MPSJ is currently offering illegal extension whitening application.
Your architect is professional and kind enough to inform you about the offer and this could be the golden opportunity to legalise your illegal extension.

If you ignore this rare opportunity, silap haribulan if your are caught having illegal extension, you will need to pay a hefty fine and redo the extension back to its original plan.

Pay 2k to 4K now or pay tens of thousands later, the money is yours.

Yes, just pay the fee and the CCC is issued by your architect, not MPSJ.
Whitening programme is going to end in Feb 2017. So hurry up.

Previously known as CF, certificate of fitness.
The approval is for the architect plan and the permission to carry out the renovation, upon completion, your architect have to issue you the CCC aka CF (additional fee)

Now got whitening program, please insist that you want CCC. Pay the architect for CCC.
Without CCC after renovation, the bank would not take the added value of the renovation into consideration in its official value accessment. It might affect the loan margin of your future house buyer.

Because of the 10% deviation from the MPSJ approved plan, you have no choice but to resubmit the actual plan and get it approved again by MPSJ. RM3.3k inclusive of CCC ? Still "worth" to pay if you were to compare to future consequences of not having the ccc.
Hurry up, the MPSJ whitening offers ending soon.
How much you paid for your first approved plan?

Maybe inclusive of CCC fee. If yes, the fee still ok. Wait for sovietmah to confirm it.

Mine was RM3.5k all in including CCC (RM1.5k). Your fee is reasonable.
Your neighbors are just ringgit wise and dollar foolish, tidak apa attitude and ill informed. They will regret it later when they need that piece of paper for whatever reasons in the future. Nowadays, systems and procedures can not cincai cincai like the old days, even if things can gaotim also, they would have to fork out more money than what they would have paying now.

Btw, did you inform them there is a whitening offers by MPSJ right now ?

Widen car porch and extended kitchen. Upper floor just renovate the bath rooms

1) You need to ask your lending bank whether they are ok without the CCC.
2) If the bank accept the old CF (the original ones from developer) it might affect the bank's valuation report and margin of finance.
3) negotiate with the seller to discount RM10k for you to re apply the CCC.
4) you have to bear the risk of MPSJ may not approve your new house plan application and you need to re-do certain parts of the renovation in order to comply with MPSJ's buildings rules and regulations.

Yes. But hurry up. Whitening exercise ending next month.
You can ask the seller to do it now before the dateline, so that he doesn't have to compensate you.

If you renovated the upper portion before, better get it legitimized with proper CCC.

You can get the latest list of panel architects from MPSJ. Then call them to get the best quotation.

Whatever invole structural reconstruction, you need to get a new ccc. I can't read your mind about how you going to change the wall design. Better you sketch a before and after plan here.
Another thing to consider is the cost of new ccc is not must different for minor or major renovation. You might as well submit a more comprehensive drawing plan and do a major renovation once and for all. Just don't end up with your cost of ccc is 50% of the cost of a minor renovation.

Can you share with us the sample of final clearance letter from MPSJ?

kitchen extension needs CCC and CCC is endorsed by the architect, not contractor.
Reno permit has expiry date or date line to complete the renovation, after the date line, the permit is useless.
Your contractor is very unprofessional.

Please read post#49.

The second last para, right under an image of a form.

Which local council? Maybe you area is different.