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Building Work and Alterations |
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There are few cases in which you can
build or enlarge a property without having to submit your project to
the local government administration. The formalities are restricting
but imperative. Once you wish to increase the number of habitable
square metres or the size of your property (or convert a barn or
workshop into a house), you must obtain planning permission
or make a buildings declaration according to the particular case.
The local government administration will not give you the green
light unless your project conforms to the regulations relating to
town planning and the environment.Building work not requiring formalitiesThere are very few types of building work that can be carried out without having to ask for authorisation or contacting the town hall. Amongst them are terraces (the height of which, measured from the ground, does not exceed 0.60m) but only if it is not being built on a roof, walls less than 2m high and small building works of a ground surface area of less than 2m² and the height of which does not exceed 1.50m. Equally, you do not need planning permission for interior building works which are not intended to add a new floor or change the usage of a property. The change of usage of a place must take into account the building in its entirety; building work to convert an attic into bedrooms does not constitute a change of usage if the property is, in its entirety, used as a dwelling place and if the physical characteristics of the attic render it fit for conversion into a habitable place. Building work requiring formalitiesYou must have planning permission of all building work to be carried out on existing properties if it is intended to change the usage of the property, to modify its exterior appearance or size or to add new floors. Most building work necessitates planning permission, ie. The building of a veranda on a terrace, the addition of a window opening on to another property, the conversion of a garage into a habitable room, the creation of a mezzanine, etc. For the granting of planning permission, the competent authority must, within 15 days of the deposition of the file, make known to the petitioner the date by which the decision will be made. The time period is normally 2 months unless external bodies need to be consulted, e.g. If your property is located within 500m of an historic monument or classified site. If within 2 months the local government administration has not responded, it's silence may be interpreted as an acceptance. Once authorisation has been granted, building work may begin. Do not forget to send notification of the opening of a building site to the town hall. In all cases, building work must be begun within two years of authorisation being granted. By way of a notice attesting to the granting of planning permission, the public is informed and a 2 month period begins during which any third party may contest the building work. The local government administration itself may check the building work during its entire duration (and even during the 2 years which follow its completion). Once building work has been completed, notification of completion must be sent to the town hall. The local government authority will check that the building work conforms to what was agreed and a certificate of conformity will be issued within three months.
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