensive rearing unit.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedPoultry — 4 ha or more40,000 m².
not acceptedPoultry — less than 4 ha
acceptedFish farm — 5 ha or more50,000 m².
not acceptedFish farm — less than 5 ha
to be agreedLivestock — enough for four barns or an intensive rearing unitStated as a capacity rather than an area, so the equivalent hectares have to be agreed.
Example
A block of 6 contiguous hectares holds a poultry project. Four hectares split into two separate pieces of two does not, because the requirement is on a single block.
Where the value comes from
Computed from the output of the earlier stages.
Note
One element serves three conditions with three different thresholds, which is why the threshold belongs to the activity rather than to the element.
الوقوع ضمن المخططات الزراعية
MEWA condition
AQ-11 · Aquaculture section, p. 1 · applies to: Aquaculture — inland
يقع ضمن المخططات الزراعية
Located within the approved agricultural layouts.
Description
Required for an inland fish farm site.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedInside an approved agricultural plan
not acceptedOutside
Example
A hectare inside an approved agricultural layout qualifies. One 200 m outside the boundary does not.
Where the value comes from
The approved agricultural plan boundaries, still to be obtained.
المنطقة الإدارية
MEWA conditions
AQ-16 · Aquaculture section, p. 2 · applies to: Aquaculture — inland
المناطق المستهدفة للمياه الداخلية — جميع مناطق المملكة
Target regions for inland water — all regions of the Kingdom.
AQ-17 · Aquaculture section, p. 2 · applies to: Aquaculture — marine
عدد المشاريع المستهدفة للمواقع البحرية — ساحل البحر الأحمر (جازان + عسير + مكة المكرمة + المدينة المنورة + تبوك)
Target marine sites — Red Sea coast only (Jazan, Asir, Makkah, Madinah, Tabuk).
Description
Inland fish farms and livestock projects are wanted in every region. Marine fish farms are wanted on the Red Sea coast, in Jazan, Asir, Makkah, Madinah and Tabuk.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedInland fish farms and livestock — every region
acceptedMarine fish farms — Jazan, Asir, Makkah, Madinah and TabukThe Red Sea coast.
not acceptedMarine fish farms — any other region
Example
A marine fish farm proposed on the Jazan coast is in scope. The same proposal on the Gulf coast is not.
Where the value comes from
The region boundaries, which the study already holds.
Note
One element with a different list of allowed regions depending on the activity, rather than a separate element for each rule.
Not read for this kind of project: LR-S-01 Distance to built-up urban extent, LR-S-02 Distance to planned urban expansion, LR-M-01 Distance to the coastline, LR-M-02 Seabed depth below the site, LR-T-03 Approved site layout on record, LR-T-04 Aquaculture committee approval on record, LR-T-05 Security clearance on record, SP-A-01 Open sea frontage to the nearest leased site, ZN-G-01 Coastal frontage length of the parcel.
5 of 14 elements are read for Tank / RAS — 4 govern the decision, 1 is conditional.
نوع المصدر
MEWA condition
AQ-12 · Aquaculture section, p. 1 · applies to: Aquaculture — inland
بئر
A well.
Description
A well is required on an inland fish farm site.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedA licensed well exists on the siteRequired for an inland fish farm.
acceptedSeawater, taken directly from the seaA seventh source code is needed for it. The six inland codes all assume a source that can run down, fall in level or be allocated from a basin, and seawater does none of those.
not acceptedNo licensed well and no sea access
Example
An inland fish farm with a licensed well on the parcel qualifies. The same site with the nearest licensed well 8 km away does not.
Why it is conditional here
A recirculating system still needs a licensed source to fill and top up from.
Where the value comes from
Already held by the Water module, plus the well register.
Note
The module records which sources a hectare can reach. Whether a licensed well physically exists on the site is a further question the register has to answer.
نوع الحيازة
MEWA condition
AQ-10 · Aquaculture section, p. 1 · applies to: Aquaculture — inland
عائدية الموقع لصالح الوزارة
The site must vest in the Ministry.
Description
A certified deed, a Ministry lease, or a valid lease. An inland fish farm site must belong to the Ministry.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedA certified deed
acceptedA lease from the Ministry
acceptedA valid lease from another partySubject to the remaining term.
not acceptedAnything else
 For an inland fish farm, the site belongs to the Ministry
Example
A certified deed qualifies. A verbal arrangement with a landholder does not, whatever has been agreed.
Where the value comes from
The deed and lease registers, partly held by the Land Rights module.
Note
The tenure condition needs two elements, because the document sets a condition on the kind of tenure and a separate condition on how long it still has to run.
المساحة المتصلة الصالحة
MEWA condition
AQ-14 · Aquaculture section, p. 2 · applies to: Aquaculture — all
المساحات المستهدفة للموقع — لا تقل عن ٥٠ ألف متر مربع
Target site area — not less than 50,000 m² (5 ha).
Description
Four hectares for a poultry project and five hectares for a fish farm. A livestock site must hold at least four poultry barns or an intensive rearing unit.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedPoultry — 4 ha or more40,000 m².
not acceptedPoultry — less than 4 ha
acceptedFish farm — 5 ha or more50,000 m².
not acceptedFish farm — less than 5 ha
to be agreedLivestock — enough for four barns or an intensive rearing unitStated as a capacity rather than an area, so the equivalent hectares have to be agreed.
Example
A block of 6 contiguous hectares holds a poultry project. Four hectares split into two separate pieces of two does not, because the requirement is on a single block.
Where the value comes from
Computed from the output of the earlier stages.
Note
One element serves three conditions with three different thresholds, which is why the threshold belongs to the activity rather than to the element.
الوقوع ضمن المخططات الزراعية
MEWA condition
AQ-11 · Aquaculture section, p. 1 · applies to: Aquaculture — inland
يقع ضمن المخططات الزراعية
Located within the approved agricultural layouts.
Description
Required for an inland fish farm site.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedInside an approved agricultural plan
not acceptedOutside
Example
A hectare inside an approved agricultural layout qualifies. One 200 m outside the boundary does not.
Where the value comes from
The approved agricultural plan boundaries, still to be obtained.
المنطقة الإدارية
MEWA conditions
AQ-16 · Aquaculture section, p. 2 · applies to: Aquaculture — inland
المناطق المستهدفة للمياه الداخلية — جميع مناطق المملكة
Target regions for inland water — all regions of the Kingdom.
AQ-17 · Aquaculture section, p. 2 · applies to: Aquaculture — marine
عدد المشاريع المستهدفة للمواقع البحرية — ساحل البحر الأحمر (جازان + عسير + مكة المكرمة + المدينة المنورة + تبوك)
Target marine sites — Red Sea coast only (Jazan, Asir, Makkah, Madinah, Tabuk).
Description
Inland fish farms and livestock projects are wanted in every region. Marine fish farms are wanted on the Red Sea coast, in Jazan, Asir, Makkah, Madinah and Tabuk.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedInland fish farms and livestock — every region
acceptedMarine fish farms — Jazan, Asir, Makkah, Madinah and TabukThe Red Sea coast.
not acceptedMarine fish farms — any other region
Example
A marine fish farm proposed on the Jazan coast is in scope. The same proposal on the Gulf coast is not.
Where the value comes from
The region boundaries, which the study already holds.
Note
One element with a different list of allowed regions depending on the activity, rather than a separate element for each rule.
Not read for this kind of project: LR-S-01 Distance to built-up urban extent, LR-S-02 Distance to planned urban expansion, LR-M-01 Distance to the coastline, LR-M-02 Seabed depth below the site, LR-T-03 Approved site layout on record, LR-T-04 Aquaculture committee approval on record, LR-T-05 Security clearance on record, SP-A-01 Open sea frontage to the nearest leased site, ZN-G-01 Coastal frontage length of the parcel.
5 of 14 elements are read for Marine cage — 5 govern the decision.
عمق القاع تحت الموقع
MEWA condition
AQ-08 · Aquaculture section, p. 1 · applies to: Aquaculture — offshore
الاعماق حسب نوع المشروع وكمية الانتاج المستهدفة
Water depth according to project type and target production volume.
Description
Set by the project type and the production it targets, so there is no single threshold.
Permitted rangenot a measured value
 Set by the project type and the production it targetsThere is no single figure, and the grid stops at the coastline, so no hectare carries this value.
Example
A cage site over 28 m of water suits a finfish operation. The same cage over 6 m does not, because the seabed cannot absorb what settles.
Where the value comes from
Bathymetry, which the study does not hold.
Note
Recorded so the register is complete. The grid stops at the coastline, so no hectare in the study can carry this value.
موافقة لجنة البت
MEWA conditions
AQ-06 · Aquaculture section, p. 1 · applies to: Aquaculture — land-based marine
موافقة لجنة البت بطلبات مشاريع الاستزراع المائي
Approval of the committee adjudicating aquaculture project applications.
AQ-09 · Aquaculture section, p. 1 · applies to: Aquaculture — offshore
موافقة لجنة البت بطلبات مشاريع الاستزراع المائي
Approval of the aquaculture adjudication committee.
Description
Required for land-based marine sites, for offshore sites and for inland sites alike.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedOn record
not acceptedNot on record
Example
An application carrying the committee's approval qualifies. One still in the queue does not.
Where the value comes from
Ministry records, still to be obtained.
Note
One element serves three separate conditions, because the same approval is required at three points in the document.
الموافقات الأمنية
MEWA condition
AQ-07 · Aquaculture section, p. 1 · applies to: Aquaculture — offshore
الموافقات الامنية للموقع
Security approvals for the site.
Description
Required for an offshore marine site.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedOn record
not acceptedNot on record
Example
Clearance granted for the coordinates qualifies. Clearance for a different site nearby does not transfer.
Where the value comes from
The relevant authority's records, still to be obtained.
المساحة المتصلة الصالحة
MEWA condition
AQ-14 · Aquaculture section, p. 2 · applies to: Aquaculture — all
المساحات المستهدفة للموقع — لا تقل عن ٥٠ ألف متر مربع
Target site area — not less than 50,000 m² (5 ha).
Description
Four hectares for a poultry project and five hectares for a fish farm. A livestock site must hold at least four poultry barns or an intensive rearing unit.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedPoultry — 4 ha or more40,000 m².
not acceptedPoultry — less than 4 ha
acceptedFish farm — 5 ha or more50,000 m².
not acceptedFish farm — less than 5 ha
to be agreedLivestock — enough for four barns or an intensive rearing unitStated as a capacity rather than an area, so the equivalent hectares have to be agreed.
Example
A block of 6 contiguous hectares holds a poultry project. Four hectares split into two separate pieces of two does not, because the requirement is on a single block.
Where the value comes from
Computed from the output of the earlier stages.
Note
One element serves three conditions with three different thresholds, which is why the threshold belongs to the activity rather than to the element.
المنطقة الإدارية
MEWA conditions
AQ-16 · Aquaculture section, p. 2 · applies to: Aquaculture — inland
المناطق المستهدفة للمياه الداخلية — جميع مناطق المملكة
Target regions for inland water — all regions of the Kingdom.
AQ-17 · Aquaculture section, p. 2 · applies to: Aquaculture — marine
عدد المشاريع المستهدفة للمواقع البحرية — ساحل البحر الأحمر (جازان + عسير + مكة المكرمة + المدينة المنورة + تبوك)
Target marine sites — Red Sea coast only (Jazan, Asir, Makkah, Madinah, Tabuk).
Description
Inland fish farms and livestock projects are wanted in every region. Marine fish farms are wanted on the Red Sea coast, in Jazan, Asir, Makkah, Madinah and Tabuk.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedInland fish farms and livestock — every region
acceptedMarine fish farms — Jazan, Asir, Makkah, Madinah and TabukThe Red Sea coast.
not acceptedMarine fish farms — any other region
Example
A marine fish farm proposed on the Jazan coast is in scope. The same proposal on the Gulf coast is not.
Where the value comes from
The region boundaries, which the study already holds.
Note
One element with a different list of allowed regions depending on the activity, rather than a separate element for each rule.
Not read for this kind of project: WP-A-01 Source type, LR-S-01 Distance to built-up urban extent, LR-S-02 Distance to planned urban expansion, LR-M-01 Distance to the coastline, LR-T-01 Tenure type held, LR-T-03 Approved site layout on record, SP-A-01 Open sea frontage to the nearest leased site, ZN-G-01 Coastal frontage length of the parcel, ZN-P-01 Containment within an approved agricultural plan.
9 of 14 elements are read for Coastal seawater pond — 9 govern the decision.
المسافة إلى النطاق العمراني القائم
MEWA condition
AQ-05 · Aquaculture section, p. 1 · applies to: Aquaculture — land-based marine
خارج النطاق العمراني والتوجهات المستقبلية للمدن
Outside the urban boundary and the cities' future directions of growth.
Description
Ten kilometres for poultry projects. Fish farms must sit outside the urban range without a distance being named.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted10 km or moreClear of the built-up extent.
not acceptedLess than 10 kmInside the setback.
Example
A site 12 km from the edge of a town passes. One 7 km out fails, even if every other reading on the hectare is ideal.
Where the value comes from
Urban extent polygons from the approved structure plans, still to be obtained.
Note
The urban condition needs two elements, not one, because the document names present settlement and future expansion as separate things and they are held as separate layers.
المسافة إلى التوسع العمراني المستقبلي
MEWA condition
AQ-05 · Aquaculture section, p. 1 · applies to: Aquaculture — land-based marine
خارج النطاق العمراني والتوجهات المستقبلية للمدن
Outside the urban boundary and the cities' future directions of growth.
Description
Ten kilometres for poultry projects. Fish farms must sit outside the directions in which cities are planned to grow.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted10 km or moreClear of the planned expansion area.
not acceptedLess than 10 kmInside the setback.
Example
A site 14 km from a town but 6 km from the boundary of its approved expansion area fails on this element while passing on the first.
Where the value comes from
Planned expansion polygons from the approved structure plans, still to be obtained.
Note
This element carries the plan date and horizon with it, because a boundary redrawn later changes the answer for a hectare that has not itself changed.
المسافة إلى الساحل — حرم البحر
MEWA condition
AQ-04 · Aquaculture section, p. 1 · applies to: Aquaculture — land-based marine
يكون حرم البحر ١٠٠م
The sea setback (حرم البحر) is 100 m.
Description
One hundred metres, as the sea setback.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted100 m or moreOutside the sea setback.
not acceptedLess than 100 mInside the sea setback.
Example
A pond wall 180 m back from the shoreline is outside the setback. One at 60 m is inside it.
Where the value comes from
A surveyed coastline, still to be obtained.
Note
The coastal position factor proposed in the Suitability module measures distance and elevation together as a gradient. This element is the single hard setback the condition states.
وجود مخطط معتمد
MEWA condition
AQ-01 · Aquaculture section, p. 1 · applies to: Aquaculture — land-based marine
مخطط معتمد
An approved site layout is required.
Description
Required for a land-based marine fish farm.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedOn record
not acceptedNot on record
Example
A layout stamped by the authority qualifies. A drawing prepared but not yet approved does not.
Where the value comes from
Ministry records, still to be obtained.
موافقة لجنة البت
MEWA conditions
AQ-06 · Aquaculture section, p. 1 · applies to: Aquaculture — land-based marine
موافقة لجنة البت بطلبات مشاريع الاستزراع المائي
Approval of the committee adjudicating aquaculture project applications.
AQ-09 · Aquaculture section, p. 1 · applies to: Aquaculture — offshore
موافقة لجنة البت بطلبات مشاريع الاستزراع المائي
Approval of the aquaculture adjudication committee.
Description
Required for land-based marine sites, for offshore sites and for inland sites alike.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedOn record
not acceptedNot on record
Example
An application carrying the committee's approval qualifies. One still in the queue does not.
Where the value comes from
Ministry records, still to be obtained.
Note
One element serves three separate conditions, because the same approval is required at three points in the document.
الواجهة البحرية المفتوحة إلى أقرب موقع مؤجر
MEWA condition
AQ-03 · Aquaculture section, p. 1 · applies to: Aquaculture — land-based marine
ترك مسافة مفتوحة على الواجهات البحرية لا تقل عن ٢ كيلو بين المواقع الاستثمار السمكي المراد تأجيرها
Leave an open sea frontage of not less than 2 km between aquaculture investment sites to be leased.
Description
Not less than two kilometres.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted2 km or more of open frontage
not acceptedLess than 2 km
Example
Two leased parcels with 3 km of open shoreline between them pass. The same two with 1.2 km between them do not.
Where the value comes from
The aquaculture lease register, still to be obtained.
Note
Measured along the shoreline rather than straight across the water, because the condition speaks of frontage.
المساحة المتصلة الصالحة
MEWA condition
AQ-14 · Aquaculture section, p. 2 · applies to: Aquaculture — all
المساحات المستهدفة للموقع — لا تقل عن ٥٠ ألف متر مربع
Target site area — not less than 50,000 m² (5 ha).
Description
Four hectares for a poultry project and five hectares for a fish farm. A livestock site must hold at least four poultry barns or an intensive rearing unit.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedPoultry — 4 ha or more40,000 m².
not acceptedPoultry — less than 4 ha
acceptedFish farm — 5 ha or more50,000 m².
not acceptedFish farm — less than 5 ha
to be agreedLivestock — enough for four barns or an intensive rearing unitStated as a capacity rather than an area, so the equivalent hectares have to be agreed.
Example
A block of 6 contiguous hectares holds a poultry project. Four hectares split into two separate pieces of two does not, because the requirement is on a single block.
Where the value comes from
Computed from the output of the earlier stages.
Note
One element serves three conditions with three different thresholds, which is why the threshold belongs to the activity rather than to the element.
طول الواجهة الساحلية للموقع
MEWA condition
AQ-02 · Aquaculture section, p. 1 · applies to: Aquaculture — land-based marine
لا يزيد امتداد الموقع المؤجر على الساحل عن ٣ كيلو حسب قرار مجلس الوزراء رقم ٤٣٣ بتاريخ ١٤٣٦/١٠/١٨هـ
The leased site may extend no more than 3 km along the coast (Council of Ministers Decision 433, 18/10/1436H).
Description
Not more than three kilometres.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted3 km or less along the shore
not acceptedMore than 3 km
Example
A parcel running 2.6 km along the shore qualifies. One running 4 km does not, however narrow it is inland.
Where the value comes from
The lease parcel boundaries, still to be obtained.
Note
This measures the parcel rather than the hectare, so it can only be evaluated once a parcel has been drawn.
المنطقة الإدارية
MEWA conditions
AQ-16 · Aquaculture section, p. 2 · applies to: Aquaculture — inland
المناطق المستهدفة للمياه الداخلية — جميع مناطق المملكة
Target regions for inland water — all regions of the Kingdom.
AQ-17 · Aquaculture section, p. 2 · applies to: Aquaculture — marine
عدد المشاريع المستهدفة للمواقع البحرية — ساحل البحر الأحمر (جازان + عسير + مكة المكرمة + المدينة المنورة + تبوك)
Target marine sites — Red Sea coast only (Jazan, Asir, Makkah, Madinah, Tabuk).
Description
Inland fish farms and livestock projects are wanted in every region. Marine fish farms are wanted on the Red Sea coast, in Jazan, Asir, Makkah, Madinah and Tabuk.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedInland fish farms and livestock — every region
acceptedMarine fish farms — Jazan, Asir, Makkah, Madinah and TabukThe Red Sea coast.
not acceptedMarine fish farms — any other region
Example
A marine fish farm proposed on the Jazan coast is in scope. The same proposal on the Gulf coast is not.
Where the value comes from
The region boundaries, which the study already holds.
Note
One element with a different list of allowed regions depending on the activity, rather than a separate element for each rule.
Not read for this kind of project: WP-A-01 Source type, LR-M-02 Seabed depth below the site, LR-T-01 Tenure type held, LR-T-05 Security clearance on record, ZN-P-01 Containment within an approved agricultural plan.
The three ways aquaculture is done
Earthen pond — photograph↗
How it works
Earthen ponds are dug into the ground and banked with the excavated soil. They fill from a well, canal or wadi, and are drained to harvest.

A pond is a small living system. It is not simply a tank of water. Nutrients in the water and the bottom soil grow microscopic plants; those feed tiny animals and insect larvae; the fish eat those. So the soil is not just a container — it is the base of the food chain. This is why a pond can be fertilised: the fertiliser grows the plankton, and the plankton feeds the fish.
What a pond actually is
A rectangular basin excavated into the ground, typically 0.5–2 ha and 1–1.5 m deep. The soil dug out is used to build the banks, so the excavation and the wall come from the same operation. It is filled from a well, canal or wadi and drained completely at harvest.
The basinThe hole itself. Its floor is graded to fall gently toward the outlet so the pond can be emptied by gravity.
The dikesThe raised banks holding the water. Built from the excavated soil, compacted in layers. Wide enough on top for a vehicle on at least one side.
The inletPipe or channel bringing water in, usually with a screen to keep wild fish and debris out.
The outlet / monkA gated structure at the low point. Lets the operator drop the level, drain fully at harvest, and skim water from a chosen depth.
The pond bottomNot just a floor. Nutrients in the soil grow the plankton the fish feed on, so the bottom is a working part of the farm.
What "lined" means — Lined means an impermeable barrier is installed between the water and the soil, so the soil is no longer what holds the water in. The hole, the dikes and the outlet are unchanged — only the containment moves from the ground to a manufactured layer. Common forms are a welded HDPE sheet, a bentonite clay blanket that swells and self-seals, or imported clay compacted in place. Partial lining is common — floor lined and dikes left earthen, or the reverse — which is why the sub-system does not split cleanly in two.
Scale and production
Typical pond0.5–2 ha each, water 1–1.5 m deep
Water — flow-through5 l/sec/ha ≈ 157,000 m³/ha/yr (FAO)
Water — recirculating≈ 21,000–34,000 m³/ha/yr in KSA conditions
Initial fill≈ 12,500 m³/ha at 1.25 m depth
Yield — natural food onlyUnder 1 t/ha/yr
Yield — water fertilised1–2 t/ha/yr
Yield — fertilised + fed3–10 t/ha/yr
The fertiliser goes into the water, not onto a crop. It blooms the plankton that the fish graze on — the three yields above are three different food sources, not three feeding rates. Fertilising roughly doubles what natural productivity alone supports; adding manufactured pellets lifts it again by several times.
Intensive shrimp3–6 t/ha/yr at 10–30 shrimp per m²
Read the two water figures carefully. They are not alternatives for the same design. The flow-through figure assumes water is discharged after a single pass; the recirculating figure assumes it is treated and returned, so only evaporation and seepage are replaced. Which one applies is an engineering choice, and it changes the abstraction licence by a factor of six.
Tank system — photograph↗
How it works
Fish are held in tanks inside a building. The same water circulates continuously through filters that strip out waste and add oxygen, so only a small fraction is replaced each day. The system is engineered from end to end — nothing depends on the site’s natural conditions.
What a tank / RAS system actually is
Fish are held in tanks — usually circular, in concrete, fibreglass or coated steel — inside a building. The same water circulates continuously through a treatment loop and returns to the tank, so only a small fraction is replaced each day. RAS stands for recirculating aquaculture system.
The tanksCircular is standard: the rotating flow sweeps solids to a central drain and keeps the fish swimming evenly.
Mechanical filterScreens or a drum filter removing solid waste and uneaten feed before it breaks down.
Biological filterThe heart of the system. Bacteria growing on a high-surface-area medium convert ammonia from the fish into nitrate, which is far less toxic.
OxygenationFish at high density consume oxygen faster than the water can absorb it from air. Pure oxygen or intensive aeration is injected continuously.
DegassingStrips out carbon dioxide the fish exhale, which would otherwise acidify the water.
DisinfectionUV or ozone, controlling pathogens in a closed loop where disease would otherwise spread through the whole stock.
Scale and production
Water reuseLess than a tenth of what a pond of the same output would use
Stocking densityAround 70–120 kg per cubic metre
FootprintMuch less land than a pond farm needs to produce the same amount
SitingIt can be built near the market, because it does not need to be near a water source
ControlTemperature and water quality are held steady all year
Marine cages — photograph↗
How it works
Net cages float in open coastal water. Fish are fed inside them and waste passes straight through the mesh into the sea, which dilutes it. Nothing is built on land except the shore base.
What a marine cage actually is
A net bag suspended from a floating collar in open coastal water. Fish are fed inside it, and waste passes through the mesh into the sea, which disperses it. Nothing is built on land except the shore base.
The collarA floating ring, commonly HDPE pipe, holding the cage open at the surface and providing a walkway.
The netThe containment itself. Sized by species and stocking, weighted at the base to hold shape against current.
The mooringAnchors and lines holding the cage on station. The heaviest engineering in the system, and what fails first in a storm.
Predator netAn outer net keeping seals, sharks and birds off the stock net.
Feed systemBarge or shore-fed pipework. Feeding is the main daily operation.
The shore baseJetty, feed store, handling and cold chain. This is the only part that occupies land.
Scale and production
DensityRoughly 100–300 kg per cubic metre of cage
Yield by cage areaCan reach 100 t/ha of cage surface
Yield by water bodyAbout 1 t/ha once the surrounding water that dilutes the waste is counted in
Site needsShelter from storms, sufficient depth beneath the cage, and current to carry waste away
Land neededOnly a base on shore, holding the feed store, jetty and handling area
Coastal seawater pond — photograph↗
How it works
Ponds built on flat coastal land, filled with seawater pumped in from the sea. The water is cleaned on the way out and returned. This is how nearly all Saudi aquaculture is done. It looks like a pond farm and behaves like one, but it draws on the sea instead of an aquifer.
What a coastal farm actually is
A chain of ponds running from the sea and back to it: take water in, settle it, grow in it, clean it, return it.
The intakePumps or a canal bringing seawater in from beyond the surf line. On the biggest farms this is the largest single piece of engineering.
Reservoir pondsSeawater is held and settled before it reaches the fish, so sand and silt drop out first.
Grow-out pondsWhere the shrimp or fish are kept. Often round with a drain in the middle, so aerators push the waste to the centre.
Treatment pondsWater leaving the grow-out ponds is cleaned in further ponds before it goes back to the sea. On some farms this takes as much land as the production itself.
The outfallWhere treated water returns to the sea. Placed well away from the intake so the farm does not draw back its own discharge.
Scale and production
Pond size1–10 ha each, often round with a centre drain
Water sourceSeawater at full strength. No fresh water is used at all
Intake scaleUp to 90 m³/second on the largest farms
Land for cleaningThe cleaning ponds can take as much land as the production ponds, or more
Shrimp yield15–20 t/ha/yr reported on Red Sea farms
SpeciesMostly shrimp, and some barramundi
▦Which elements apply to which kind of project14 × 4
Every element in the list above, against every kind of project in this activity. Hover any cell to read what it says.
element ↓  kind of project →Pond-basedالأحواض الترابيةTank / RASالأحواض الخرسانية وإعادة التدويرMarine cageالأقفاص البحريةCoastal seawater pondأحواض مياه البحر الساحلية
Water source
WP-A-01Source type●△––
Settlement and urban growth
LR-S-01Distance to built-up urban extent–––●
LR-S-02Distance to planned urban expansion–––●
Marine
LR-M-01Distance to the coastline–––●
LR-M-02Seabed depth below the site––●–
Tenure and approvals
LR-T-01Tenure type held●●––
LR-T-03Approved site layout on record–––●
LR-T-04Aquaculture committee approval on record––●●
LR-T-05Security clearance on record––●–
Aquaculture separation
SP-A-01Open sea frontage to the nearest leased site–––●
Area
ZN-A-01Contiguous suitable area●●●●
Parcel geometry
ZN-G-01Coastal frontage length of the parcel–––●
Plan containment
ZN-P-01Containment within an approved agricultural plan●●––
Region
ZN-R-01Administrative region●●●●
● governs△ conditional– not applicable
8 elements · cattle, sheep and calves
Livestockالثروة الحيوانية
Cattle, sheep and calf projects.
What is being evaluated
The MEWA siting conditions. Every element in this tab comes from one of the 4 conditions MEWA sets for livestock in its site-selection document. Each element shows the condition behind it, with the Arabic text as printed.
■The MEWA conditions for livestock4
As printed in مشاريع الموارد الحيوانية والسمكية والدواجن. The identifiers are the study’s own; the document does not number its conditions.
IDSource, pageThe condition (Arabic, as printed)Meaning in EnglishApplies toElements
LS-01Livestock and poultry section, p. 1المواصفات الفنية للأرض — يجب أن تكون مستوية، بعيدة عن الكثبان الرمليةTechnical land specification — must be level, away from sand dunes.Livestock — allSQ-D-01 SQ-D-07
LS-02Livestock and poultry section, p. 1المساحات المستهدفة للموقع — مساحات مناسبة تكفي الحد الأدنى بعدد ٤ حظائر لمشاريع الدواجن، ومساحات مناسبة للتربية المكثفة للأبقار والأغنام والعجولTarget site area — enough for a minimum of 4 poultry barns, and areas suitable for intensive rearing of cattle, sheep and calves.Livestock — allZN-A-01 LV-01
LS-03Livestock and poultry section, p. 1المساحات الفنية بين المشاريع — مشاريع الدجاج اللاحم والأغنام والأبقار والعجول وأن تكون المسافات بين المشاريع حسب المرفقTechnical distances between projects — broiler chicken, sheep, cattle and calf projects; the distances between projects follow the annex.Livestock — allSP-P-01 SP-P-02 SP-P-03 LV-01
LS-04Livestock and poultry section, p. 1المناطق المستهدفة — جميع مناطق المملكةTarget regions — all regions of the Kingdom.Livestock — allZN-R-01
■Elements evaluated for livestock8
The MEWA document sets the same requirements for every livestock project, so there is one list. Open any element for the MEWA condition behind it, the range it permits and an example.
8 elements are read for every livestock project — all govern the decision. The type of livestock (LV-01) is itself an element: it decides which area and separation rules apply.
نوع الثروة الحيوانية
MEWA conditions
LS-02 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 1 · applies to: Livestock — all
المساحات المستهدفة للموقع — مساحات مناسبة تكفي الحد الأدنى بعدد ٤ حظائر لمشاريع الدواجن، ومساحات مناسبة للتربية المكثفة للأبقار والأغنام والعجول
Target site area — enough for a minimum of 4 poultry barns, and areas suitable for intensive rearing of cattle, sheep and calves.
LS-03 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 1 · applies to: Livestock — all
المساحات الفنية بين المشاريع — مشاريع الدجاج اللاحم والأغنام والأبقار والعجول وأن تكون المسافات بين المشاريع حسب المرفق
Technical distances between projects — broiler chicken, sheep, cattle and calf projects; the distances between projects follow the annex.
Description
The type of livestock the project will rear. The MEWA document names three: cattle, sheep and calves. The type decides which area requirement (LS-02) and which separation distances (LS-03 and the distance annex) apply to the project.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedCattle أبقارNamed in LS-02 and LS-03.
acceptedSheep أغنامNamed in LS-02 and LS-03.
acceptedCalves عجولNamed in LS-02 and LS-03.
Example
A project rearing sheep is checked against the area needed for intensive sheep rearing, and against the annex distance for an animal production project.
Where the value comes from
The licence application, which states the type of livestock.
صلاحية التضاريس
MEWA condition
LS-01 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 1 · applies to: Livestock — all
المواصفات الفنية للأرض — يجب أن تكون مستوية، بعيدة عن الكثبان الرملية
Technical land specification — must be level, away from sand dunes.
Description
A built facility needs level ground. The band table already in the module applies; what changes is that it must govern rather than be optional where a building is to be put up.
Permitted rangeexisting band table
 The band table the module already holdsThe reading is rated as it is for any other factor.
acceptedLevel groundA built facility needs level ground. The requirement names no percentage, so the cut-off has to be agreed before it can govern rather than merely inform.
Example
A pad at 1.8 % slope is level enough to build on. At 6 % the same footprint needs cut and fill before a shed can go up.
Where the value comes from
Already computed by the study from the elevation model.
Note
This is the first half of the livestock land specification, which asks for ground that is level and away from dunes.
المسافة إلى كثبان رملية نشطة
MEWA condition
LS-01 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 1 · applies to: Livestock — all
المواصفات الفنية للأرض — يجب أن تكون مستوية، بعيدة عن الكثبان الرملية
Technical land specification — must be level, away from sand dunes.
Description
The site must sit away from sand dunes. No distance is named at source, so the threshold has to be set with the Ministry.
Permitted rangestill to be set
acceptedAway from the dune fieldNo distance is given in the source.
to be agreedThe distance that counts as awayThe requirement says the site must be away from sand dunes without naming a figure, so the threshold has to be agreed before this element can be evaluated.
Example
A site 12 km from the edge of a moving dune field is clear. One sitting 400 m downwind of an advancing front is not, whatever the soil is like.
Where the value comes from
Dune extents mapped from satellite imagery, which the study can derive.
Note
This is the second half of the same livestock specification. It is not the same as sand encroachment hazard, which measures how fast sand arrives at a hectare rather than how far the dunes are.
المسافة إلى أقرب مشروع مرخص حسب زوج النشاطين
MEWA condition
LS-03 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 1 · applies to: Livestock — all
المساحات الفنية بين المشاريع — مشاريع الدجاج اللاحم والأغنام والأبقار والعجول وأن تكون المسافات بين المشاريع حسب المرفق
Technical distances between projects — broiler chicken, sheep, cattle and calf projects; the distances between projects follow the annex.
Description
The nine by eight annex of indicative distances, which runs from one kilometre to ten.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedAt or beyond the distance required for the pair of activities
not acceptedCloser than that distance
 The required distance runs from 1 km to 10 kmIt depends on which activity is being built and which is already there. The full table is shown beneath this list.
Example
A broiler farm 1.4 km from another broiler farm passes, because the requirement for that pair is one kilometre. The same site 1.4 km from a grandparent stock farm fails, because that pair requires ten.
Where the value comes from
The register of licensed poultry and livestock projects, still to be obtained.
Note
This is the only element in the study whose value changes without the land changing, because it depends on what has been licensed nearby.
حدّ سور المشروع
MEWA condition
LS-03 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 1 · applies to: Livestock — all
المساحات الفنية بين المشاريع — مشاريع الدجاج اللاحم والأغنام والأبقار والعجول وأن تكون المسافات بين المشاريع حسب المرفق
Technical distances between projects — broiler chicken, sheep, cattle and calf projects; the distances between projects follow the annex.
Description
The annex measures from the fence of one project to the fence of the other, not from one centre point to another.
Permitted rangenot a measured value
 Not a measured valueThis is the geometry the distances are measured from and to, fence to fence rather than centre to centre.
Example
Two sites whose centres are 1.2 km apart may have fences only 700 m apart. The second figure is the one that is tested.
Where the value comes from
The licence register and the surveyed sketch each applicant files.
Note
This is not a distance of its own. It is the input the distance elements need, and without it the measurement rule in the annex cannot be honoured.
مجموعة الأنشطة في المشروع
MEWA condition
LS-03 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 1 · applies to: Livestock — all
المساحات الفنية بين المشاريع — مشاريع الدجاج اللاحم والأغنام والأبقار والعجول وأن تكون المسافات بين المشاريع حسب المرفق
Technical distances between projects — broiler chicken, sheep, cattle and calf projects; the distances between projects follow the annex.
Description
Where a project carries an annex such as a slaughterhouse or a hatchery, the distance that applies is the largest required by any activity it holds.
Permitted rangenot a measured value
 Not a measured valueA project may carry a farm, a slaughterhouse and a hatchery at once, and the largest distance required by any of them applies.
Example
A broiler farm with a hatchery on the same site is tested against the hatchery requirement wherever that is the larger of the two.
Where the value comes from
The licence register, still to be obtained.
Note
Without this element the gate would compare one activity against one activity and would understate the distance required.
المساحة المتصلة الصالحة
MEWA condition
LS-02 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 1 · applies to: Livestock — all
المساحات المستهدفة للموقع — مساحات مناسبة تكفي الحد الأدنى بعدد ٤ حظائر لمشاريع الدواجن، ومساحات مناسبة للتربية المكثفة للأبقار والأغنام والعجول
Target site area — enough for a minimum of 4 poultry barns, and areas suitable for intensive rearing of cattle, sheep and calves.
Description
Four hectares for a poultry project and five hectares for a fish farm. A livestock site must hold at least four poultry barns or an intensive rearing unit.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedPoultry — 4 ha or more40,000 m².
not acceptedPoultry — less than 4 ha
acceptedFish farm — 5 ha or more50,000 m².
not acceptedFish farm — less than 5 ha
to be agreedLivestock — enough for four barns or an intensive rearing unitStated as a capacity rather than an area, so the equivalent hectares have to be agreed.
Example
A block of 6 contiguous hectares holds a poultry project. Four hectares split into two separate pieces of two does not, because the requirement is on a single block.
Where the value comes from
Computed from the output of the earlier stages.
Note
One element serves three conditions with three different thresholds, which is why the threshold belongs to the activity rather than to the element.
المنطقة الإدارية
MEWA condition
LS-04 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 1 · applies to: Livestock — all
المناطق المستهدفة — جميع مناطق المملكة
Target regions — all regions of the Kingdom.
Description
Inland fish farms and livestock projects are wanted in every region. Marine fish farms are wanted on the Red Sea coast, in Jazan, Asir, Makkah, Madinah and Tabuk.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedInland fish farms and livestock — every region
acceptedMarine fish farms — Jazan, Asir, Makkah, Madinah and TabukThe Red Sea coast.
not acceptedMarine fish farms — any other region
Example
A marine fish farm proposed on the Jazan coast is in scope. The same proposal on the Gulf coast is not.
Where the value comes from
The region boundaries, which the study already holds.
Note
One element with a different list of allowed regions depending on the activity, rather than a separate element for each rule.
25 elements · 5 kinds of project
Poultryالدواجن
Broiler, layer, breeder, hatchery and abattoir projects.
What is being evaluated
The MEWA siting conditions. Every element in this tab comes from one of the 23 conditions MEWA sets for poultry in its site-selection document. Each element shows the condition behind it, with the Arabic text as printed.
■The MEWA conditions for poultry23
As printed in مشاريع الموارد الحيوانية والسمكية والدواجن. The identifiers are the study’s own; the document does not number its conditions.
IDSource, pageThe condition (Arabic, as printed)Meaning in EnglishApplies toElements
PO-01Livestock and poultry section, p. 2يقوم المستثمر بالتقديم على منصة نما للحصول على الترخيصThe investor applies on the Nama platform to obtain the licence.PoultryLR-T-06
PO-02Livestock and poultry section, p. 2ارفاق صورة الهوية الوطنية أو السجل التجاري للمؤسسات أو الشركات مضاف به النشاط المطلوب ساري المفعولAttach national ID, or the commercial register for establishments and companies with the required activity added and valid.PoultryLR-T-07
PO-03Livestock and poultry section, p. 2ارفاق صورة من صك الأرض مصادق عليه او عقد ايجار من الوزارة أو عقد إيجار ساري المفعول لمدة لا تقل عن خمسة عشر سنهAttach a certified land deed, a Ministry lease, or a valid lease of not less than 15 years.PoultryLR-T-01 LR-T-02
PO-04Livestock and poultry section, p. 2ارفاق تقرير فني مفصل عن الموقع حسب النموذج المعمم به، يعد من قبل فرع الوزارة المعنيAttach a detailed technical site report on the circulated template, prepared by the relevant Ministry branch.PoultryLR-T-08
PO-05Livestock and poultry section, p. 2ارفاق رسم كروكي لموقع المشروع من مكتب هندسي معتمد يوضح فيه إحداثيات موقع المشروعAttach a sketch of the project site from an accredited engineering office showing the site coordinates.PoultryLR-T-09
PO-06Livestock and poultry section, p. 2ارفاق شهادة الخبرة والملائمة الماليةAttach an experience certificate and proof of financial suitability.PoultryLR-T-10
PO-07Livestock and poultry section, p. 2يتم إنزال مصور جوي من قبل الإدارة المعنية يوضح فيه موقع المشروع ومشاريع الثروة الحيوانية المجاورة والمسافات بينها وموقع المشروعThe relevant department obtains an aerial image showing the project site, neighbouring livestock projects, and the distances between them.PoultrySP-P-01 SP-P-02
PO-08Livestock and poultry section, p. 3يجب أن يكون الموقع المقترح لإقامة المشروع خارج نطاق المدن والقرى والتجمعات السكنية والتوسع العمراني المستقبلي بمسافة لا تقل عن ١٠ كمThe proposed site must lie outside cities, villages, residential communities and future urban expansion by not less than 10 km.PoultryLR-S-01 LR-S-02
PO-09Livestock and poultry section, p. 3لا تقل المسافة عن ١٠كم بين حد سور مشروع دواجن وبين حدود مناطق الكسارات ومكب او تجميع النفايات والمخلفات ومخلفات المصانعNot less than 10 km between the poultry project fence and the boundaries of quarry areas, landfill or waste-collection sites, and factory waste.PoultryLR-I-01 LR-I-02 LR-I-03
PO-10Livestock and poultry section, p. 3يجب أن يكون موقع المشروع بعيد عن مجرى السيول والأنهار والأودية بمسافة لا تقل عن ١ كمThe site must be at least 1 km from flood channels, rivers and wadis.PoultryLR-H-01
PO-11Livestock and poultry section, p. 3يجب أن تكون الأرض جافة ومستوية لتجنب تكون المستنقعات والمياه الراكدة داخل المشروع سواء كان مصدرها الأمطار أو صرف التبريد او غير ذلكThe land must be dry and level, avoiding ponding and standing water inside the project whether from rain or cooling drainage.PoultrySQ-D-01 SQ-C-03
PO-12Livestock and poultry section, p. 3يجب ألا يكون لموقع المشروع أثر سلبي على المياه الجوفيةThe site must have no negative impact on groundwater.PoultryWP-F-01
PO-13Livestock and poultry section, p. 3يجب أن يكون موقع المشروع سهل الوصول له عن طريق الطرق المعبدةThe site must be easily reachable by paved road.PoultrySQ-H-02
PO-14Livestock and poultry section, p. 3يجب أن يكون الموقع ضمن المسافات الاسترشادية المطلوب توفرها بين مشاريع الدواجن (ملحق المسافات الاسترشادية بين مشاريع الدواجن)The site must lie within the required indicative distances between poultry projects (annex: indicative distances between poultry projects).PoultrySP-P-01 SP-P-02 SP-P-03
PO-15Livestock and poultry section, p. 3يجب توفر مصدر للكهرباء والمياه الصالحة للاستهلاك في عمليات تشغيل المشروعA source of electricity and water fit for consumption must be available for project operations.PoultrySQ-H-03 SQ-H-05
PO-16Livestock and poultry section, p. 3يجب أن تكون مواقع منشآت المشروع (الإدارة او الحظيرة أو المسلخ أو الفقاسة أو مستودع اللقاحات، أو المختبر أو مستودع الصيانة أو مستودع الاعلاف أو سكن العمال أو غرف الاستحمام أو مبنى المحرقة) خالية من وجود الأشجار والأعشاب بمسافة لا تقل عن ٢٠ م من كافة الاتجاهات لتجنب وجود الطيور البرية والقوارض والحشرات ومنع جذبها للمشروعProject facility locations (administration, barn, abattoir, hatchery, vaccine store, laboratory, maintenance store, feed store, workers' housing, washrooms, incinerator building) must be clear of trees and grasses for not less than 20 m in all directions, to avoid attracting wild birds, rodents and insects.PoultrySD-01
PO-17Livestock and poultry section, p. 3المساحة الأرضية اللازمة لإقامة المشروع ومرافقه وفق نوع النشاط والطاقة الإنتاجية ومتطلبات الأمن الحيوي والتوسع على أن لا تقل مساحة الأرض عن ٤٠ الف متر مربعLand area for the project, its facilities, productive capacity, biosecurity requirements and expansion — not less than 40,000 m² (4 ha).PoultryZN-A-01
PO-18Livestock and poultry section, p. 4المسافات الفنية الاسترشادية لمشاريع الدواجنIndicative technical distances for poultry projects — the 9 x 8 activity matrix.PoultrySP-P-01 SP-P-03
PO-19Livestock and poultry section, p. 4بعد مشاريع الدواجن عن النطاق العمراني والتجمعات السكانية — ١٠ كيلومتر طبقاً لقرار مجلس الوزراء رقم ٢٨١ وتاريخ ١٤٣٩/٤/٦هـDistance of poultry projects from the urban boundary and residential communities — 10 km (Council of Ministers Decision 281, 6/4/1439H).PoultryLR-S-01 LR-S-02
PO-20Livestock and poultry section, p. 4الكسارات ومصانع الأسمنت ومحاجر الصخور ومصانع البلك ومكب النفايات ومخلفات المصانع وما في حكمها — ١٠ كيلومترQuarries, cement factories, rock quarries, block factories, landfills, factory waste and the like — 10 km.PoultryLR-I-01 LR-I-02 LR-I-03
PO-21Livestock and poultry section, p. 4المزارع النباتية — ٠Plant / crop farms — 0 km.PoultrySP-P-04
PO-22Livestock and poultry section, p. 4تؤخذ المسافة من حد سور المشروع إلى حد سور المشروع الآخرDistance is measured fence to fence, not centre to centre.PoultrySP-P-02
PO-23Livestock and poultry section, p. 4في حال وجود ملحق (مسلخ أو فقاسة) بمشروع الدواجن فيعامل من حيث المسافة بينه وبين المشاريع المجاورة بناءً على المساحة الأكبرWhere a poultry project has an annex (slaughterhouse or hatchery), the distance to neighbouring projects is governed by the larger requirement.PoultrySP-P-03
■Elements evaluated for poultry25
Pick a kind of project to see the elements read for it. Open any element for its description, the range it permits and an example.
25 of 25 elements are read for Broiler — 24 govern the decision, 1 is conditional.
خطر التشبع بالماء
MEWA condition
PO-11 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن تكون الأرض جافة ومستوية لتجنب تكون المستنقعات والمياه الراكدة داخل المشروع سواء كان مصدرها الأمطار أو صرف التبريد او غير ذلك
The land must be dry and level, avoiding ponding and standing water inside the project whether from rain or cooling drainage.
Description
The ground must be dry, with no ponding inside the project, whether the water comes from rain or from cooling drainage.
Permitted rangeexisting band table
 The band table the module already holdsDays a year the root zone stays saturated.
acceptedDry, with no ponding inside the projectRequired whether the water comes from rain or from cooling drainage.
Example
Three days a year of saturation is workable. Forty days means standing water in the yard through the season.
Where the value comes from
Already computed by the study.
Note
Routed as optional for livestock today because animals can graze wet ground, but it is decisive where a building goes up.
صلاحية التضاريس
MEWA condition
PO-11 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن تكون الأرض جافة ومستوية لتجنب تكون المستنقعات والمياه الراكدة داخل المشروع سواء كان مصدرها الأمطار أو صرف التبريد او غير ذلك
The land must be dry and level, avoiding ponding and standing water inside the project whether from rain or cooling drainage.
Description
A built facility needs level ground. The band table already in the module applies; what changes is that it must govern rather than be optional where a building is to be put up.
Permitted rangeexisting band table
 The band table the module already holdsThe reading is rated as it is for any other factor.
acceptedLevel groundA built facility needs level ground. The requirement names no percentage, so the cut-off has to be agreed before it can govern rather than merely inform.
Example
A pad at 1.8 % slope is level enough to build on. At 6 % the same footprint needs cut and fill before a shed can go up.
Where the value comes from
Already computed by the study from the elevation model.
Note
This is the first half of the livestock land specification, which asks for ground that is level and away from dunes.
الوصول بالطريق
MEWA condition
PO-13 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون موقع المشروع سهل الوصول له عن طريق الطرق المعبدة
The site must be easily reachable by paved road.
Description
The site must be easy to reach by a paved road.
Permitted rangestill to be set
acceptedReachable by a paved roadNo distance is given in the source.
to be agreedThe distance that counts as easy to reachTo be agreed.
Example
A site 2 km down a graded track off a paved road is reachable. One 30 km from the nearest asphalt is not, because feed and birds move by truck every week.
Where the value comes from
The paved road network, which is still to be obtained.
Note
Required for poultry by the MEWA condition shown above.
توفر الكهرباء
MEWA condition
PO-15 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب توفر مصدر للكهرباء والمياه الصالحة للاستهلاك في عمليات تشغيل المشروع
A source of electricity and water fit for consumption must be available for project operations.
Description
A source of electricity must be available for running the project.
Permitted rangestill to be set
acceptedA grid connection is availableNo distance is given in the source.
to be agreedThe distance that counts as availableTo be agreed.
Example
A site 1.5 km from an existing distribution line can be connected. One 40 km out needs its own generation, which changes the economics entirely.
Where the value comes from
The electricity network, which is still to be obtained.
Note
Required for poultry by the MEWA condition shown above.
توفر المياه الصالحة للاستهلاك
MEWA condition
PO-15 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب توفر مصدر للكهرباء والمياه الصالحة للاستهلاك في عمليات تشغيل المشروع
A source of electricity and water fit for consumption must be available for project operations.
Description
Water fit for consumption must be available for running the project.
Permitted rangestill to be set
acceptedWater fit for consumption is availableNo distance is given in the source.
to be agreedThe distance that counts as availableTo be agreed.
Example
A site on a mains connection is served. One relying on tankered water has a running cost and a single point of failure.
Where the value comes from
The potable water network and the licensed well register, still to be obtained.
Note
The electricity and water requirement is written as one line in the document but needs two elements, because the two networks are held by different authorities and reach different places.
قابلية المياه الجوفية للتأثر
MEWA condition
PO-12 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب ألا يكون لموقع المشروع أثر سلبي على المياه الجوفية
The site must have no negative impact on groundwater.
Description
The site must have no negative effect on the groundwater.
Permitted rangestill to be set
acceptedNo negative effect on the groundwaterThe requirement as written.
to be agreedThe index itselfThe index has to be constructed and agreed, in the same way as the three capability indices that are still undefined.
Example
A site on deep clay over a confined aquifer carries little risk. The same operation on fractured limestone with the water table 6 m down carries a great deal.
Where the value comes from
Depth to water table, soil permeability and aquifer type, which the study partly holds.
Note
The index has to be constructed and agreed before it can be used, in the same way as the three capability indices that are still undefined.
المسافة إلى النطاق العمراني القائم
MEWA conditions
PO-19 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
بعد مشاريع الدواجن عن النطاق العمراني والتجمعات السكانية — ١٠ كيلومتر طبقاً لقرار مجلس الوزراء رقم ٢٨١ وتاريخ ١٤٣٩/٤/٦هـ
Distance of poultry projects from the urban boundary and residential communities — 10 km (Council of Ministers Decision 281, 6/4/1439H).
PO-08 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون الموقع المقترح لإقامة المشروع خارج نطاق المدن والقرى والتجمعات السكنية والتوسع العمراني المستقبلي بمسافة لا تقل عن ١٠ كم
The proposed site must lie outside cities, villages, residential communities and future urban expansion by not less than 10 km.
Description
Ten kilometres for poultry projects. Fish farms must sit outside the urban range without a distance being named.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted10 km or moreClear of the built-up extent.
not acceptedLess than 10 kmInside the setback.
Example
A site 12 km from the edge of a town passes. One 7 km out fails, even if every other reading on the hectare is ideal.
Where the value comes from
Urban extent polygons from the approved structure plans, still to be obtained.
Note
The urban condition needs two elements, not one, because the document names present settlement and future expansion as separate things and they are held as separate layers.
المسافة إلى التوسع العمراني المستقبلي
MEWA conditions
PO-19 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
بعد مشاريع الدواجن عن النطاق العمراني والتجمعات السكانية — ١٠ كيلومتر طبقاً لقرار مجلس الوزراء رقم ٢٨١ وتاريخ ١٤٣٩/٤/٦هـ
Distance of poultry projects from the urban boundary and residential communities — 10 km (Council of Ministers Decision 281, 6/4/1439H).
PO-08 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون الموقع المقترح لإقامة المشروع خارج نطاق المدن والقرى والتجمعات السكنية والتوسع العمراني المستقبلي بمسافة لا تقل عن ١٠ كم
The proposed site must lie outside cities, villages, residential communities and future urban expansion by not less than 10 km.
Description
Ten kilometres for poultry projects. Fish farms must sit outside the directions in which cities are planned to grow.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted10 km or moreClear of the planned expansion area.
not acceptedLess than 10 kmInside the setback.
Example
A site 14 km from a town but 6 km from the boundary of its approved expansion area fails on this element while passing on the first.
Where the value comes from
Planned expansion polygons from the approved structure plans, still to be obtained.
Note
This element carries the plan date and horizon with it, because a boundary redrawn later changes the answer for a hectare that has not itself changed.
المسافة إلى الكسارات والمحاجر
MEWA conditions
PO-20 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
الكسارات ومصانع الأسمنت ومحاجر الصخور ومصانع البلك ومكب النفايات ومخلفات المصانع وما في حكمها — ١٠ كيلومتر
Quarries, cement factories, rock quarries, block factories, landfills, factory waste and the like — 10 km.
PO-09 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
لا تقل المسافة عن ١٠كم بين حد سور مشروع دواجن وبين حدود مناطق الكسارات ومكب او تجميع النفايات والمخلفات ومخلفات المصانع
Not less than 10 km between the poultry project fence and the boundaries of quarry areas, landfill or waste-collection sites, and factory waste.
Description
Ten kilometres for poultry projects.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted10 km or more
not acceptedLess than 10 km
Example
A site 11 km from the nearest quarry boundary passes. One 4 km away fails, and quarry boundaries move as licences are extended.
Where the value comes from
The mining licence register, still to be obtained.
Note
The condition names quarries, factories and waste sites together under one distance, but they come from three different registers held by three different authorities, so they are three elements.
المسافة إلى مصانع الأسمنت والبلك
MEWA conditions
PO-20 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
الكسارات ومصانع الأسمنت ومحاجر الصخور ومصانع البلك ومكب النفايات ومخلفات المصانع وما في حكمها — ١٠ كيلومتر
Quarries, cement factories, rock quarries, block factories, landfills, factory waste and the like — 10 km.
PO-09 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
لا تقل المسافة عن ١٠كم بين حد سور مشروع دواجن وبين حدود مناطق الكسارات ومكب او تجميع النفايات والمخلفات ومخلفات المصانع
Not less than 10 km between the poultry project fence and the boundaries of quarry areas, landfill or waste-collection sites, and factory waste.
Description
Ten kilometres for poultry projects.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted10 km or more
not acceptedLess than 10 km
Example
A cement works 12 km upwind is outside the setback. A block factory 3 km away is not.
Where the value comes from
The industrial licence register, still to be obtained.
المسافة إلى مكب النفايات ومخلفات المصانع
MEWA conditions
PO-20 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
الكسارات ومصانع الأسمنت ومحاجر الصخور ومصانع البلك ومكب النفايات ومخلفات المصانع وما في حكمها — ١٠ كيلومتر
Quarries, cement factories, rock quarries, block factories, landfills, factory waste and the like — 10 km.
PO-09 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
لا تقل المسافة عن ١٠كم بين حد سور مشروع دواجن وبين حدود مناطق الكسارات ومكب او تجميع النفايات والمخلفات ومخلفات المصانع
Not less than 10 km between the poultry project fence and the boundaries of quarry areas, landfill or waste-collection sites, and factory waste.
Description
Ten kilometres for poultry projects.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted10 km or more
not acceptedLess than 10 km
Example
A municipal landfill 15 km off is clear. One 6 km away fails, and it is the gulls it attracts rather than the waste itself that matters.
Where the value comes from
The municipal and national waste site registers, still to be obtained.
المسافة إلى مجاري السيول والأودية
MEWA condition
PO-10 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون موقع المشروع بعيد عن مجرى السيول والأنهار والأودية بمسافة لا تقل عن ١ كم
The site must be at least 1 km from flood channels, rivers and wadis.
Description
One kilometre for poultry projects.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted1 km or moreClear of the channel.
not acceptedLess than 1 kmInside the setback.
Example
A site 2.4 km from a mapped wadi channel passes. One 600 m from the same channel fails.
Where the value comes from
The channel network the study already derives for the flood hazard factor.
Note
This is not the same as the flood hazard factor. Flood hazard rates how exposed the hectare is; this measures how far the channel is, which is what the condition asks.
نوع الحيازة
MEWA condition
PO-03 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
ارفاق صورة من صك الأرض مصادق عليه او عقد ايجار من الوزارة أو عقد إيجار ساري المفعول لمدة لا تقل عن خمسة عشر سنه
Attach a certified land deed, a Ministry lease, or a valid lease of not less than 15 years.
Description
A certified deed, a Ministry lease, or a valid lease. An inland fish farm site must belong to the Ministry.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedA certified deed
acceptedA lease from the Ministry
acceptedA valid lease from another partySubject to the remaining term.
not acceptedAnything else
 For an inland fish farm, the site belongs to the Ministry
Example
A certified deed qualifies. A verbal arrangement with a landholder does not, whatever has been agreed.
Where the value comes from
The deed and lease registers, partly held by the Land Rights module.
Note
The tenure condition needs two elements, because the document sets a condition on the kind of tenure and a separate condition on how long it still has to run.
المدة المتبقية من عقد الإيجار
MEWA condition
PO-03 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
ارفاق صورة من صك الأرض مصادق عليه او عقد ايجار من الوزارة أو عقد إيجار ساري المفعول لمدة لا تقل عن خمسة عشر سنه
Attach a certified land deed, a Ministry lease, or a valid lease of not less than 15 years.
Description
Not less than fifteen years where the tenure is a lease.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted15 years or more remaining
not acceptedLess than 15 years remaining
Example
A lease with 19 years to run qualifies. The same lease with 11 years left does not, and it falls below the line with time rather than with any change on the ground.
Why it is conditional here
Read here where the design makes it relevant, rather than on every site. Across this activity it is conditional for Layer, Breeder stock, Hatchery and Abattoir as well.
Where the value comes from
The lease register, still to be obtained.
Note
This is the second half of the tenure condition, and it expires on its own, so it has to be measured at the moment the question is asked.
تقديم طلب الترخيص
MEWA condition
PO-01 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
يقوم المستثمر بالتقديم على منصة نما للحصول على الترخيص
The investor applies on the Nama platform to obtain the licence.
Description
Required before a poultry licence can be issued.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedOn record
not acceptedNot on record
Example
An application lodged on the platform qualifies. An approach made directly to a branch office does not.
Where the value comes from
The Ministry's licensing platform.
الهوية أو السجل التجاري
MEWA condition
PO-02 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
ارفاق صورة الهوية الوطنية أو السجل التجاري للمؤسسات أو الشركات مضاف به النشاط المطلوب ساري المفعول
Attach national ID, or the commercial register for establishments and companies with the required activity added and valid.
Description
Required for a poultry licence.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedOn record
not acceptedNot on record
Example
A commercial register with the poultry activity added and in date qualifies. The same register without that activity does not.
Where the value comes from
The commercial register.
التقرير الفني من فرع الوزارة
MEWA condition
PO-04 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
ارفاق تقرير فني مفصل عن الموقع حسب النموذج المعمم به، يعد من قبل فرع الوزارة المعني
Attach a detailed technical site report on the circulated template, prepared by the relevant Ministry branch.
Description
Required for a poultry licence.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedOn record
not acceptedNot on record
Example
A report prepared by the branch on the circulated template qualifies. A consultant's report in another format does not.
Where the value comes from
Ministry branch records.
Note
The study's own record for a hectare could become the evidence base for this report.
الرسم الكروكي المعتمد
MEWA condition
PO-05 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
ارفاق رسم كروكي لموقع المشروع من مكتب هندسي معتمد يوضح فيه إحداثيات موقع المشروع
Attach a sketch of the project site from an accredited engineering office showing the site coordinates.
Description
Required for a poultry licence.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedOn record
not acceptedNot on record
Example
A sketch from an accredited office carrying the site coordinates qualifies, and it is also where the project boundary comes from.
Where the value comes from
Supplied by the applicant.
Note
This sketch is where the project boundary comes from, which is the geometry every separation distance is measured against.
شهادة الخبرة والملاءمة المالية
MEWA condition
PO-06 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
ارفاق شهادة الخبرة والملائمة المالية
Attach an experience certificate and proof of financial suitability.
Description
Required for a poultry licence.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedOn record
not acceptedNot on record
Example
Certified experience plus evidence of financial standing qualifies. Either one alone does not.
Where the value comes from
Supplied by the applicant.
المسافة إلى أقرب مشروع مرخص حسب زوج النشاطين
MEWA conditions
PO-18 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
المسافات الفنية الاسترشادية لمشاريع الدواجن
Indicative technical distances for poultry projects — the 9 x 8 activity matrix.
PO-14 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون الموقع ضمن المسافات الاسترشادية المطلوب توفرها بين مشاريع الدواجن (ملحق المسافات الاسترشادية بين مشاريع الدواجن)
The site must lie within the required indicative distances between poultry projects (annex: indicative distances between poultry projects).
PO-07 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
يتم إنزال مصور جوي من قبل الإدارة المعنية يوضح فيه موقع المشروع ومشاريع الثروة الحيوانية المجاورة والمسافات بينها وموقع المشروع
The relevant department obtains an aerial image showing the project site, neighbouring livestock projects, and the distances between them.
Description
The nine by eight annex of indicative distances, which runs from one kilometre to ten.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedAt or beyond the distance required for the pair of activities
not acceptedCloser than that distance
 The required distance runs from 1 km to 10 kmIt depends on which activity is being built and which is already there. The full table is shown beneath this list.
Example
A broiler farm 1.4 km from another broiler farm passes, because the requirement for that pair is one kilometre. The same site 1.4 km from a grandparent stock farm fails, because that pair requires ten.
Where the value comes from
The register of licensed poultry and livestock projects, still to be obtained.
Note
This is the only element in the study whose value changes without the land changing, because it depends on what has been licensed nearby.
حدّ سور المشروع
MEWA conditions
PO-14 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون الموقع ضمن المسافات الاسترشادية المطلوب توفرها بين مشاريع الدواجن (ملحق المسافات الاسترشادية بين مشاريع الدواجن)
The site must lie within the required indicative distances between poultry projects (annex: indicative distances between poultry projects).
PO-07 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
يتم إنزال مصور جوي من قبل الإدارة المعنية يوضح فيه موقع المشروع ومشاريع الثروة الحيوانية المجاورة والمسافات بينها وموقع المشروع
The relevant department obtains an aerial image showing the project site, neighbouring livestock projects, and the distances between them.
PO-22 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
تؤخذ المسافة من حد سور المشروع إلى حد سور المشروع الآخر
Distance is measured fence to fence, not centre to centre.
Description
The annex measures from the fence of one project to the fence of the other, not from one centre point to another.
Permitted rangenot a measured value
 Not a measured valueThis is the geometry the distances are measured from and to, fence to fence rather than centre to centre.
Example
Two sites whose centres are 1.2 km apart may have fences only 700 m apart. The second figure is the one that is tested.
Where the value comes from
The licence register and the surveyed sketch each applicant files.
Note
This is not a distance of its own. It is the input the distance elements need, and without it the measurement rule in the annex cannot be honoured.
مجموعة الأنشطة في المشروع
MEWA conditions
PO-18 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
المسافات الفنية الاسترشادية لمشاريع الدواجن
Indicative technical distances for poultry projects — the 9 x 8 activity matrix.
PO-14 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون الموقع ضمن المسافات الاسترشادية المطلوب توفرها بين مشاريع الدواجن (ملحق المسافات الاسترشادية بين مشاريع الدواجن)
The site must lie within the required indicative distances between poultry projects (annex: indicative distances between poultry projects).
PO-23 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
في حال وجود ملحق (مسلخ أو فقاسة) بمشروع الدواجن فيعامل من حيث المسافة بينه وبين المشاريع المجاورة بناءً على المساحة الأكبر
Where a poultry project has an annex (slaughterhouse or hatchery), the distance to neighbouring projects is governed by the larger requirement.
Description
Where a project carries an annex such as a slaughterhouse or a hatchery, the distance that applies is the largest required by any activity it holds.
Permitted rangenot a measured value
 Not a measured valueA project may carry a farm, a slaughterhouse and a hatchery at once, and the largest distance required by any of them applies.
Example
A broiler farm with a hatchery on the same site is tested against the hatchery requirement wherever that is the larger of the two.
Where the value comes from
The licence register, still to be obtained.
Note
Without this element the gate would compare one activity against one activity and would understate the distance required.
المسافة إلى أقرب مزرعة نباتية
MEWA condition
PO-21 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
المزارع النباتية — ٠
Plant / crop farms — 0 km.
Description
Zero, meaning the annex sets no minimum separation from a crop farm.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedAny distance, including noneThe required separation is zero.
Example
A poultry site whose fence runs along the edge of a date plantation passes, because no separation is required from a crop farm.
Where the value comes from
The agricultural holdings register, partly held by the study.
Note
Recorded as a real element with a threshold of zero rather than left out, so that the rule is visible and can be changed if a distance is ever set.
المساحة المتصلة الصالحة
MEWA condition
PO-17 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
المساحة الأرضية اللازمة لإقامة المشروع ومرافقه وفق نوع النشاط والطاقة الإنتاجية ومتطلبات الأمن الحيوي والتوسع على أن لا تقل مساحة الأرض عن ٤٠ الف متر مربع
Land area for the project, its facilities, productive capacity, biosecurity requirements and expansion — not less than 40,000 m² (4 ha).
Description
Four hectares for a poultry project and five hectares for a fish farm. A livestock site must hold at least four poultry barns or an intensive rearing unit.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedPoultry — 4 ha or more40,000 m².
not acceptedPoultry — less than 4 ha
acceptedFish farm — 5 ha or more50,000 m².
not acceptedFish farm — less than 5 ha
to be agreedLivestock — enough for four barns or an intensive rearing unitStated as a capacity rather than an area, so the equivalent hectares have to be agreed.
Example
A block of 6 contiguous hectares holds a poultry project. Four hectares split into two separate pieces of two does not, because the requirement is on a single block.
Where the value comes from
Computed from the output of the earlier stages.
Note
One element serves three conditions with three different thresholds, which is why the threshold belongs to the activity rather than to the element.
خلو محيط المنشآت من الأشجار والأعشاب
MEWA condition
PO-16 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن تكون مواقع منشآت المشروع (الإدارة او الحظيرة أو المسلخ أو الفقاسة أو مستودع اللقاحات، أو المختبر أو مستودع الصيانة أو مستودع الاعلاف أو سكن العمال أو غرف الاستحمام أو مبنى المحرقة) خالية من وجود الأشجار والأعشاب بمسافة لا تقل عن ٢٠ م من كافة الاتجاهات لتجنب وجود الطيور البرية والقوارض والحشرات ومنع جذبها للمشروع
Project facility locations (administration, barn, abattoir, hatchery, vaccine store, laboratory, maintenance store, feed store, workers' housing, washrooms, incinerator building) must be clear of trees and grasses for not less than 20 m in all directions, to avoid attracting wild birds, rodents and insects.
Description
Not less than twenty metres in every direction.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted20 m or more clear in every direction
not acceptedLess than 20 mTwenty metres is well below the 107 m across a grid cell, so this is checked on site.
Example
A shed with 25 m of cleared ground on every side complies. The same shed with a line of trees 8 m from one wall does not.
Where the value comes from
Inspected on site.
Note
Twenty metres is far below the hundred and seven metres across a grid cell, so no hectare can carry this value. Recorded so the register is complete.
25 of 25 elements are read for Layer — 24 govern the decision, 1 is conditional.
خطر التشبع بالماء
MEWA condition
PO-11 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن تكون الأرض جافة ومستوية لتجنب تكون المستنقعات والمياه الراكدة داخل المشروع سواء كان مصدرها الأمطار أو صرف التبريد او غير ذلك
The land must be dry and level, avoiding ponding and standing water inside the project whether from rain or cooling drainage.
Description
The ground must be dry, with no ponding inside the project, whether the water comes from rain or from cooling drainage.
Permitted rangeexisting band table
 The band table the module already holdsDays a year the root zone stays saturated.
acceptedDry, with no ponding inside the projectRequired whether the water comes from rain or from cooling drainage.
Example
Three days a year of saturation is workable. Forty days means standing water in the yard through the season.
Where the value comes from
Already computed by the study.
Note
Routed as optional for livestock today because animals can graze wet ground, but it is decisive where a building goes up.
صلاحية التضاريس
MEWA condition
PO-11 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن تكون الأرض جافة ومستوية لتجنب تكون المستنقعات والمياه الراكدة داخل المشروع سواء كان مصدرها الأمطار أو صرف التبريد او غير ذلك
The land must be dry and level, avoiding ponding and standing water inside the project whether from rain or cooling drainage.
Description
A built facility needs level ground. The band table already in the module applies; what changes is that it must govern rather than be optional where a building is to be put up.
Permitted rangeexisting band table
 The band table the module already holdsThe reading is rated as it is for any other factor.
acceptedLevel groundA built facility needs level ground. The requirement names no percentage, so the cut-off has to be agreed before it can govern rather than merely inform.
Example
A pad at 1.8 % slope is level enough to build on. At 6 % the same footprint needs cut and fill before a shed can go up.
Where the value comes from
Already computed by the study from the elevation model.
Note
This is the first half of the livestock land specification, which asks for ground that is level and away from dunes.
الوصول بالطريق
MEWA condition
PO-13 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون موقع المشروع سهل الوصول له عن طريق الطرق المعبدة
The site must be easily reachable by paved road.
Description
The site must be easy to reach by a paved road.
Permitted rangestill to be set
acceptedReachable by a paved roadNo distance is given in the source.
to be agreedThe distance that counts as easy to reachTo be agreed.
Example
A site 2 km down a graded track off a paved road is reachable. One 30 km from the nearest asphalt is not, because feed and birds move by truck every week.
Where the value comes from
The paved road network, which is still to be obtained.
Note
Required for poultry by the MEWA condition shown above.
توفر الكهرباء
MEWA condition
PO-15 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب توفر مصدر للكهرباء والمياه الصالحة للاستهلاك في عمليات تشغيل المشروع
A source of electricity and water fit for consumption must be available for project operations.
Description
A source of electricity must be available for running the project.
Permitted rangestill to be set
acceptedA grid connection is availableNo distance is given in the source.
to be agreedThe distance that counts as availableTo be agreed.
Example
A site 1.5 km from an existing distribution line can be connected. One 40 km out needs its own generation, which changes the economics entirely.
Where the value comes from
The electricity network, which is still to be obtained.
Note
Required for poultry by the MEWA condition shown above.
توفر المياه الصالحة للاستهلاك
MEWA condition
PO-15 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب توفر مصدر للكهرباء والمياه الصالحة للاستهلاك في عمليات تشغيل المشروع
A source of electricity and water fit for consumption must be available for project operations.
Description
Water fit for consumption must be available for running the project.
Permitted rangestill to be set
acceptedWater fit for consumption is availableNo distance is given in the source.
to be agreedThe distance that counts as availableTo be agreed.
Example
A site on a mains connection is served. One relying on tankered water has a running cost and a single point of failure.
Where the value comes from
The potable water network and the licensed well register, still to be obtained.
Note
The electricity and water requirement is written as one line in the document but needs two elements, because the two networks are held by different authorities and reach different places.
قابلية المياه الجوفية للتأثر
MEWA condition
PO-12 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب ألا يكون لموقع المشروع أثر سلبي على المياه الجوفية
The site must have no negative impact on groundwater.
Description
The site must have no negative effect on the groundwater.
Permitted rangestill to be set
acceptedNo negative effect on the groundwaterThe requirement as written.
to be agreedThe index itselfThe index has to be constructed and agreed, in the same way as the three capability indices that are still undefined.
Example
A site on deep clay over a confined aquifer carries little risk. The same operation on fractured limestone with the water table 6 m down carries a great deal.
Where the value comes from
Depth to water table, soil permeability and aquifer type, which the study partly holds.
Note
The index has to be constructed and agreed before it can be used, in the same way as the three capability indices that are still undefined.
المسافة إلى النطاق العمراني القائم
MEWA conditions
PO-19 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
بعد مشاريع الدواجن عن النطاق العمراني والتجمعات السكانية — ١٠ كيلومتر طبقاً لقرار مجلس الوزراء رقم ٢٨١ وتاريخ ١٤٣٩/٤/٦هـ
Distance of poultry projects from the urban boundary and residential communities — 10 km (Council of Ministers Decision 281, 6/4/1439H).
PO-08 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون الموقع المقترح لإقامة المشروع خارج نطاق المدن والقرى والتجمعات السكنية والتوسع العمراني المستقبلي بمسافة لا تقل عن ١٠ كم
The proposed site must lie outside cities, villages, residential communities and future urban expansion by not less than 10 km.
Description
Ten kilometres for poultry projects. Fish farms must sit outside the urban range without a distance being named.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted10 km or moreClear of the built-up extent.
not acceptedLess than 10 kmInside the setback.
Example
A site 12 km from the edge of a town passes. One 7 km out fails, even if every other reading on the hectare is ideal.
Where the value comes from
Urban extent polygons from the approved structure plans, still to be obtained.
Note
The urban condition needs two elements, not one, because the document names present settlement and future expansion as separate things and they are held as separate layers.
المسافة إلى التوسع العمراني المستقبلي
MEWA conditions
PO-19 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
بعد مشاريع الدواجن عن النطاق العمراني والتجمعات السكانية — ١٠ كيلومتر طبقاً لقرار مجلس الوزراء رقم ٢٨١ وتاريخ ١٤٣٩/٤/٦هـ
Distance of poultry projects from the urban boundary and residential communities — 10 km (Council of Ministers Decision 281, 6/4/1439H).
PO-08 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون الموقع المقترح لإقامة المشروع خارج نطاق المدن والقرى والتجمعات السكنية والتوسع العمراني المستقبلي بمسافة لا تقل عن ١٠ كم
The proposed site must lie outside cities, villages, residential communities and future urban expansion by not less than 10 km.
Description
Ten kilometres for poultry projects. Fish farms must sit outside the directions in which cities are planned to grow.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted10 km or moreClear of the planned expansion area.
not acceptedLess than 10 kmInside the setback.
Example
A site 14 km from a town but 6 km from the boundary of its approved expansion area fails on this element while passing on the first.
Where the value comes from
Planned expansion polygons from the approved structure plans, still to be obtained.
Note
This element carries the plan date and horizon with it, because a boundary redrawn later changes the answer for a hectare that has not itself changed.
المسافة إلى الكسارات والمحاجر
MEWA conditions
PO-20 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
الكسارات ومصانع الأسمنت ومحاجر الصخور ومصانع البلك ومكب النفايات ومخلفات المصانع وما في حكمها — ١٠ كيلومتر
Quarries, cement factories, rock quarries, block factories, landfills, factory waste and the like — 10 km.
PO-09 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
لا تقل المسافة عن ١٠كم بين حد سور مشروع دواجن وبين حدود مناطق الكسارات ومكب او تجميع النفايات والمخلفات ومخلفات المصانع
Not less than 10 km between the poultry project fence and the boundaries of quarry areas, landfill or waste-collection sites, and factory waste.
Description
Ten kilometres for poultry projects.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted10 km or more
not acceptedLess than 10 km
Example
A site 11 km from the nearest quarry boundary passes. One 4 km away fails, and quarry boundaries move as licences are extended.
Where the value comes from
The mining licence register, still to be obtained.
Note
The condition names quarries, factories and waste sites together under one distance, but they come from three different registers held by three different authorities, so they are three elements.
المسافة إلى مصانع الأسمنت والبلك
MEWA conditions
PO-20 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
الكسارات ومصانع الأسمنت ومحاجر الصخور ومصانع البلك ومكب النفايات ومخلفات المصانع وما في حكمها — ١٠ كيلومتر
Quarries, cement factories, rock quarries, block factories, landfills, factory waste and the like — 10 km.
PO-09 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
لا تقل المسافة عن ١٠كم بين حد سور مشروع دواجن وبين حدود مناطق الكسارات ومكب او تجميع النفايات والمخلفات ومخلفات المصانع
Not less than 10 km between the poultry project fence and the boundaries of quarry areas, landfill or waste-collection sites, and factory waste.
Description
Ten kilometres for poultry projects.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted10 km or more
not acceptedLess than 10 km
Example
A cement works 12 km upwind is outside the setback. A block factory 3 km away is not.
Where the value comes from
The industrial licence register, still to be obtained.
المسافة إلى مكب النفايات ومخلفات المصانع
MEWA conditions
PO-20 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
الكسارات ومصانع الأسمنت ومحاجر الصخور ومصانع البلك ومكب النفايات ومخلفات المصانع وما في حكمها — ١٠ كيلومتر
Quarries, cement factories, rock quarries, block factories, landfills, factory waste and the like — 10 km.
PO-09 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
لا تقل المسافة عن ١٠كم بين حد سور مشروع دواجن وبين حدود مناطق الكسارات ومكب او تجميع النفايات والمخلفات ومخلفات المصانع
Not less than 10 km between the poultry project fence and the boundaries of quarry areas, landfill or waste-collection sites, and factory waste.
Description
Ten kilometres for poultry projects.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted10 km or more
not acceptedLess than 10 km
Example
A municipal landfill 15 km off is clear. One 6 km away fails, and it is the gulls it attracts rather than the waste itself that matters.
Where the value comes from
The municipal and national waste site registers, still to be obtained.
المسافة إلى مجاري السيول والأودية
MEWA condition
PO-10 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون موقع المشروع بعيد عن مجرى السيول والأنهار والأودية بمسافة لا تقل عن ١ كم
The site must be at least 1 km from flood channels, rivers and wadis.
Description
One kilometre for poultry projects.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted1 km or moreClear of the channel.
not acceptedLess than 1 kmInside the setback.
Example
A site 2.4 km from a mapped wadi channel passes. One 600 m from the same channel fails.
Where the value comes from
The channel network the study already derives for the flood hazard factor.
Note
This is not the same as the flood hazard factor. Flood hazard rates how exposed the hectare is; this measures how far the channel is, which is what the condition asks.
نوع الحيازة
MEWA condition
PO-03 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
ارفاق صورة من صك الأرض مصادق عليه او عقد ايجار من الوزارة أو عقد إيجار ساري المفعول لمدة لا تقل عن خمسة عشر سنه
Attach a certified land deed, a Ministry lease, or a valid lease of not less than 15 years.
Description
A certified deed, a Ministry lease, or a valid lease. An inland fish farm site must belong to the Ministry.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedA certified deed
acceptedA lease from the Ministry
acceptedA valid lease from another partySubject to the remaining term.
not acceptedAnything else
 For an inland fish farm, the site belongs to the Ministry
Example
A certified deed qualifies. A verbal arrangement with a landholder does not, whatever has been agreed.
Where the value comes from
The deed and lease registers, partly held by the Land Rights module.
Note
The tenure condition needs two elements, because the document sets a condition on the kind of tenure and a separate condition on how long it still has to run.
المدة المتبقية من عقد الإيجار
MEWA condition
PO-03 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
ارفاق صورة من صك الأرض مصادق عليه او عقد ايجار من الوزارة أو عقد إيجار ساري المفعول لمدة لا تقل عن خمسة عشر سنه
Attach a certified land deed, a Ministry lease, or a valid lease of not less than 15 years.
Description
Not less than fifteen years where the tenure is a lease.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted15 years or more remaining
not acceptedLess than 15 years remaining
Example
A lease with 19 years to run qualifies. The same lease with 11 years left does not, and it falls below the line with time rather than with any change on the ground.
Why it is conditional here
Read here where the design makes it relevant, rather than on every site. Across this activity it is conditional for Broiler, Breeder stock, Hatchery and Abattoir as well.
Where the value comes from
The lease register, still to be obtained.
Note
This is the second half of the tenure condition, and it expires on its own, so it has to be measured at the moment the question is asked.
تقديم طلب الترخيص
MEWA condition
PO-01 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
يقوم المستثمر بالتقديم على منصة نما للحصول على الترخيص
The investor applies on the Nama platform to obtain the licence.
Description
Required before a poultry licence can be issued.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedOn record
not acceptedNot on record
Example
An application lodged on the platform qualifies. An approach made directly to a branch office does not.
Where the value comes from
The Ministry's licensing platform.
الهوية أو السجل التجاري
MEWA condition
PO-02 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
ارفاق صورة الهوية الوطنية أو السجل التجاري للمؤسسات أو الشركات مضاف به النشاط المطلوب ساري المفعول
Attach national ID, or the commercial register for establishments and companies with the required activity added and valid.
Description
Required for a poultry licence.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedOn record
not acceptedNot on record
Example
A commercial register with the poultry activity added and in date qualifies. The same register without that activity does not.
Where the value comes from
The commercial register.
التقرير الفني من فرع الوزارة
MEWA condition
PO-04 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
ارفاق تقرير فني مفصل عن الموقع حسب النموذج المعمم به، يعد من قبل فرع الوزارة المعني
Attach a detailed technical site report on the circulated template, prepared by the relevant Ministry branch.
Description
Required for a poultry licence.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedOn record
not acceptedNot on record
Example
A report prepared by the branch on the circulated template qualifies. A consultant's report in another format does not.
Where the value comes from
Ministry branch records.
Note
The study's own record for a hectare could become the evidence base for this report.
الرسم الكروكي المعتمد
MEWA condition
PO-05 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
ارفاق رسم كروكي لموقع المشروع من مكتب هندسي معتمد يوضح فيه إحداثيات موقع المشروع
Attach a sketch of the project site from an accredited engineering office showing the site coordinates.
Description
Required for a poultry licence.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedOn record
not acceptedNot on record
Example
A sketch from an accredited office carrying the site coordinates qualifies, and it is also where the project boundary comes from.
Where the value comes from
Supplied by the applicant.
Note
This sketch is where the project boundary comes from, which is the geometry every separation distance is measured against.
شهادة الخبرة والملاءمة المالية
MEWA condition
PO-06 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
ارفاق شهادة الخبرة والملائمة المالية
Attach an experience certificate and proof of financial suitability.
Description
Required for a poultry licence.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedOn record
not acceptedNot on record
Example
Certified experience plus evidence of financial standing qualifies. Either one alone does not.
Where the value comes from
Supplied by the applicant.
المسافة إلى أقرب مشروع مرخص حسب زوج النشاطين
MEWA conditions
PO-18 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
المسافات الفنية الاسترشادية لمشاريع الدواجن
Indicative technical distances for poultry projects — the 9 x 8 activity matrix.
PO-14 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون الموقع ضمن المسافات الاسترشادية المطلوب توفرها بين مشاريع الدواجن (ملحق المسافات الاسترشادية بين مشاريع الدواجن)
The site must lie within the required indicative distances between poultry projects (annex: indicative distances between poultry projects).
PO-07 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
يتم إنزال مصور جوي من قبل الإدارة المعنية يوضح فيه موقع المشروع ومشاريع الثروة الحيوانية المجاورة والمسافات بينها وموقع المشروع
The relevant department obtains an aerial image showing the project site, neighbouring livestock projects, and the distances between them.
Description
The nine by eight annex of indicative distances, which runs from one kilometre to ten.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedAt or beyond the distance required for the pair of activities
not acceptedCloser than that distance
 The required distance runs from 1 km to 10 kmIt depends on which activity is being built and which is already there. The full table is shown beneath this list.
Example
A broiler farm 1.4 km from another broiler farm passes, because the requirement for that pair is one kilometre. The same site 1.4 km from a grandparent stock farm fails, because that pair requires ten.
Where the value comes from
The register of licensed poultry and livestock projects, still to be obtained.
Note
This is the only element in the study whose value changes without the land changing, because it depends on what has been licensed nearby.
حدّ سور المشروع
MEWA conditions
PO-14 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون الموقع ضمن المسافات الاسترشادية المطلوب توفرها بين مشاريع الدواجن (ملحق المسافات الاسترشادية بين مشاريع الدواجن)
The site must lie within the required indicative distances between poultry projects (annex: indicative distances between poultry projects).
PO-07 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
يتم إنزال مصور جوي من قبل الإدارة المعنية يوضح فيه موقع المشروع ومشاريع الثروة الحيوانية المجاورة والمسافات بينها وموقع المشروع
The relevant department obtains an aerial image showing the project site, neighbouring livestock projects, and the distances between them.
PO-22 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
تؤخذ المسافة من حد سور المشروع إلى حد سور المشروع الآخر
Distance is measured fence to fence, not centre to centre.
Description
The annex measures from the fence of one project to the fence of the other, not from one centre point to another.
Permitted rangenot a measured value
 Not a measured valueThis is the geometry the distances are measured from and to, fence to fence rather than centre to centre.
Example
Two sites whose centres are 1.2 km apart may have fences only 700 m apart. The second figure is the one that is tested.
Where the value comes from
The licence register and the surveyed sketch each applicant files.
Note
This is not a distance of its own. It is the input the distance elements need, and without it the measurement rule in the annex cannot be honoured.
مجموعة الأنشطة في المشروع
MEWA conditions
PO-18 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
المسافات الفنية الاسترشادية لمشاريع الدواجن
Indicative technical distances for poultry projects — the 9 x 8 activity matrix.
PO-14 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون الموقع ضمن المسافات الاسترشادية المطلوب توفرها بين مشاريع الدواجن (ملحق المسافات الاسترشادية بين مشاريع الدواجن)
The site must lie within the required indicative distances between poultry projects (annex: indicative distances between poultry projects).
PO-23 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
في حال وجود ملحق (مسلخ أو فقاسة) بمشروع الدواجن فيعامل من حيث المسافة بينه وبين المشاريع المجاورة بناءً على المساحة الأكبر
Where a poultry project has an annex (slaughterhouse or hatchery), the distance to neighbouring projects is governed by the larger requirement.
Description
Where a project carries an annex such as a slaughterhouse or a hatchery, the distance that applies is the largest required by any activity it holds.
Permitted rangenot a measured value
 Not a measured valueA project may carry a farm, a slaughterhouse and a hatchery at once, and the largest distance required by any of them applies.
Example
A broiler farm with a hatchery on the same site is tested against the hatchery requirement wherever that is the larger of the two.
Where the value comes from
The licence register, still to be obtained.
Note
Without this element the gate would compare one activity against one activity and would understate the distance required.
المسافة إلى أقرب مزرعة نباتية
MEWA condition
PO-21 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
المزارع النباتية — ٠
Plant / crop farms — 0 km.
Description
Zero, meaning the annex sets no minimum separation from a crop farm.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedAny distance, including noneThe required separation is zero.
Example
A poultry site whose fence runs along the edge of a date plantation passes, because no separation is required from a crop farm.
Where the value comes from
The agricultural holdings register, partly held by the study.
Note
Recorded as a real element with a threshold of zero rather than left out, so that the rule is visible and can be changed if a distance is ever set.
المساحة المتصلة الصالحة
MEWA condition
PO-17 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
المساحة الأرضية اللازمة لإقامة المشروع ومرافقه وفق نوع النشاط والطاقة الإنتاجية ومتطلبات الأمن الحيوي والتوسع على أن لا تقل مساحة الأرض عن ٤٠ الف متر مربع
Land area for the project, its facilities, productive capacity, biosecurity requirements and expansion — not less than 40,000 m² (4 ha).
Description
Four hectares for a poultry project and five hectares for a fish farm. A livestock site must hold at least four poultry barns or an intensive rearing unit.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedPoultry — 4 ha or more40,000 m².
not acceptedPoultry — less than 4 ha
acceptedFish farm — 5 ha or more50,000 m².
not acceptedFish farm — less than 5 ha
to be agreedLivestock — enough for four barns or an intensive rearing unitStated as a capacity rather than an area, so the equivalent hectares have to be agreed.
Example
A block of 6 contiguous hectares holds a poultry project. Four hectares split into two separate pieces of two does not, because the requirement is on a single block.
Where the value comes from
Computed from the output of the earlier stages.
Note
One element serves three conditions with three different thresholds, which is why the threshold belongs to the activity rather than to the element.
خلو محيط المنشآت من الأشجار والأعشاب
MEWA condition
PO-16 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن تكون مواقع منشآت المشروع (الإدارة او الحظيرة أو المسلخ أو الفقاسة أو مستودع اللقاحات، أو المختبر أو مستودع الصيانة أو مستودع الاعلاف أو سكن العمال أو غرف الاستحمام أو مبنى المحرقة) خالية من وجود الأشجار والأعشاب بمسافة لا تقل عن ٢٠ م من كافة الاتجاهات لتجنب وجود الطيور البرية والقوارض والحشرات ومنع جذبها للمشروع
Project facility locations (administration, barn, abattoir, hatchery, vaccine store, laboratory, maintenance store, feed store, workers' housing, washrooms, incinerator building) must be clear of trees and grasses for not less than 20 m in all directions, to avoid attracting wild birds, rodents and insects.
Description
Not less than twenty metres in every direction.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted20 m or more clear in every direction
not acceptedLess than 20 mTwenty metres is well below the 107 m across a grid cell, so this is checked on site.
Example
A shed with 25 m of cleared ground on every side complies. The same shed with a line of trees 8 m from one wall does not.
Where the value comes from
Inspected on site.
Note
Twenty metres is far below the hundred and seven metres across a grid cell, so no hectare can carry this value. Recorded so the register is complete.
25 of 25 elements are read for Breeder stock — 24 govern the decision, 1 is conditional.
خطر التشبع بالماء
MEWA condition
PO-11 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن تكون الأرض جافة ومستوية لتجنب تكون المستنقعات والمياه الراكدة داخل المشروع سواء كان مصدرها الأمطار أو صرف التبريد او غير ذلك
The land must be dry and level, avoiding ponding and standing water inside the project whether from rain or cooling drainage.
Description
The ground must be dry, with no ponding inside the project, whether the water comes from rain or from cooling drainage.
Permitted rangeexisting band table
 The band table the module already holdsDays a year the root zone stays saturated.
acceptedDry, with no ponding inside the projectRequired whether the water comes from rain or from cooling drainage.
Example
Three days a year of saturation is workable. Forty days means standing water in the yard through the season.
Where the value comes from
Already computed by the study.
Note
Routed as optional for livestock today because animals can graze wet ground, but it is decisive where a building goes up.
صلاحية التضاريس
MEWA condition
PO-11 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن تكون الأرض جافة ومستوية لتجنب تكون المستنقعات والمياه الراكدة داخل المشروع سواء كان مصدرها الأمطار أو صرف التبريد او غير ذلك
The land must be dry and level, avoiding ponding and standing water inside the project whether from rain or cooling drainage.
Description
A built facility needs level ground. The band table already in the module applies; what changes is that it must govern rather than be optional where a building is to be put up.
Permitted rangeexisting band table
 The band table the module already holdsThe reading is rated as it is for any other factor.
acceptedLevel groundA built facility needs level ground. The requirement names no percentage, so the cut-off has to be agreed before it can govern rather than merely inform.
Example
A pad at 1.8 % slope is level enough to build on. At 6 % the same footprint needs cut and fill before a shed can go up.
Where the value comes from
Already computed by the study from the elevation model.
Note
This is the first half of the livestock land specification, which asks for ground that is level and away from dunes.
الوصول بالطريق
MEWA condition
PO-13 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون موقع المشروع سهل الوصول له عن طريق الطرق المعبدة
The site must be easily reachable by paved road.
Description
The site must be easy to reach by a paved road.
Permitted rangestill to be set
acceptedReachable by a paved roadNo distance is given in the source.
to be agreedThe distance that counts as easy to reachTo be agreed.
Example
A site 2 km down a graded track off a paved road is reachable. One 30 km from the nearest asphalt is not, because feed and birds move by truck every week.
Where the value comes from
The paved road network, which is still to be obtained.
Note
Required for poultry by the MEWA condition shown above.
توفر الكهرباء
MEWA condition
PO-15 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب توفر مصدر للكهرباء والمياه الصالحة للاستهلاك في عمليات تشغيل المشروع
A source of electricity and water fit for consumption must be available for project operations.
Description
A source of electricity must be available for running the project.
Permitted rangestill to be set
acceptedA grid connection is availableNo distance is given in the source.
to be agreedThe distance that counts as availableTo be agreed.
Example
A site 1.5 km from an existing distribution line can be connected. One 40 km out needs its own generation, which changes the economics entirely.
Where the value comes from
The electricity network, which is still to be obtained.
Note
Required for poultry by the MEWA condition shown above.
توفر المياه الصالحة للاستهلاك
MEWA condition
PO-15 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب توفر مصدر للكهرباء والمياه الصالحة للاستهلاك في عمليات تشغيل المشروع
A source of electricity and water fit for consumption must be available for project operations.
Description
Water fit for consumption must be available for running the project.
Permitted rangestill to be set
acceptedWater fit for consumption is availableNo distance is given in the source.
to be agreedThe distance that counts as availableTo be agreed.
Example
A site on a mains connection is served. One relying on tankered water has a running cost and a single point of failure.
Where the value comes from
The potable water network and the licensed well register, still to be obtained.
Note
The electricity and water requirement is written as one line in the document but needs two elements, because the two networks are held by different authorities and reach different places.
قابلية المياه الجوفية للتأثر
MEWA condition
PO-12 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب ألا يكون لموقع المشروع أثر سلبي على المياه الجوفية
The site must have no negative impact on groundwater.
Description
The site must have no negative effect on the groundwater.
Permitted rangestill to be set
acceptedNo negative effect on the groundwaterThe requirement as written.
to be agreedThe index itselfThe index has to be constructed and agreed, in the same way as the three capability indices that are still undefined.
Example
A site on deep clay over a confined aquifer carries little risk. The same operation on fractured limestone with the water table 6 m down carries a great deal.
Where the value comes from
Depth to water table, soil permeability and aquifer type, which the study partly holds.
Note
The index has to be constructed and agreed before it can be used, in the same way as the three capability indices that are still undefined.
المسافة إلى النطاق العمراني القائم
MEWA conditions
PO-19 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
بعد مشاريع الدواجن عن النطاق العمراني والتجمعات السكانية — ١٠ كيلومتر طبقاً لقرار مجلس الوزراء رقم ٢٨١ وتاريخ ١٤٣٩/٤/٦هـ
Distance of poultry projects from the urban boundary and residential communities — 10 km (Council of Ministers Decision 281, 6/4/1439H).
PO-08 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون الموقع المقترح لإقامة المشروع خارج نطاق المدن والقرى والتجمعات السكنية والتوسع العمراني المستقبلي بمسافة لا تقل عن ١٠ كم
The proposed site must lie outside cities, villages, residential communities and future urban expansion by not less than 10 km.
Description
Ten kilometres for poultry projects. Fish farms must sit outside the urban range without a distance being named.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted10 km or moreClear of the built-up extent.
not acceptedLess than 10 kmInside the setback.
Example
A site 12 km from the edge of a town passes. One 7 km out fails, even if every other reading on the hectare is ideal.
Where the value comes from
Urban extent polygons from the approved structure plans, still to be obtained.
Note
The urban condition needs two elements, not one, because the document names present settlement and future expansion as separate things and they are held as separate layers.
المسافة إلى التوسع العمراني المستقبلي
MEWA conditions
PO-19 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
بعد مشاريع الدواجن عن النطاق العمراني والتجمعات السكانية — ١٠ كيلومتر طبقاً لقرار مجلس الوزراء رقم ٢٨١ وتاريخ ١٤٣٩/٤/٦هـ
Distance of poultry projects from the urban boundary and residential communities — 10 km (Council of Ministers Decision 281, 6/4/1439H).
PO-08 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون الموقع المقترح لإقامة المشروع خارج نطاق المدن والقرى والتجمعات السكنية والتوسع العمراني المستقبلي بمسافة لا تقل عن ١٠ كم
The proposed site must lie outside cities, villages, residential communities and future urban expansion by not less than 10 km.
Description
Ten kilometres for poultry projects. Fish farms must sit outside the directions in which cities are planned to grow.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted10 km or moreClear of the planned expansion area.
not acceptedLess than 10 kmInside the setback.
Example
A site 14 km from a town but 6 km from the boundary of its approved expansion area fails on this element while passing on the first.
Where the value comes from
Planned expansion polygons from the approved structure plans, still to be obtained.
Note
This element carries the plan date and horizon with it, because a boundary redrawn later changes the answer for a hectare that has not itself changed.
المسافة إلى الكسارات والمحاجر
MEWA conditions
PO-20 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
الكسارات ومصانع الأسمنت ومحاجر الصخور ومصانع البلك ومكب النفايات ومخلفات المصانع وما في حكمها — ١٠ كيلومتر
Quarries, cement factories, rock quarries, block factories, landfills, factory waste and the like — 10 km.
PO-09 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
لا تقل المسافة عن ١٠كم بين حد سور مشروع دواجن وبين حدود مناطق الكسارات ومكب او تجميع النفايات والمخلفات ومخلفات المصانع
Not less than 10 km between the poultry project fence and the boundaries of quarry areas, landfill or waste-collection sites, and factory waste.
Description
Ten kilometres for poultry projects.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted10 km or more
not acceptedLess than 10 km
Example
A site 11 km from the nearest quarry boundary passes. One 4 km away fails, and quarry boundaries move as licences are extended.
Where the value comes from
The mining licence register, still to be obtained.
Note
The condition names quarries, factories and waste sites together under one distance, but they come from three different registers held by three different authorities, so they are three elements.
المسافة إلى مصانع الأسمنت والبلك
MEWA conditions
PO-20 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
الكسارات ومصانع الأسمنت ومحاجر الصخور ومصانع البلك ومكب النفايات ومخلفات المصانع وما في حكمها — ١٠ كيلومتر
Quarries, cement factories, rock quarries, block factories, landfills, factory waste and the like — 10 km.
PO-09 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
لا تقل المسافة عن ١٠كم بين حد سور مشروع دواجن وبين حدود مناطق الكسارات ومكب او تجميع النفايات والمخلفات ومخلفات المصانع
Not less than 10 km between the poultry project fence and the boundaries of quarry areas, landfill or waste-collection sites, and factory waste.
Description
Ten kilometres for poultry projects.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted10 km or more
not acceptedLess than 10 km
Example
A cement works 12 km upwind is outside the setback. A block factory 3 km away is not.
Where the value comes from
The industrial licence register, still to be obtained.
المسافة إلى مكب النفايات ومخلفات المصانع
MEWA conditions
PO-20 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
الكسارات ومصانع الأسمنت ومحاجر الصخور ومصانع البلك ومكب النفايات ومخلفات المصانع وما في حكمها — ١٠ كيلومتر
Quarries, cement factories, rock quarries, block factories, landfills, factory waste and the like — 10 km.
PO-09 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
لا تقل المسافة عن ١٠كم بين حد سور مشروع دواجن وبين حدود مناطق الكسارات ومكب او تجميع النفايات والمخلفات ومخلفات المصانع
Not less than 10 km between the poultry project fence and the boundaries of quarry areas, landfill or waste-collection sites, and factory waste.
Description
Ten kilometres for poultry projects.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted10 km or more
not acceptedLess than 10 km
Example
A municipal landfill 15 km off is clear. One 6 km away fails, and it is the gulls it attracts rather than the waste itself that matters.
Where the value comes from
The municipal and national waste site registers, still to be obtained.
المسافة إلى مجاري السيول والأودية
MEWA condition
PO-10 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون موقع المشروع بعيد عن مجرى السيول والأنهار والأودية بمسافة لا تقل عن ١ كم
The site must be at least 1 km from flood channels, rivers and wadis.
Description
One kilometre for poultry projects.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted1 km or moreClear of the channel.
not acceptedLess than 1 kmInside the setback.
Example
A site 2.4 km from a mapped wadi channel passes. One 600 m from the same channel fails.
Where the value comes from
The channel network the study already derives for the flood hazard factor.
Note
This is not the same as the flood hazard factor. Flood hazard rates how exposed the hectare is; this measures how far the channel is, which is what the condition asks.
نوع الحيازة
MEWA condition
PO-03 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
ارفاق صورة من صك الأرض مصادق عليه او عقد ايجار من الوزارة أو عقد إيجار ساري المفعول لمدة لا تقل عن خمسة عشر سنه
Attach a certified land deed, a Ministry lease, or a valid lease of not less than 15 years.
Description
A certified deed, a Ministry lease, or a valid lease. An inland fish farm site must belong to the Ministry.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedA certified deed
acceptedA lease from the Ministry
acceptedA valid lease from another partySubject to the remaining term.
not acceptedAnything else
 For an inland fish farm, the site belongs to the Ministry
Example
A certified deed qualifies. A verbal arrangement with a landholder does not, whatever has been agreed.
Where the value comes from
The deed and lease registers, partly held by the Land Rights module.
Note
The tenure condition needs two elements, because the document sets a condition on the kind of tenure and a separate condition on how long it still has to run.
المدة المتبقية من عقد الإيجار
MEWA condition
PO-03 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
ارفاق صورة من صك الأرض مصادق عليه او عقد ايجار من الوزارة أو عقد إيجار ساري المفعول لمدة لا تقل عن خمسة عشر سنه
Attach a certified land deed, a Ministry lease, or a valid lease of not less than 15 years.
Description
Not less than fifteen years where the tenure is a lease.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted15 years or more remaining
not acceptedLess than 15 years remaining
Example
A lease with 19 years to run qualifies. The same lease with 11 years left does not, and it falls below the line with time rather than with any change on the ground.
Why it is conditional here
Read here where the design makes it relevant, rather than on every site. Across this activity it is conditional for Broiler, Layer, Hatchery and Abattoir as well.
Where the value comes from
The lease register, still to be obtained.
Note
This is the second half of the tenure condition, and it expires on its own, so it has to be measured at the moment the question is asked.
تقديم طلب الترخيص
MEWA condition
PO-01 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
يقوم المستثمر بالتقديم على منصة نما للحصول على الترخيص
The investor applies on the Nama platform to obtain the licence.
Description
Required before a poultry licence can be issued.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedOn record
not acceptedNot on record
Example
An application lodged on the platform qualifies. An approach made directly to a branch office does not.
Where the value comes from
The Ministry's licensing platform.
الهوية أو السجل التجاري
MEWA condition
PO-02 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
ارفاق صورة الهوية الوطنية أو السجل التجاري للمؤسسات أو الشركات مضاف به النشاط المطلوب ساري المفعول
Attach national ID, or the commercial register for establishments and companies with the required activity added and valid.
Description
Required for a poultry licence.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedOn record
not acceptedNot on record
Example
A commercial register with the poultry activity added and in date qualifies. The same register without that activity does not.
Where the value comes from
The commercial register.
التقرير الفني من فرع الوزارة
MEWA condition
PO-04 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
ارفاق تقرير فني مفصل عن الموقع حسب النموذج المعمم به، يعد من قبل فرع الوزارة المعني
Attach a detailed technical site report on the circulated template, prepared by the relevant Ministry branch.
Description
Required for a poultry licence.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedOn record
not acceptedNot on record
Example
A report prepared by the branch on the circulated template qualifies. A consultant's report in another format does not.
Where the value comes from
Ministry branch records.
Note
The study's own record for a hectare could become the evidence base for this report.
الرسم الكروكي المعتمد
MEWA condition
PO-05 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
ارفاق رسم كروكي لموقع المشروع من مكتب هندسي معتمد يوضح فيه إحداثيات موقع المشروع
Attach a sketch of the project site from an accredited engineering office showing the site coordinates.
Description
Required for a poultry licence.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedOn record
not acceptedNot on record
Example
A sketch from an accredited office carrying the site coordinates qualifies, and it is also where the project boundary comes from.
Where the value comes from
Supplied by the applicant.
Note
This sketch is where the project boundary comes from, which is the geometry every separation distance is measured against.
شهادة الخبرة والملاءمة المالية
MEWA condition
PO-06 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
ارفاق شهادة الخبرة والملائمة المالية
Attach an experience certificate and proof of financial suitability.
Description
Required for a poultry licence.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedOn record
not acceptedNot on record
Example
Certified experience plus evidence of financial standing qualifies. Either one alone does not.
Where the value comes from
Supplied by the applicant.
المسافة إلى أقرب مشروع مرخص حسب زوج النشاطين
MEWA conditions
PO-18 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
المسافات الفنية الاسترشادية لمشاريع الدواجن
Indicative technical distances for poultry projects — the 9 x 8 activity matrix.
PO-14 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون الموقع ضمن المسافات الاسترشادية المطلوب توفرها بين مشاريع الدواجن (ملحق المسافات الاسترشادية بين مشاريع الدواجن)
The site must lie within the required indicative distances between poultry projects (annex: indicative distances between poultry projects).
PO-07 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
يتم إنزال مصور جوي من قبل الإدارة المعنية يوضح فيه موقع المشروع ومشاريع الثروة الحيوانية المجاورة والمسافات بينها وموقع المشروع
The relevant department obtains an aerial image showing the project site, neighbouring livestock projects, and the distances between them.
Description
The nine by eight annex of indicative distances, which runs from one kilometre to ten.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedAt or beyond the distance required for the pair of activities
not acceptedCloser than that distance
 The required distance runs from 1 km to 10 kmIt depends on which activity is being built and which is already there. The full table is shown beneath this list.
Example
A broiler farm 1.4 km from another broiler farm passes, because the requirement for that pair is one kilometre. The same site 1.4 km from a grandparent stock farm fails, because that pair requires ten.
Where the value comes from
The register of licensed poultry and livestock projects, still to be obtained.
Note
This is the only element in the study whose value changes without the land changing, because it depends on what has been licensed nearby.
حدّ سور المشروع
MEWA conditions
PO-14 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون الموقع ضمن المسافات الاسترشادية المطلوب توفرها بين مشاريع الدواجن (ملحق المسافات الاسترشادية بين مشاريع الدواجن)
The site must lie within the required indicative distances between poultry projects (annex: indicative distances between poultry projects).
PO-07 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
يتم إنزال مصور جوي من قبل الإدارة المعنية يوضح فيه موقع المشروع ومشاريع الثروة الحيوانية المجاورة والمسافات بينها وموقع المشروع
The relevant department obtains an aerial image showing the project site, neighbouring livestock projects, and the distances between them.
PO-22 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
تؤخذ المسافة من حد سور المشروع إلى حد سور المشروع الآخر
Distance is measured fence to fence, not centre to centre.
Description
The annex measures from the fence of one project to the fence of the other, not from one centre point to another.
Permitted rangenot a measured value
 Not a measured valueThis is the geometry the distances are measured from and to, fence to fence rather than centre to centre.
Example
Two sites whose centres are 1.2 km apart may have fences only 700 m apart. The second figure is the one that is tested.
Where the value comes from
The licence register and the surveyed sketch each applicant files.
Note
This is not a distance of its own. It is the input the distance elements need, and without it the measurement rule in the annex cannot be honoured.
مجموعة الأنشطة في المشروع
MEWA conditions
PO-18 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
المسافات الفنية الاسترشادية لمشاريع الدواجن
Indicative technical distances for poultry projects — the 9 x 8 activity matrix.
PO-14 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون الموقع ضمن المسافات الاسترشادية المطلوب توفرها بين مشاريع الدواجن (ملحق المسافات الاسترشادية بين مشاريع الدواجن)
The site must lie within the required indicative distances between poultry projects (annex: indicative distances between poultry projects).
PO-23 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
في حال وجود ملحق (مسلخ أو فقاسة) بمشروع الدواجن فيعامل من حيث المسافة بينه وبين المشاريع المجاورة بناءً على المساحة الأكبر
Where a poultry project has an annex (slaughterhouse or hatchery), the distance to neighbouring projects is governed by the larger requirement.
Description
Where a project carries an annex such as a slaughterhouse or a hatchery, the distance that applies is the largest required by any activity it holds.
Permitted rangenot a measured value
 Not a measured valueA project may carry a farm, a slaughterhouse and a hatchery at once, and the largest distance required by any of them applies.
Example
A broiler farm with a hatchery on the same site is tested against the hatchery requirement wherever that is the larger of the two.
Where the value comes from
The licence register, still to be obtained.
Note
Without this element the gate would compare one activity against one activity and would understate the distance required.
المسافة إلى أقرب مزرعة نباتية
MEWA condition
PO-21 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
المزارع النباتية — ٠
Plant / crop farms — 0 km.
Description
Zero, meaning the annex sets no minimum separation from a crop farm.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedAny distance, including noneThe required separation is zero.
Example
A poultry site whose fence runs along the edge of a date plantation passes, because no separation is required from a crop farm.
Where the value comes from
The agricultural holdings register, partly held by the study.
Note
Recorded as a real element with a threshold of zero rather than left out, so that the rule is visible and can be changed if a distance is ever set.
المساحة المتصلة الصالحة
MEWA condition
PO-17 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
المساحة الأرضية اللازمة لإقامة المشروع ومرافقه وفق نوع النشاط والطاقة الإنتاجية ومتطلبات الأمن الحيوي والتوسع على أن لا تقل مساحة الأرض عن ٤٠ الف متر مربع
Land area for the project, its facilities, productive capacity, biosecurity requirements and expansion — not less than 40,000 m² (4 ha).
Description
Four hectares for a poultry project and five hectares for a fish farm. A livestock site must hold at least four poultry barns or an intensive rearing unit.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedPoultry — 4 ha or more40,000 m².
not acceptedPoultry — less than 4 ha
acceptedFish farm — 5 ha or more50,000 m².
not acceptedFish farm — less than 5 ha
to be agreedLivestock — enough for four barns or an intensive rearing unitStated as a capacity rather than an area, so the equivalent hectares have to be agreed.
Example
A block of 6 contiguous hectares holds a poultry project. Four hectares split into two separate pieces of two does not, because the requirement is on a single block.
Where the value comes from
Computed from the output of the earlier stages.
Note
One element serves three conditions with three different thresholds, which is why the threshold belongs to the activity rather than to the element.
خلو محيط المنشآت من الأشجار والأعشاب
MEWA condition
PO-16 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن تكون مواقع منشآت المشروع (الإدارة او الحظيرة أو المسلخ أو الفقاسة أو مستودع اللقاحات، أو المختبر أو مستودع الصيانة أو مستودع الاعلاف أو سكن العمال أو غرف الاستحمام أو مبنى المحرقة) خالية من وجود الأشجار والأعشاب بمسافة لا تقل عن ٢٠ م من كافة الاتجاهات لتجنب وجود الطيور البرية والقوارض والحشرات ومنع جذبها للمشروع
Project facility locations (administration, barn, abattoir, hatchery, vaccine store, laboratory, maintenance store, feed store, workers' housing, washrooms, incinerator building) must be clear of trees and grasses for not less than 20 m in all directions, to avoid attracting wild birds, rodents and insects.
Description
Not less than twenty metres in every direction.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted20 m or more clear in every direction
not acceptedLess than 20 mTwenty metres is well below the 107 m across a grid cell, so this is checked on site.
Example
A shed with 25 m of cleared ground on every side complies. The same shed with a line of trees 8 m from one wall does not.
Where the value comes from
Inspected on site.
Note
Twenty metres is far below the hundred and seven metres across a grid cell, so no hectare can carry this value. Recorded so the register is complete.
25 of 25 elements are read for Hatchery — 24 govern the decision, 1 is conditional.
خطر التشبع بالماء
MEWA condition
PO-11 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن تكون الأرض جافة ومستوية لتجنب تكون المستنقعات والمياه الراكدة داخل المشروع سواء كان مصدرها الأمطار أو صرف التبريد او غير ذلك
The land must be dry and level, avoiding ponding and standing water inside the project whether from rain or cooling drainage.
Description
The ground must be dry, with no ponding inside the project, whether the water comes from rain or from cooling drainage.
Permitted rangeexisting band table
 The band table the module already holdsDays a year the root zone stays saturated.
acceptedDry, with no ponding inside the projectRequired whether the water comes from rain or from cooling drainage.
Example
Three days a year of saturation is workable. Forty days means standing water in the yard through the season.
Where the value comes from
Already computed by the study.
Note
Routed as optional for livestock today because animals can graze wet ground, but it is decisive where a building goes up.
صلاحية التضاريس
MEWA condition
PO-11 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن تكون الأرض جافة ومستوية لتجنب تكون المستنقعات والمياه الراكدة داخل المشروع سواء كان مصدرها الأمطار أو صرف التبريد او غير ذلك
The land must be dry and level, avoiding ponding and standing water inside the project whether from rain or cooling drainage.
Description
A built facility needs level ground. The band table already in the module applies; what changes is that it must govern rather than be optional where a building is to be put up.
Permitted rangeexisting band table
 The band table the module already holdsThe reading is rated as it is for any other factor.
acceptedLevel groundA built facility needs level ground. The requirement names no percentage, so the cut-off has to be agreed before it can govern rather than merely inform.
Example
A pad at 1.8 % slope is level enough to build on. At 6 % the same footprint needs cut and fill before a shed can go up.
Where the value comes from
Already computed by the study from the elevation model.
Note
This is the first half of the livestock land specification, which asks for ground that is level and away from dunes.
الوصول بالطريق
MEWA condition
PO-13 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون موقع المشروع سهل الوصول له عن طريق الطرق المعبدة
The site must be easily reachable by paved road.
Description
The site must be easy to reach by a paved road.
Permitted rangestill to be set
acceptedReachable by a paved roadNo distance is given in the source.
to be agreedThe distance that counts as easy to reachTo be agreed.
Example
A site 2 km down a graded track off a paved road is reachable. One 30 km from the nearest asphalt is not, because feed and birds move by truck every week.
Where the value comes from
The paved road network, which is still to be obtained.
Note
Required for poultry by the MEWA condition shown above.
توفر الكهرباء
MEWA condition
PO-15 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب توفر مصدر للكهرباء والمياه الصالحة للاستهلاك في عمليات تشغيل المشروع
A source of electricity and water fit for consumption must be available for project operations.
Description
A source of electricity must be available for running the project.
Permitted rangestill to be set
acceptedA grid connection is availableNo distance is given in the source.
to be agreedThe distance that counts as availableTo be agreed.
Example
A site 1.5 km from an existing distribution line can be connected. One 40 km out needs its own generation, which changes the economics entirely.
Where the value comes from
The electricity network, which is still to be obtained.
Note
Required for poultry by the MEWA condition shown above.
توفر المياه الصالحة للاستهلاك
MEWA condition
PO-15 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب توفر مصدر للكهرباء والمياه الصالحة للاستهلاك في عمليات تشغيل المشروع
A source of electricity and water fit for consumption must be available for project operations.
Description
Water fit for consumption must be available for running the project.
Permitted rangestill to be set
acceptedWater fit for consumption is availableNo distance is given in the source.
to be agreedThe distance that counts as availableTo be agreed.
Example
A site on a mains connection is served. One relying on tankered water has a running cost and a single point of failure.
Where the value comes from
The potable water network and the licensed well register, still to be obtained.
Note
The electricity and water requirement is written as one line in the document but needs two elements, because the two networks are held by different authorities and reach different places.
قابلية المياه الجوفية للتأثر
MEWA condition
PO-12 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب ألا يكون لموقع المشروع أثر سلبي على المياه الجوفية
The site must have no negative impact on groundwater.
Description
The site must have no negative effect on the groundwater.
Permitted rangestill to be set
acceptedNo negative effect on the groundwaterThe requirement as written.
to be agreedThe index itselfThe index has to be constructed and agreed, in the same way as the three capability indices that are still undefined.
Example
A site on deep clay over a confined aquifer carries little risk. The same operation on fractured limestone with the water table 6 m down carries a great deal.
Where the value comes from
Depth to water table, soil permeability and aquifer type, which the study partly holds.
Note
The index has to be constructed and agreed before it can be used, in the same way as the three capability indices that are still undefined.
المسافة إلى النطاق العمراني القائم
MEWA conditions
PO-19 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
بعد مشاريع الدواجن عن النطاق العمراني والتجمعات السكانية — ١٠ كيلومتر طبقاً لقرار مجلس الوزراء رقم ٢٨١ وتاريخ ١٤٣٩/٤/٦هـ
Distance of poultry projects from the urban boundary and residential communities — 10 km (Council of Ministers Decision 281, 6/4/1439H).
PO-08 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون الموقع المقترح لإقامة المشروع خارج نطاق المدن والقرى والتجمعات السكنية والتوسع العمراني المستقبلي بمسافة لا تقل عن ١٠ كم
The proposed site must lie outside cities, villages, residential communities and future urban expansion by not less than 10 km.
Description
Ten kilometres for poultry projects. Fish farms must sit outside the urban range without a distance being named.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted10 km or moreClear of the built-up extent.
not acceptedLess than 10 kmInside the setback.
Example
A site 12 km from the edge of a town passes. One 7 km out fails, even if every other reading on the hectare is ideal.
Where the value comes from
Urban extent polygons from the approved structure plans, still to be obtained.
Note
The urban condition needs two elements, not one, because the document names present settlement and future expansion as separate things and they are held as separate layers.
المسافة إلى التوسع العمراني المستقبلي
MEWA conditions
PO-19 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
بعد مشاريع الدواجن عن النطاق العمراني والتجمعات السكانية — ١٠ كيلومتر طبقاً لقرار مجلس الوزراء رقم ٢٨١ وتاريخ ١٤٣٩/٤/٦هـ
Distance of poultry projects from the urban boundary and residential communities — 10 km (Council of Ministers Decision 281, 6/4/1439H).
PO-08 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون الموقع المقترح لإقامة المشروع خارج نطاق المدن والقرى والتجمعات السكنية والتوسع العمراني المستقبلي بمسافة لا تقل عن ١٠ كم
The proposed site must lie outside cities, villages, residential communities and future urban expansion by not less than 10 km.
Description
Ten kilometres for poultry projects. Fish farms must sit outside the directions in which cities are planned to grow.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted10 km or moreClear of the planned expansion area.
not acceptedLess than 10 kmInside the setback.
Example
A site 14 km from a town but 6 km from the boundary of its approved expansion area fails on this element while passing on the first.
Where the value comes from
Planned expansion polygons from the approved structure plans, still to be obtained.
Note
This element carries the plan date and horizon with it, because a boundary redrawn later changes the answer for a hectare that has not itself changed.
المسافة إلى الكسارات والمحاجر
MEWA conditions
PO-20 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
الكسارات ومصانع الأسمنت ومحاجر الصخور ومصانع البلك ومكب النفايات ومخلفات المصانع وما في حكمها — ١٠ كيلومتر
Quarries, cement factories, rock quarries, block factories, landfills, factory waste and the like — 10 km.
PO-09 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
لا تقل المسافة عن ١٠كم بين حد سور مشروع دواجن وبين حدود مناطق الكسارات ومكب او تجميع النفايات والمخلفات ومخلفات المصانع
Not less than 10 km between the poultry project fence and the boundaries of quarry areas, landfill or waste-collection sites, and factory waste.
Description
Ten kilometres for poultry projects.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted10 km or more
not acceptedLess than 10 km
Example
A site 11 km from the nearest quarry boundary passes. One 4 km away fails, and quarry boundaries move as licences are extended.
Where the value comes from
The mining licence register, still to be obtained.
Note
The condition names quarries, factories and waste sites together under one distance, but they come from three different registers held by three different authorities, so they are three elements.
المسافة إلى مصانع الأسمنت والبلك
MEWA conditions
PO-20 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
الكسارات ومصانع الأسمنت ومحاجر الصخور ومصانع البلك ومكب النفايات ومخلفات المصانع وما في حكمها — ١٠ كيلومتر
Quarries, cement factories, rock quarries, block factories, landfills, factory waste and the like — 10 km.
PO-09 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
لا تقل المسافة عن ١٠كم بين حد سور مشروع دواجن وبين حدود مناطق الكسارات ومكب او تجميع النفايات والمخلفات ومخلفات المصانع
Not less than 10 km between the poultry project fence and the boundaries of quarry areas, landfill or waste-collection sites, and factory waste.
Description
Ten kilometres for poultry projects.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted10 km or more
not acceptedLess than 10 km
Example
A cement works 12 km upwind is outside the setback. A block factory 3 km away is not.
Where the value comes from
The industrial licence register, still to be obtained.
المسافة إلى مكب النفايات ومخلفات المصانع
MEWA conditions
PO-20 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
الكسارات ومصانع الأسمنت ومحاجر الصخور ومصانع البلك ومكب النفايات ومخلفات المصانع وما في حكمها — ١٠ كيلومتر
Quarries, cement factories, rock quarries, block factories, landfills, factory waste and the like — 10 km.
PO-09 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
لا تقل المسافة عن ١٠كم بين حد سور مشروع دواجن وبين حدود مناطق الكسارات ومكب او تجميع النفايات والمخلفات ومخلفات المصانع
Not less than 10 km between the poultry project fence and the boundaries of quarry areas, landfill or waste-collection sites, and factory waste.
Description
Ten kilometres for poultry projects.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted10 km or more
not acceptedLess than 10 km
Example
A municipal landfill 15 km off is clear. One 6 km away fails, and it is the gulls it attracts rather than the waste itself that matters.
Where the value comes from
The municipal and national waste site registers, still to be obtained.
المسافة إلى مجاري السيول والأودية
MEWA condition
PO-10 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون موقع المشروع بعيد عن مجرى السيول والأنهار والأودية بمسافة لا تقل عن ١ كم
The site must be at least 1 km from flood channels, rivers and wadis.
Description
One kilometre for poultry projects.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted1 km or moreClear of the channel.
not acceptedLess than 1 kmInside the setback.
Example
A site 2.4 km from a mapped wadi channel passes. One 600 m from the same channel fails.
Where the value comes from
The channel network the study already derives for the flood hazard factor.
Note
This is not the same as the flood hazard factor. Flood hazard rates how exposed the hectare is; this measures how far the channel is, which is what the condition asks.
نوع الحيازة
MEWA condition
PO-03 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
ارفاق صورة من صك الأرض مصادق عليه او عقد ايجار من الوزارة أو عقد إيجار ساري المفعول لمدة لا تقل عن خمسة عشر سنه
Attach a certified land deed, a Ministry lease, or a valid lease of not less than 15 years.
Description
A certified deed, a Ministry lease, or a valid lease. An inland fish farm site must belong to the Ministry.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedA certified deed
acceptedA lease from the Ministry
acceptedA valid lease from another partySubject to the remaining term.
not acceptedAnything else
 For an inland fish farm, the site belongs to the Ministry
Example
A certified deed qualifies. A verbal arrangement with a landholder does not, whatever has been agreed.
Where the value comes from
The deed and lease registers, partly held by the Land Rights module.
Note
The tenure condition needs two elements, because the document sets a condition on the kind of tenure and a separate condition on how long it still has to run.
المدة المتبقية من عقد الإيجار
MEWA condition
PO-03 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
ارفاق صورة من صك الأرض مصادق عليه او عقد ايجار من الوزارة أو عقد إيجار ساري المفعول لمدة لا تقل عن خمسة عشر سنه
Attach a certified land deed, a Ministry lease, or a valid lease of not less than 15 years.
Description
Not less than fifteen years where the tenure is a lease.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted15 years or more remaining
not acceptedLess than 15 years remaining
Example
A lease with 19 years to run qualifies. The same lease with 11 years left does not, and it falls below the line with time rather than with any change on the ground.
Why it is conditional here
Read here where the design makes it relevant, rather than on every site. Across this activity it is conditional for Broiler, Layer, Breeder stock and Abattoir as well.
Where the value comes from
The lease register, still to be obtained.
Note
This is the second half of the tenure condition, and it expires on its own, so it has to be measured at the moment the question is asked.
تقديم طلب الترخيص
MEWA condition
PO-01 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
يقوم المستثمر بالتقديم على منصة نما للحصول على الترخيص
The investor applies on the Nama platform to obtain the licence.
Description
Required before a poultry licence can be issued.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedOn record
not acceptedNot on record
Example
An application lodged on the platform qualifies. An approach made directly to a branch office does not.
Where the value comes from
The Ministry's licensing platform.
الهوية أو السجل التجاري
MEWA condition
PO-02 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
ارفاق صورة الهوية الوطنية أو السجل التجاري للمؤسسات أو الشركات مضاف به النشاط المطلوب ساري المفعول
Attach national ID, or the commercial register for establishments and companies with the required activity added and valid.
Description
Required for a poultry licence.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedOn record
not acceptedNot on record
Example
A commercial register with the poultry activity added and in date qualifies. The same register without that activity does not.
Where the value comes from
The commercial register.
التقرير الفني من فرع الوزارة
MEWA condition
PO-04 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
ارفاق تقرير فني مفصل عن الموقع حسب النموذج المعمم به، يعد من قبل فرع الوزارة المعني
Attach a detailed technical site report on the circulated template, prepared by the relevant Ministry branch.
Description
Required for a poultry licence.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedOn record
not acceptedNot on record
Example
A report prepared by the branch on the circulated template qualifies. A consultant's report in another format does not.
Where the value comes from
Ministry branch records.
Note
The study's own record for a hectare could become the evidence base for this report.
الرسم الكروكي المعتمد
MEWA condition
PO-05 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
ارفاق رسم كروكي لموقع المشروع من مكتب هندسي معتمد يوضح فيه إحداثيات موقع المشروع
Attach a sketch of the project site from an accredited engineering office showing the site coordinates.
Description
Required for a poultry licence.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedOn record
not acceptedNot on record
Example
A sketch from an accredited office carrying the site coordinates qualifies, and it is also where the project boundary comes from.
Where the value comes from
Supplied by the applicant.
Note
This sketch is where the project boundary comes from, which is the geometry every separation distance is measured against.
شهادة الخبرة والملاءمة المالية
MEWA condition
PO-06 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
ارفاق شهادة الخبرة والملائمة المالية
Attach an experience certificate and proof of financial suitability.
Description
Required for a poultry licence.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedOn record
not acceptedNot on record
Example
Certified experience plus evidence of financial standing qualifies. Either one alone does not.
Where the value comes from
Supplied by the applicant.
المسافة إلى أقرب مشروع مرخص حسب زوج النشاطين
MEWA conditions
PO-18 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
المسافات الفنية الاسترشادية لمشاريع الدواجن
Indicative technical distances for poultry projects — the 9 x 8 activity matrix.
PO-14 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون الموقع ضمن المسافات الاسترشادية المطلوب توفرها بين مشاريع الدواجن (ملحق المسافات الاسترشادية بين مشاريع الدواجن)
The site must lie within the required indicative distances between poultry projects (annex: indicative distances between poultry projects).
PO-07 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
يتم إنزال مصور جوي من قبل الإدارة المعنية يوضح فيه موقع المشروع ومشاريع الثروة الحيوانية المجاورة والمسافات بينها وموقع المشروع
The relevant department obtains an aerial image showing the project site, neighbouring livestock projects, and the distances between them.
Description
The nine by eight annex of indicative distances, which runs from one kilometre to ten.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedAt or beyond the distance required for the pair of activities
not acceptedCloser than that distance
 The required distance runs from 1 km to 10 kmIt depends on which activity is being built and which is already there. The full table is shown beneath this list.
Example
A broiler farm 1.4 km from another broiler farm passes, because the requirement for that pair is one kilometre. The same site 1.4 km from a grandparent stock farm fails, because that pair requires ten.
Where the value comes from
The register of licensed poultry and livestock projects, still to be obtained.
Note
This is the only element in the study whose value changes without the land changing, because it depends on what has been licensed nearby.
حدّ سور المشروع
MEWA conditions
PO-14 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون الموقع ضمن المسافات الاسترشادية المطلوب توفرها بين مشاريع الدواجن (ملحق المسافات الاسترشادية بين مشاريع الدواجن)
The site must lie within the required indicative distances between poultry projects (annex: indicative distances between poultry projects).
PO-07 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
يتم إنزال مصور جوي من قبل الإدارة المعنية يوضح فيه موقع المشروع ومشاريع الثروة الحيوانية المجاورة والمسافات بينها وموقع المشروع
The relevant department obtains an aerial image showing the project site, neighbouring livestock projects, and the distances between them.
PO-22 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
تؤخذ المسافة من حد سور المشروع إلى حد سور المشروع الآخر
Distance is measured fence to fence, not centre to centre.
Description
The annex measures from the fence of one project to the fence of the other, not from one centre point to another.
Permitted rangenot a measured value
 Not a measured valueThis is the geometry the distances are measured from and to, fence to fence rather than centre to centre.
Example
Two sites whose centres are 1.2 km apart may have fences only 700 m apart. The second figure is the one that is tested.
Where the value comes from
The licence register and the surveyed sketch each applicant files.
Note
This is not a distance of its own. It is the input the distance elements need, and without it the measurement rule in the annex cannot be honoured.
مجموعة الأنشطة في المشروع
MEWA conditions
PO-18 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
المسافات الفنية الاسترشادية لمشاريع الدواجن
Indicative technical distances for poultry projects — the 9 x 8 activity matrix.
PO-14 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون الموقع ضمن المسافات الاسترشادية المطلوب توفرها بين مشاريع الدواجن (ملحق المسافات الاسترشادية بين مشاريع الدواجن)
The site must lie within the required indicative distances between poultry projects (annex: indicative distances between poultry projects).
PO-23 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
في حال وجود ملحق (مسلخ أو فقاسة) بمشروع الدواجن فيعامل من حيث المسافة بينه وبين المشاريع المجاورة بناءً على المساحة الأكبر
Where a poultry project has an annex (slaughterhouse or hatchery), the distance to neighbouring projects is governed by the larger requirement.
Description
Where a project carries an annex such as a slaughterhouse or a hatchery, the distance that applies is the largest required by any activity it holds.
Permitted rangenot a measured value
 Not a measured valueA project may carry a farm, a slaughterhouse and a hatchery at once, and the largest distance required by any of them applies.
Example
A broiler farm with a hatchery on the same site is tested against the hatchery requirement wherever that is the larger of the two.
Where the value comes from
The licence register, still to be obtained.
Note
Without this element the gate would compare one activity against one activity and would understate the distance required.
المسافة إلى أقرب مزرعة نباتية
MEWA condition
PO-21 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
المزارع النباتية — ٠
Plant / crop farms — 0 km.
Description
Zero, meaning the annex sets no minimum separation from a crop farm.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedAny distance, including noneThe required separation is zero.
Example
A poultry site whose fence runs along the edge of a date plantation passes, because no separation is required from a crop farm.
Where the value comes from
The agricultural holdings register, partly held by the study.
Note
Recorded as a real element with a threshold of zero rather than left out, so that the rule is visible and can be changed if a distance is ever set.
المساحة المتصلة الصالحة
MEWA condition
PO-17 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
المساحة الأرضية اللازمة لإقامة المشروع ومرافقه وفق نوع النشاط والطاقة الإنتاجية ومتطلبات الأمن الحيوي والتوسع على أن لا تقل مساحة الأرض عن ٤٠ الف متر مربع
Land area for the project, its facilities, productive capacity, biosecurity requirements and expansion — not less than 40,000 m² (4 ha).
Description
Four hectares for a poultry project and five hectares for a fish farm. A livestock site must hold at least four poultry barns or an intensive rearing unit.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedPoultry — 4 ha or more40,000 m².
not acceptedPoultry — less than 4 ha
acceptedFish farm — 5 ha or more50,000 m².
not acceptedFish farm — less than 5 ha
to be agreedLivestock — enough for four barns or an intensive rearing unitStated as a capacity rather than an area, so the equivalent hectares have to be agreed.
Example
A block of 6 contiguous hectares holds a poultry project. Four hectares split into two separate pieces of two does not, because the requirement is on a single block.
Where the value comes from
Computed from the output of the earlier stages.
Note
One element serves three conditions with three different thresholds, which is why the threshold belongs to the activity rather than to the element.
خلو محيط المنشآت من الأشجار والأعشاب
MEWA condition
PO-16 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن تكون مواقع منشآت المشروع (الإدارة او الحظيرة أو المسلخ أو الفقاسة أو مستودع اللقاحات، أو المختبر أو مستودع الصيانة أو مستودع الاعلاف أو سكن العمال أو غرف الاستحمام أو مبنى المحرقة) خالية من وجود الأشجار والأعشاب بمسافة لا تقل عن ٢٠ م من كافة الاتجاهات لتجنب وجود الطيور البرية والقوارض والحشرات ومنع جذبها للمشروع
Project facility locations (administration, barn, abattoir, hatchery, vaccine store, laboratory, maintenance store, feed store, workers' housing, washrooms, incinerator building) must be clear of trees and grasses for not less than 20 m in all directions, to avoid attracting wild birds, rodents and insects.
Description
Not less than twenty metres in every direction.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted20 m or more clear in every direction
not acceptedLess than 20 mTwenty metres is well below the 107 m across a grid cell, so this is checked on site.
Example
A shed with 25 m of cleared ground on every side complies. The same shed with a line of trees 8 m from one wall does not.
Where the value comes from
Inspected on site.
Note
Twenty metres is far below the hundred and seven metres across a grid cell, so no hectare can carry this value. Recorded so the register is complete.
25 of 25 elements are read for Abattoir — 24 govern the decision, 1 is conditional.
خطر التشبع بالماء
MEWA condition
PO-11 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن تكون الأرض جافة ومستوية لتجنب تكون المستنقعات والمياه الراكدة داخل المشروع سواء كان مصدرها الأمطار أو صرف التبريد او غير ذلك
The land must be dry and level, avoiding ponding and standing water inside the project whether from rain or cooling drainage.
Description
The ground must be dry, with no ponding inside the project, whether the water comes from rain or from cooling drainage.
Permitted rangeexisting band table
 The band table the module already holdsDays a year the root zone stays saturated.
acceptedDry, with no ponding inside the projectRequired whether the water comes from rain or from cooling drainage.
Example
Three days a year of saturation is workable. Forty days means standing water in the yard through the season.
Where the value comes from
Already computed by the study.
Note
Routed as optional for livestock today because animals can graze wet ground, but it is decisive where a building goes up.
صلاحية التضاريس
MEWA condition
PO-11 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن تكون الأرض جافة ومستوية لتجنب تكون المستنقعات والمياه الراكدة داخل المشروع سواء كان مصدرها الأمطار أو صرف التبريد او غير ذلك
The land must be dry and level, avoiding ponding and standing water inside the project whether from rain or cooling drainage.
Description
A built facility needs level ground. The band table already in the module applies; what changes is that it must govern rather than be optional where a building is to be put up.
Permitted rangeexisting band table
 The band table the module already holdsThe reading is rated as it is for any other factor.
acceptedLevel groundA built facility needs level ground. The requirement names no percentage, so the cut-off has to be agreed before it can govern rather than merely inform.
Example
A pad at 1.8 % slope is level enough to build on. At 6 % the same footprint needs cut and fill before a shed can go up.
Where the value comes from
Already computed by the study from the elevation model.
Note
This is the first half of the livestock land specification, which asks for ground that is level and away from dunes.
الوصول بالطريق
MEWA condition
PO-13 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون موقع المشروع سهل الوصول له عن طريق الطرق المعبدة
The site must be easily reachable by paved road.
Description
The site must be easy to reach by a paved road.
Permitted rangestill to be set
acceptedReachable by a paved roadNo distance is given in the source.
to be agreedThe distance that counts as easy to reachTo be agreed.
Example
A site 2 km down a graded track off a paved road is reachable. One 30 km from the nearest asphalt is not, because feed and birds move by truck every week.
Where the value comes from
The paved road network, which is still to be obtained.
Note
Required for poultry by the MEWA condition shown above.
توفر الكهرباء
MEWA condition
PO-15 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب توفر مصدر للكهرباء والمياه الصالحة للاستهلاك في عمليات تشغيل المشروع
A source of electricity and water fit for consumption must be available for project operations.
Description
A source of electricity must be available for running the project.
Permitted rangestill to be set
acceptedA grid connection is availableNo distance is given in the source.
to be agreedThe distance that counts as availableTo be agreed.
Example
A site 1.5 km from an existing distribution line can be connected. One 40 km out needs its own generation, which changes the economics entirely.
Where the value comes from
The electricity network, which is still to be obtained.
Note
Required for poultry by the MEWA condition shown above.
توفر المياه الصالحة للاستهلاك
MEWA condition
PO-15 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب توفر مصدر للكهرباء والمياه الصالحة للاستهلاك في عمليات تشغيل المشروع
A source of electricity and water fit for consumption must be available for project operations.
Description
Water fit for consumption must be available for running the project.
Permitted rangestill to be set
acceptedWater fit for consumption is availableNo distance is given in the source.
to be agreedThe distance that counts as availableTo be agreed.
Example
A site on a mains connection is served. One relying on tankered water has a running cost and a single point of failure.
Where the value comes from
The potable water network and the licensed well register, still to be obtained.
Note
The electricity and water requirement is written as one line in the document but needs two elements, because the two networks are held by different authorities and reach different places.
قابلية المياه الجوفية للتأثر
MEWA condition
PO-12 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب ألا يكون لموقع المشروع أثر سلبي على المياه الجوفية
The site must have no negative impact on groundwater.
Description
The site must have no negative effect on the groundwater.
Permitted rangestill to be set
acceptedNo negative effect on the groundwaterThe requirement as written.
to be agreedThe index itselfThe index has to be constructed and agreed, in the same way as the three capability indices that are still undefined.
Example
A site on deep clay over a confined aquifer carries little risk. The same operation on fractured limestone with the water table 6 m down carries a great deal.
Where the value comes from
Depth to water table, soil permeability and aquifer type, which the study partly holds.
Note
The index has to be constructed and agreed before it can be used, in the same way as the three capability indices that are still undefined.
المسافة إلى النطاق العمراني القائم
MEWA conditions
PO-19 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
بعد مشاريع الدواجن عن النطاق العمراني والتجمعات السكانية — ١٠ كيلومتر طبقاً لقرار مجلس الوزراء رقم ٢٨١ وتاريخ ١٤٣٩/٤/٦هـ
Distance of poultry projects from the urban boundary and residential communities — 10 km (Council of Ministers Decision 281, 6/4/1439H).
PO-08 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون الموقع المقترح لإقامة المشروع خارج نطاق المدن والقرى والتجمعات السكنية والتوسع العمراني المستقبلي بمسافة لا تقل عن ١٠ كم
The proposed site must lie outside cities, villages, residential communities and future urban expansion by not less than 10 km.
Description
Ten kilometres for poultry projects. Fish farms must sit outside the urban range without a distance being named.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted10 km or moreClear of the built-up extent.
not acceptedLess than 10 kmInside the setback.
Example
A site 12 km from the edge of a town passes. One 7 km out fails, even if every other reading on the hectare is ideal.
Where the value comes from
Urban extent polygons from the approved structure plans, still to be obtained.
Note
The urban condition needs two elements, not one, because the document names present settlement and future expansion as separate things and they are held as separate layers.
المسافة إلى التوسع العمراني المستقبلي
MEWA conditions
PO-19 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
بعد مشاريع الدواجن عن النطاق العمراني والتجمعات السكانية — ١٠ كيلومتر طبقاً لقرار مجلس الوزراء رقم ٢٨١ وتاريخ ١٤٣٩/٤/٦هـ
Distance of poultry projects from the urban boundary and residential communities — 10 km (Council of Ministers Decision 281, 6/4/1439H).
PO-08 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون الموقع المقترح لإقامة المشروع خارج نطاق المدن والقرى والتجمعات السكنية والتوسع العمراني المستقبلي بمسافة لا تقل عن ١٠ كم
The proposed site must lie outside cities, villages, residential communities and future urban expansion by not less than 10 km.
Description
Ten kilometres for poultry projects. Fish farms must sit outside the directions in which cities are planned to grow.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted10 km or moreClear of the planned expansion area.
not acceptedLess than 10 kmInside the setback.
Example
A site 14 km from a town but 6 km from the boundary of its approved expansion area fails on this element while passing on the first.
Where the value comes from
Planned expansion polygons from the approved structure plans, still to be obtained.
Note
This element carries the plan date and horizon with it, because a boundary redrawn later changes the answer for a hectare that has not itself changed.
المسافة إلى الكسارات والمحاجر
MEWA conditions
PO-20 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
الكسارات ومصانع الأسمنت ومحاجر الصخور ومصانع البلك ومكب النفايات ومخلفات المصانع وما في حكمها — ١٠ كيلومتر
Quarries, cement factories, rock quarries, block factories, landfills, factory waste and the like — 10 km.
PO-09 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
لا تقل المسافة عن ١٠كم بين حد سور مشروع دواجن وبين حدود مناطق الكسارات ومكب او تجميع النفايات والمخلفات ومخلفات المصانع
Not less than 10 km between the poultry project fence and the boundaries of quarry areas, landfill or waste-collection sites, and factory waste.
Description
Ten kilometres for poultry projects.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted10 km or more
not acceptedLess than 10 km
Example
A site 11 km from the nearest quarry boundary passes. One 4 km away fails, and quarry boundaries move as licences are extended.
Where the value comes from
The mining licence register, still to be obtained.
Note
The condition names quarries, factories and waste sites together under one distance, but they come from three different registers held by three different authorities, so they are three elements.
المسافة إلى مصانع الأسمنت والبلك
MEWA conditions
PO-20 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
الكسارات ومصانع الأسمنت ومحاجر الصخور ومصانع البلك ومكب النفايات ومخلفات المصانع وما في حكمها — ١٠ كيلومتر
Quarries, cement factories, rock quarries, block factories, landfills, factory waste and the like — 10 km.
PO-09 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
لا تقل المسافة عن ١٠كم بين حد سور مشروع دواجن وبين حدود مناطق الكسارات ومكب او تجميع النفايات والمخلفات ومخلفات المصانع
Not less than 10 km between the poultry project fence and the boundaries of quarry areas, landfill or waste-collection sites, and factory waste.
Description
Ten kilometres for poultry projects.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted10 km or more
not acceptedLess than 10 km
Example
A cement works 12 km upwind is outside the setback. A block factory 3 km away is not.
Where the value comes from
The industrial licence register, still to be obtained.
المسافة إلى مكب النفايات ومخلفات المصانع
MEWA conditions
PO-20 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
الكسارات ومصانع الأسمنت ومحاجر الصخور ومصانع البلك ومكب النفايات ومخلفات المصانع وما في حكمها — ١٠ كيلومتر
Quarries, cement factories, rock quarries, block factories, landfills, factory waste and the like — 10 km.
PO-09 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
لا تقل المسافة عن ١٠كم بين حد سور مشروع دواجن وبين حدود مناطق الكسارات ومكب او تجميع النفايات والمخلفات ومخلفات المصانع
Not less than 10 km between the poultry project fence and the boundaries of quarry areas, landfill or waste-collection sites, and factory waste.
Description
Ten kilometres for poultry projects.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted10 km or more
not acceptedLess than 10 km
Example
A municipal landfill 15 km off is clear. One 6 km away fails, and it is the gulls it attracts rather than the waste itself that matters.
Where the value comes from
The municipal and national waste site registers, still to be obtained.
المسافة إلى مجاري السيول والأودية
MEWA condition
PO-10 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون موقع المشروع بعيد عن مجرى السيول والأنهار والأودية بمسافة لا تقل عن ١ كم
The site must be at least 1 km from flood channels, rivers and wadis.
Description
One kilometre for poultry projects.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted1 km or moreClear of the channel.
not acceptedLess than 1 kmInside the setback.
Example
A site 2.4 km from a mapped wadi channel passes. One 600 m from the same channel fails.
Where the value comes from
The channel network the study already derives for the flood hazard factor.
Note
This is not the same as the flood hazard factor. Flood hazard rates how exposed the hectare is; this measures how far the channel is, which is what the condition asks.
نوع الحيازة
MEWA condition
PO-03 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
ارفاق صورة من صك الأرض مصادق عليه او عقد ايجار من الوزارة أو عقد إيجار ساري المفعول لمدة لا تقل عن خمسة عشر سنه
Attach a certified land deed, a Ministry lease, or a valid lease of not less than 15 years.
Description
A certified deed, a Ministry lease, or a valid lease. An inland fish farm site must belong to the Ministry.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedA certified deed
acceptedA lease from the Ministry
acceptedA valid lease from another partySubject to the remaining term.
not acceptedAnything else
 For an inland fish farm, the site belongs to the Ministry
Example
A certified deed qualifies. A verbal arrangement with a landholder does not, whatever has been agreed.
Where the value comes from
The deed and lease registers, partly held by the Land Rights module.
Note
The tenure condition needs two elements, because the document sets a condition on the kind of tenure and a separate condition on how long it still has to run.
المدة المتبقية من عقد الإيجار
MEWA condition
PO-03 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
ارفاق صورة من صك الأرض مصادق عليه او عقد ايجار من الوزارة أو عقد إيجار ساري المفعول لمدة لا تقل عن خمسة عشر سنه
Attach a certified land deed, a Ministry lease, or a valid lease of not less than 15 years.
Description
Not less than fifteen years where the tenure is a lease.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted15 years or more remaining
not acceptedLess than 15 years remaining
Example
A lease with 19 years to run qualifies. The same lease with 11 years left does not, and it falls below the line with time rather than with any change on the ground.
Why it is conditional here
Read here where the design makes it relevant, rather than on every site. Across this activity it is conditional for Broiler, Layer, Breeder stock and Hatchery as well.
Where the value comes from
The lease register, still to be obtained.
Note
This is the second half of the tenure condition, and it expires on its own, so it has to be measured at the moment the question is asked.
تقديم طلب الترخيص
MEWA condition
PO-01 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
يقوم المستثمر بالتقديم على منصة نما للحصول على الترخيص
The investor applies on the Nama platform to obtain the licence.
Description
Required before a poultry licence can be issued.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedOn record
not acceptedNot on record
Example
An application lodged on the platform qualifies. An approach made directly to a branch office does not.
Where the value comes from
The Ministry's licensing platform.
الهوية أو السجل التجاري
MEWA condition
PO-02 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
ارفاق صورة الهوية الوطنية أو السجل التجاري للمؤسسات أو الشركات مضاف به النشاط المطلوب ساري المفعول
Attach national ID, or the commercial register for establishments and companies with the required activity added and valid.
Description
Required for a poultry licence.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedOn record
not acceptedNot on record
Example
A commercial register with the poultry activity added and in date qualifies. The same register without that activity does not.
Where the value comes from
The commercial register.
التقرير الفني من فرع الوزارة
MEWA condition
PO-04 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
ارفاق تقرير فني مفصل عن الموقع حسب النموذج المعمم به، يعد من قبل فرع الوزارة المعني
Attach a detailed technical site report on the circulated template, prepared by the relevant Ministry branch.
Description
Required for a poultry licence.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedOn record
not acceptedNot on record
Example
A report prepared by the branch on the circulated template qualifies. A consultant's report in another format does not.
Where the value comes from
Ministry branch records.
Note
The study's own record for a hectare could become the evidence base for this report.
الرسم الكروكي المعتمد
MEWA condition
PO-05 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
ارفاق رسم كروكي لموقع المشروع من مكتب هندسي معتمد يوضح فيه إحداثيات موقع المشروع
Attach a sketch of the project site from an accredited engineering office showing the site coordinates.
Description
Required for a poultry licence.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedOn record
not acceptedNot on record
Example
A sketch from an accredited office carrying the site coordinates qualifies, and it is also where the project boundary comes from.
Where the value comes from
Supplied by the applicant.
Note
This sketch is where the project boundary comes from, which is the geometry every separation distance is measured against.
شهادة الخبرة والملاءمة المالية
MEWA condition
PO-06 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
ارفاق شهادة الخبرة والملائمة المالية
Attach an experience certificate and proof of financial suitability.
Description
Required for a poultry licence.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedOn record
not acceptedNot on record
Example
Certified experience plus evidence of financial standing qualifies. Either one alone does not.
Where the value comes from
Supplied by the applicant.
المسافة إلى أقرب مشروع مرخص حسب زوج النشاطين
MEWA conditions
PO-18 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
المسافات الفنية الاسترشادية لمشاريع الدواجن
Indicative technical distances for poultry projects — the 9 x 8 activity matrix.
PO-14 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون الموقع ضمن المسافات الاسترشادية المطلوب توفرها بين مشاريع الدواجن (ملحق المسافات الاسترشادية بين مشاريع الدواجن)
The site must lie within the required indicative distances between poultry projects (annex: indicative distances between poultry projects).
PO-07 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
يتم إنزال مصور جوي من قبل الإدارة المعنية يوضح فيه موقع المشروع ومشاريع الثروة الحيوانية المجاورة والمسافات بينها وموقع المشروع
The relevant department obtains an aerial image showing the project site, neighbouring livestock projects, and the distances between them.
Description
The nine by eight annex of indicative distances, which runs from one kilometre to ten.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedAt or beyond the distance required for the pair of activities
not acceptedCloser than that distance
 The required distance runs from 1 km to 10 kmIt depends on which activity is being built and which is already there. The full table is shown beneath this list.
Example
A broiler farm 1.4 km from another broiler farm passes, because the requirement for that pair is one kilometre. The same site 1.4 km from a grandparent stock farm fails, because that pair requires ten.
Where the value comes from
The register of licensed poultry and livestock projects, still to be obtained.
Note
This is the only element in the study whose value changes without the land changing, because it depends on what has been licensed nearby.
حدّ سور المشروع
MEWA conditions
PO-14 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون الموقع ضمن المسافات الاسترشادية المطلوب توفرها بين مشاريع الدواجن (ملحق المسافات الاسترشادية بين مشاريع الدواجن)
The site must lie within the required indicative distances between poultry projects (annex: indicative distances between poultry projects).
PO-07 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 2 · applies to: Poultry
يتم إنزال مصور جوي من قبل الإدارة المعنية يوضح فيه موقع المشروع ومشاريع الثروة الحيوانية المجاورة والمسافات بينها وموقع المشروع
The relevant department obtains an aerial image showing the project site, neighbouring livestock projects, and the distances between them.
PO-22 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
تؤخذ المسافة من حد سور المشروع إلى حد سور المشروع الآخر
Distance is measured fence to fence, not centre to centre.
Description
The annex measures from the fence of one project to the fence of the other, not from one centre point to another.
Permitted rangenot a measured value
 Not a measured valueThis is the geometry the distances are measured from and to, fence to fence rather than centre to centre.
Example
Two sites whose centres are 1.2 km apart may have fences only 700 m apart. The second figure is the one that is tested.
Where the value comes from
The licence register and the surveyed sketch each applicant files.
Note
This is not a distance of its own. It is the input the distance elements need, and without it the measurement rule in the annex cannot be honoured.
مجموعة الأنشطة في المشروع
MEWA conditions
PO-18 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
المسافات الفنية الاسترشادية لمشاريع الدواجن
Indicative technical distances for poultry projects — the 9 x 8 activity matrix.
PO-14 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن يكون الموقع ضمن المسافات الاسترشادية المطلوب توفرها بين مشاريع الدواجن (ملحق المسافات الاسترشادية بين مشاريع الدواجن)
The site must lie within the required indicative distances between poultry projects (annex: indicative distances between poultry projects).
PO-23 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
في حال وجود ملحق (مسلخ أو فقاسة) بمشروع الدواجن فيعامل من حيث المسافة بينه وبين المشاريع المجاورة بناءً على المساحة الأكبر
Where a poultry project has an annex (slaughterhouse or hatchery), the distance to neighbouring projects is governed by the larger requirement.
Description
Where a project carries an annex such as a slaughterhouse or a hatchery, the distance that applies is the largest required by any activity it holds.
Permitted rangenot a measured value
 Not a measured valueA project may carry a farm, a slaughterhouse and a hatchery at once, and the largest distance required by any of them applies.
Example
A broiler farm with a hatchery on the same site is tested against the hatchery requirement wherever that is the larger of the two.
Where the value comes from
The licence register, still to be obtained.
Note
Without this element the gate would compare one activity against one activity and would understate the distance required.
المسافة إلى أقرب مزرعة نباتية
MEWA condition
PO-21 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 4 · applies to: Poultry
المزارع النباتية — ٠
Plant / crop farms — 0 km.
Description
Zero, meaning the annex sets no minimum separation from a crop farm.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedAny distance, including noneThe required separation is zero.
Example
A poultry site whose fence runs along the edge of a date plantation passes, because no separation is required from a crop farm.
Where the value comes from
The agricultural holdings register, partly held by the study.
Note
Recorded as a real element with a threshold of zero rather than left out, so that the rule is visible and can be changed if a distance is ever set.
المساحة المتصلة الصالحة
MEWA condition
PO-17 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
المساحة الأرضية اللازمة لإقامة المشروع ومرافقه وفق نوع النشاط والطاقة الإنتاجية ومتطلبات الأمن الحيوي والتوسع على أن لا تقل مساحة الأرض عن ٤٠ الف متر مربع
Land area for the project, its facilities, productive capacity, biosecurity requirements and expansion — not less than 40,000 m² (4 ha).
Description
Four hectares for a poultry project and five hectares for a fish farm. A livestock site must hold at least four poultry barns or an intensive rearing unit.
Permitted rangefrom the source
acceptedPoultry — 4 ha or more40,000 m².
not acceptedPoultry — less than 4 ha
acceptedFish farm — 5 ha or more50,000 m².
not acceptedFish farm — less than 5 ha
to be agreedLivestock — enough for four barns or an intensive rearing unitStated as a capacity rather than an area, so the equivalent hectares have to be agreed.
Example
A block of 6 contiguous hectares holds a poultry project. Four hectares split into two separate pieces of two does not, because the requirement is on a single block.
Where the value comes from
Computed from the output of the earlier stages.
Note
One element serves three conditions with three different thresholds, which is why the threshold belongs to the activity rather than to the element.
خلو محيط المنشآت من الأشجار والأعشاب
MEWA condition
PO-16 · Livestock and poultry section, p. 3 · applies to: Poultry
يجب أن تكون مواقع منشآت المشروع (الإدارة او الحظيرة أو المسلخ أو الفقاسة أو مستودع اللقاحات، أو المختبر أو مستودع الصيانة أو مستودع الاعلاف أو سكن العمال أو غرف الاستحمام أو مبنى المحرقة) خالية من وجود الأشجار والأعشاب بمسافة لا تقل عن ٢٠ م من كافة الاتجاهات لتجنب وجود الطيور البرية والقوارض والحشرات ومنع جذبها للمشروع
Project facility locations (administration, barn, abattoir, hatchery, vaccine store, laboratory, maintenance store, feed store, workers' housing, washrooms, incinerator building) must be clear of trees and grasses for not less than 20 m in all directions, to avoid attracting wild birds, rodents and insects.
Description
Not less than twenty metres in every direction.
Permitted rangefrom the source
accepted20 m or more clear in every direction
not acceptedLess than 20 mTwenty metres is well below the 107 m across a grid cell, so this is checked on site.
Example
A shed with 25 m of cleared ground on every side complies. The same shed with a line of trees 8 m from one wall does not.
Where the value comes from
Inspected on site.
Note
Twenty metres is far below the hundred and seven metres across a grid cell, so no hectare can carry this value. Recorded so the register is complete.
▦Which elements apply to which kind of project25 × 5
Every element in the list above, against every kind of project in this activity. Hover any cell to read what it says.
element ↓  kind of project →BroilerلاحمLayerبياضBreeder stockأمهات وجدودHatcheryفقاسةAbattoirمسالخ
Water
SQ-C-03Waterlogging Risk●●●●●
Topography
SQ-D-01Terrain Workability●●●●●
Facilities and infrastructure
SQ-H-02Road access●●●●●
SQ-H-03Power availability●●●●●
SQ-H-05Potable water availability●●●●●
Groundwater protection
WP-F-01Groundwater vulnerability●●●●●
Settlement and urban growth
LR-S-01Distance to built-up urban extent●●●●●
LR-S-02Distance to planned urban expansion●●●●●
Industry and waste
LR-I-01Distance to a quarry●●●●●
LR-I-02Distance to a cement or block factory●●●●●
LR-I-03Distance to a landfill or waste site●●●●●
Hydrography
LR-H-01Distance to a wadi or flood channel●●●●●
Tenure and approvals
LR-T-01Tenure type held●●●●●
LR-T-02Remaining lease term△△△△△
LR-T-06Licence application lodged●●●●●
LR-T-07Applicant identity or commercial register valid●●●●●
LR-T-08Ministry branch technical report on record●●●●●
LR-T-09Surveyed site sketch on record●●●●●
LR-T-10Experience and financial suitability certified●●●●●
Project separation
SP-P-01Distance to the nearest licensed project, by activity pair●●●●●
SP-P-02Project boundary●●●●●
SP-P-03Activity set carried by the project●●●●●
SP-P-04Distance to the nearest crop farm●●●●●
Area
ZN-A-01Contiguous suitable area●●●●●
Site design
SD-01Vegetation clearance around facilities●●●●●
● governs△ conditional– not applicable
↔Permitted range for SP-P-019 × 8
The distance this element permits depends on which kind of project is being built and which is already there, so its range is a matrix rather than a list. Each row is the project being built, each column a project already there, and the number is the smallest distance permitted between them in kilometres.
building ↓  existing →BroilerPBLayerPLParent stock (broiler / layer)PPGrandparent stock (broiler / layer)PGQuail, rabbit, pigeon, ostrichPMAbattoirs (poultry / large animals)ABAnimal production projectAPHatcheryHT
BroilerPB134101312
LayerPL334103312
Parent stock (broiler / layer)PP443104512
Grandparent stock (broiler / layer)PG101010101010510
Quail, rabbit, pigeon, ostrichPM134101312
Abattoirs (poultry / large animals)AB335103313
Animal production projectAP11151111
HatcheryHT222102312
Rural or organic bird rearingRO335103313
Rural or organic bird rearing has a row but no column, so eight values in the other direction are still to be supplied. Distances are measured fence to fence, and where a project carries a slaughterhouse or a hatchery alongside the farm, the largest distance any part requires applies.
Permitted distances from features that are not farms
Urban boundary and residential communities10 kmالنطاق العمراني والتجمعات السكانية
Quarries, cement factories, rock quarries, block factories, landfills and factory waste10 kmالكسارات ومصانع الأسمنت ومحاجر الصخور ومصانع البلك ومكب النفايات ومخلفات المصانع وما في حكمها
Plant / crop farms0 kmالمزارع النباتية