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The full official documents-and-fees catalogue (PDF, 161 pages)
103 services
Building-violation reconciliation (21)
- Reconciliation of a violation report9 working days📄 3 documentsOnline
- Reconciliation of a violation7 working days📄 11 documentsOnline
- Reconciliation of an administrative seizure7 working days📄 3 documentsOnline
- Reconciliation of building violations3000 working days (as printed in the official catalogue; confirm the time at the district office)📄 13 documents
- Reconciliation for damage caused7 working days📄 3 documents
- Utility verification and connection — temporary reconciliation7 working days📄 7 documents
- Utility verification and connection — permanent reconciliation7 working days📄 7 documents
- Reconciliation of certain violations and regularisation, first application, under Law 187 of 202390 working days📄 17 documents
- Reconciliation and regularisation under Law 187 for applications refused, or whose refusal was upheld, under Law 1790 working days📄 17 documents
- Reconciliation and regularisation for applications not completed under Law 1745 working days📄 16 documents
- Grievance against a reconciliation decision60 working days📄 2 documents
- Completion of a floor within the same reconciled footprint and at the same height15 working days📄 5 documents
- Payment of reconciliation instalments7 working days📄 2 documents
- Data certificate for a building or unit applying for reconciliation45 working days📄 4 documents
- Reconciliation in the airport zone under Law 18745 working days📄 17 documents
- Utility verification and connection, temporary reconciliation under Law 187 of 202330 working days📄 7 documents
- Verification of Law 187 reconciliation applications for which form 7/8 has been issued30 working days📄 3 documents
- Reconciliation and regularisation under Law 187 of 2023 (first application, or refused under Law 17)45 working days📄 14 documents
- Reconciliation and regularisation for applications not completed under Law 17 — airport zone45 working days📄 16 documents
- Regularisation of possession of land20 working days📄 2 documents
- Reconciliation outside the urban boundary — Engineering Authority30 working days📄 14 documents
Utility connections (5)
- Permanent utility connection (electricity, water, telephone, sewerage, gas)7 working days📄 12 documents
- Temporary utility connection (electricity, water)3 working days📄 10 documentsOnline
- Utility verification and connection — licences7 working days📄 11 documents
- Utility verification and connection30 working days📄 10 documents
- Utility connection, permanent form 8–10 — Engineering Authority30 working days📄 3 documents
Building and demolition permits (35)
- Site suitability statement (villages / national projects)20 working days📄 3 documentsOnline
- Building licence (villages / national projects)40 working days📄 20 documents
- Renewal of a building works licence7 working days📄 5 documentsOnline
- Amendment of a building licence (material amendment)15 working days📄 10 documents
- Building licence (additional storeys)30 working days📄 19 documents
- Replacement of a lost building licence, or a certified copy1 working day📄 4 documentsOnline
- Extension of a building licence's validity7 working days📄 3 documentsOnline
- Assignment of a building licence8 working days📄 6 documents
- Purchase of regulatory surplus land30 working days📄 4 documents
- Demolition licence30 working days📄 8 documentsOnline
- Restoration licence20 working days📄 6 documentsOnline
- Site inspection15 working days📄 3 documentsOnline
- Verification of a building's fitness-for-occupation certificate, partial or full3 working days📄 5 documentsOnline
- Certified copy of a restoration order3 working days📄 3 documentsOnline
- Certified copy of a demolition order5 working days📄 2 documentsOnline
- Resumption of works previously halted by a suspension order7 working days📄 2 documents
- Documents released under court authorisation7 working days📄 3 documents
- Site suitability statement — urban20 working days📄 5 documentsOnline
- Building licence — urban40 working days📄 8 documents
- Site suitability statement — airport zone30 working days📄 6 documents
- Building licence — airport zone30 working days📄 31 documents
- Waiver in respect of a violation report, suspension order or removal order30 working days📄 11 documents
- Study of a height-limit violation60 working days📄 3 documents
- Completion of a floor within the same footprint — 1 km airport zone30 working days📄 5 documents
- Grievance to the Licensing Department — Engineering Authority30 working days📄 3 documents
- Licence for additional storeys, more than four and up to eleven floors30 working days📄 30 documents
- Building licence, ground floor up to eleven floors30 working days📄 30 documents
- Licence for additional storeys, more than four and up to eleven floors — airport zone30 working days📄 30 documents
- Building licence, ground floor up to eleven floors — airport zone30 working days📄 30 documents
- Change of activity for residential buildings already holding a building licence30 working days📄 7 documents
- Approval of mixed use on the ground and first floors for new building licences (ground plus four floors)30 working days📄 6 documents
- Correction of a decision of the competent authority7 working days📄 4 documents
- Partition of assessed agricultural land20 working days📄 5 documents
- Certificate issued under court authorisation1 working day📄 3 documents
- Approval of subdivision schemes20 working days📄 5 documents
Road occupancy (2)
Shops and advertising (3)
Housing and occupants’ unions (8)
- Transfer of ownership of a flat15 working days📄 4 documents
- Assignment of a property15 working days📄 4 documents
- Exchange of a property15 working days📄 4 documents
- Change of use to residential15 working days📄 3 documents
- Allocation of a housing unit14 working days📄 4 documentsOnline
- Real Estate Registry letter7 working days📄 4 documents
- Replacement of a lost contract, or an official copy of it30 working days📄 2 documentsOnline
- Payment of rent instalments or periodic debts7 working days📄 1 documentOnline
Lifts and technical licences (7)
- Mobile booster station licence7 working days📄 9 documents
- Radio and television licence10 working days📄 3 documents
- Licence to install a new lift10 working days📄 17 documents
- Renewal of a lift licence5 working days📄 10 documentsOnline
- Cemetery licence15 working days📄 3 documents
- Licence or renewal for a hoarding7 working days📄 4 documents
- Lift operating licence7 working days📄 5 documentsOnline
Street works, cleaning and lighting (4)
Payments (5)
Certificates and letters (9)
- Certificate of a decision under court authorisation (removal or suspension of works, whether or not the accused was served)3 working days📄 2 documents
- Certificate on form 6-Th (correspondence)30 working days📄 3 documents
- Certificate that a removal has been carried out3 working days📄 5 documentsOnline
- Request for a statement3 working days📄 3 documentsOnline
- Application addressed to external bodies3 working days📄 4 documents
- Letter addressed to government bodies, authorities or public sector companies1 working day📄 2 documents
- Certified copy of documents held by the authority1 working day📄 2 documentsOnline
- Establishment data certificate10 working days📄 1 documentOnline
- Spatial registration certificate15 working days📄 6 documents