Building permit

Passing the administrative road, which culminates in receiving the building permitsis sometimes tedious and time-consuming. It requires the submission of a number of documents to the authority before which the administrative proceedings are conducted: from a construction design to a declaration of the right to use the property for construction purposes.

Any irregularities or inaccuracies must be rectified on request by the authority. Otherwise, instead of a permit allowing construction work to proceed, we may receive a decision refusing to approve the construction project and to grant a permit conditioning the commencement of construction work.

It is worth taking advantage of the help and knowledge of experienced professionals, to successfully get through the entire procedure. That is why entrusting the completion of these formalities to an attorney is an excellent solution. While the attorney is responsible for completing the relevant documents, his or her client can plan the realisation of the future investment without having to worry about official formalities.

Amendments to the Construction Lawwhich entered into force 28 June 2015. eliminated the need to obtain planning permission for single-family houses

In the light of the new rulesin order to commence the construction of single-family dwellings whose area of influence does not extend beyond the boundaries of the plot covered by the investment, it is necessary to submit a notification of construction together with a construction design to the competent district governor (starost) or town mayor (gmina president) before the commencement of the construction work.

Such notification shall be subject to also, inter alia, free-standing single-storey outbuildings (i.e. garages of all kinds, summer houses and porches and conservatories, but only those whose built-up area does not exceed 35 m2 (only two such buildings are permitted per 500 m2 of plot) and free-standing single-storey individual recreation buildings with a similar built-up area (only one such building is permitted per 500 m2 of plot).

Application must be made using the administrative formwhich must be accompanied by the required attachments. The authority has 30 days to raise any objections. If it does not do so, you can start construction work.

Power of attorney in planning permission cases
Specialists from law firms i counsels represent both individual clients and entrepreneurs in the construction industry in the building permit or application procedure. They carry out the necessary formalities while ensuring that they do not contain formal deficiencies, which may slightly increase the waiting time for a decision. In the event that a case starts to go wrong, they respond immediately, taking all the steps provided for by law to finalise the proceedings as quickly and successfully as possible.

If the decision made by the administrative authority does not meet the client's expectations, legal representative may lodge an appeal with the body of second instance and, if necessary, a complaint with the court of administrative. Knowledge and experience are key in this type of matter, so it is worth entrusting to those who have them.