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Law on planning, construction important for dealing with financial crisis
Belgrade,
9 February 2009
Serbian Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning Oliver Dulic said today that adopting the law on planning and construction is very important for dealing with the effects of the global financial crisis.
Speaking at a public debate on the draft law he said that this is part of the Serbian government’s measures to mitigate the effects of the financial crisis, stressing that passing this law is a top priority.
The Minister said that the law will be put before parliament by the end of March, reiterating that corruption in urban planning and construction must be dealt with.
He said that according to the draft law, building inspectors will have the right to close down all illegal construction works.
He said the situation in the country is alarming because Serbia is in the 157th place in the world when it comes to the speed of issuing construction permits, with applicants waiting from several months to a few years for municipalities to issue permits.
Dulic said the greatest problem is that only 20% of municipalities have adopted an urban planning policy, adding that this year the law on public property must be adopted in order to solve the restitution and denationalisation issue, as well as a law dealing with the legalisation of illegally constructed facilities.
The procedure for licences issued by the Ministry will be shortened from 300 to 100 days the Minister announced, noting that the new law on city planning and construction will reduce the amount of necessary documents from eight to two.
The Ministry will co-finance the drafting of this law so that all municipalities are able to adopt it within 18 months, otherwise their municipal assemblies will have to be dissolved, concluded Dulic.
The Minister said that the law will be put before parliament by the end of March, reiterating that corruption in urban planning and construction must be dealt with.
He said that according to the draft law, building inspectors will have the right to close down all illegal construction works.
He said the situation in the country is alarming because Serbia is in the 157th place in the world when it comes to the speed of issuing construction permits, with applicants waiting from several months to a few years for municipalities to issue permits.
Dulic said the greatest problem is that only 20% of municipalities have adopted an urban planning policy, adding that this year the law on public property must be adopted in order to solve the restitution and denationalisation issue, as well as a law dealing with the legalisation of illegally constructed facilities.
The procedure for licences issued by the Ministry will be shortened from 300 to 100 days the Minister announced, noting that the new law on city planning and construction will reduce the amount of necessary documents from eight to two.
The Ministry will co-finance the drafting of this law so that all municipalities are able to adopt it within 18 months, otherwise their municipal assemblies will have to be dissolved, concluded Dulic.
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