Organization : Ministry of Physical Planning, Construction and State Property (MPGI)
Facility : Building Permits (ePermits)
Country : Croatia
Website : https://edozvola.gov.hr/
How To Get Building Permit in Croatia?
The Ministry of Physical Planning, Construction and State Property has developed the ePermit system, allowing for the electronic issuing of all Building Permits and use permits. Checking the permitted types of construction or reconstruction can be done by inspecting the relevant urban physical plan. Urban physical plans can be viewed in the Spatial Planning Information System.
Information on the purpose of areas and conditions for implementing physical interventions from urban physical plans on specific land lots are available from competent state offices for physical planning and construction or using the e-Permit system by entering location information.
Location Permit
For most construction projects, Location Permit is not necessary.
The Location Permit is issued for the following developments (interventions in physical space):
** exploitation fields of solid mineral raw materials, construction of mining facilities and plants intended for mining works (for exploitation fields of hydrocarbon, geothermal water for energy purposes, underground storage of gases and permanent disposal of gases in geological structures, location permit is not issued, these interventions are regulated by special law);
** restoration of inactive exploitation fields of mineral raw materials (e.g. permanent waste disposal etc..), except for basic technical restoration with the aim of preventing the hazard for people, property, nature and environment;
** oil-mining facilities and plants for exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons, geothermal waters for energy purposes, underground storage of gases and permanent disposal of carbon dioxide in geological structures in the exploration area i.e. exploitation field, determined by a special law on exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons and geothermal waters;
** the establishment of new military sites and military buildings, projects in the area, which according to special regulations governing construction, are not considered construction projects, stage and/or phased construction of the building;
** complex investment projects;
** complex spatial interventions;
** complex structures;
** construction on land or construction for which the investor has not resolved property relations or for which expropriation is required;
** interventions on maritime property for which concession for the construction of objects or the installation of maritime objects is issued according to the special regulation on concessions, as well as those that are constructed or installed based on a special-use agreement pursuant to the legislation governing the maritime domain and seaports;
** construction of buildings if the party so requests.
The procedure for issuing a Location Permit is initiated at the request of an interested party, submitted electronically through the e-Permit electronic permitting system.
The following documents shall be enclosed with the application for a Location Permit:
** the Conceptual Design and its Executive Summary;
** the Environmental Impact Assessment Decision and/or the Appropriate Assessment Decision for the ecological network, where the proposed spatial development is subject to such decisions in accordance with the special regulations governing environmental and nature protection;
** the Screening Decision on the need for an Environmental Impact Assessment, where the proposed spatial development is subject to such a decision in accordance with the special regulations governing environmental and nature protection;
** the decision on the recognition (nostrification) of the Conceptual Design, where the design has been prepared in accordance with foreign regulations;
** proof of legal interest, for spatial developments in respect of which special legislation prescribes the persons entitled to carry them out.
Building Permit
A Building Permit is required to start the (re)construction of a building. The application for the Building Permit is submitted by the investor electronically through the e-Permit system.
The Building Permit application for which a Location Permit is not issued according to special law is to be accompanied by:
** the Main Design;
** expert studies (such as geotechnical, fire protection, landscape etc.), where prescribed by a special law or where necessary;
** a summary of the implementation of the measures determined in the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) procedure, the Screening Procedure for determining the need for an Environmental Impact Assessment, and/or the Appropriate Assessment procedure for evaluating the project’s effects on the ecological network, where such procedures are prescribed by law or otherwise required;
** the Energy Certificate, where required by the technical regulation governing the rational use of energy and thermal protection in buildings;
** a statement of the building’s acoustic performance, where required by the technical regulation governing acoustics in buildings;
** a report on the review of the Main Design, where such review is required;
** a report on the confirmation of the Main Design, where the design has been prepared in accordance with foreign regulations;
** proof of legal interest for the issuance of a Building Permit;
** proof that the applicant is eligible to act as an investor, for example: a concession, consent, or other legal act prescribed by special regulations, where the building is of a type for which special regulations specify who may act as the investor;
** proof that the owner of the building land has fulfilled the obligation to transfer part of the land into the ownership of the local self-government unit, or the obligation to conclude an easement agreement for vehicle access and/or passage, as prescribed by the legislation governing spatial planning, where such an obligation exists;
** a list of residential units containing all data on housing quality in accordance with the regulations governing the Central Population Register, where residential units are planned within the building.
The Building Permit ceases to be valid if the investor does not begin construction within six years from the starting date of permit validity. The Building Permit issued by the Ministry of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets ceases to be valid if the investor does not begin construction within eight years from the starting date of the permit