Concerning the land

MANAGEMENT OF LAND WITHOUT CONSTRUCTIONS

During the time, that modification of any kind of urban planning study is prepared and until it’s final approval shall be effective the previous study.

For any construction site, the application must be based on the approved urban planning study of the therein mentioned area, in the contrary documentation is turned back for study completion, if possible by the state organ or the interested individual, which may design the urban planning study in the licensed organs in conformity with the urban planning development strategy of the district of area. The relevant urban planning offices provide clarification to the interested individual. The interested individual may design studies on his own expenses honoring the requirements of the law.

Only its proprietor shall do the application for approval of the functional destination and of the urban planning conditions of the site, private property.

- New constructions of any kind, on and underground, additions, various plants, roads, bridges, ports, airports, motor-ways, railways, infrastructure works, water supply, sewer, telecommunication, energy, gas, petroleum, steam supply systems, construction materials quarries;

- Construction on existing foundations;

- Modifications of objects affecting its façade with architectural elements as well as when executed interventions in construction and durability of the existing object;

- New opening and closure of windows [in the existing walls], new entrance in the first floors of the existing buildings, modifications in object volume increase in the form of lateral additions or construction of additional floor;

- Elaboration of façade decorations, plastering, painting, etc;

- Temporary and permanent fences;

- Fences and temporary establishments for the period of construction work implementation;

- Construction of kiosks, exhibitions, fairs, tribunes, advertisement boards, etc;

- Trees cutting;

- Building demolitions;
Article 49
The Directory of Urban planning in Tirana Municipality and urban planning sections in first category districts and towns shall review applications for construction permit on the following:

- Temporary fence for construction sites approved with a 6 months period;

- New entrance in the encircling wall, temporary and permanent yard encircling;

- New doors and entrances that do not influence the architecture and construction;

- Permit for change of destination of existing objects;

- Permit to place advertisement boards;

- Permit to demolish buildings.

These applications shall be reviewed by the relevant technical councils according to the procedure determined in Article 22 and shall be approved by the Mayor or the Chairperson of the District Council of first category. The permit of tree cutting is competence of the CTA.

The technical secretariat informs the CTA regarding the approved permits for these cases. When a member of the CTA has remarks on these permits, they shall be discussed in the CTA meeting and the CTA has the right of annulment of these permits.
Article 50
The CTA shall approve and reject the issuance of construction permit on majority vote. Decision for approval of construction permit is issued with the signature of the CTA Chairperson. This decision is accompanied with the relevant blueprint signed by the CTA Chairperson and the Secretary.

The CTA has not the right to approve the construction permit in case when:

- The submitted design has changed the construction site destination;

- The submitted design has changed the measurements of construction site.

From the date of application submission until the approval or rejection date of it, no more than 45 days must be passed.

In the technical secretariat of CTA shall be filed all the submitted technical documentation that includes documents according to the law and the complete technical design as well as basic construction calculations and the cost estimation. The documentation must be the original in the Albanian language

Additionally, natural and juridical person prior of construction permit receipt must pay for the use of existing water supply, sewage, energy, telephony, roads, etc network as below follows:

- 5% of the investment value according to the cost estimation when the object is constructed inside the towns bordering lines;

- 2% of the investment values according to the cost estimation when the object is constructed outside the towns bordering lines.

Control of payments with the final cost estimation of the object to be constructed and the infrastructure project shall be done by the technical secretariat of CTA in co-operation with the finance section.

Payment shall be done immediately in the finance section of the district or town council of the first category (or Tirana Municipality) with authorization of CTA technical secretariat. This fund will be used for reconstruction of the infrastructure networks of local government units. The permit document shall be issued upon filing of the payment receipt in the object file.

For important objects that are constructed in the center of the towns, urban planning studies, which have been approved by CTARA, the construction permit is approved by the CTARA. The permit Form shall be filled in by the CTA technical secretariat of the relevant district or town. For objects that are procured with state funds, the construction permit is issued to the organ that approves the funding, prior to contracting the object construction.

The control is conducted for the following:

- Picketing of the object;

- Completion of foundations;

- Completion the framework for the entire object;

- Completion of the construction site adjustment according to the design.

Any control act shall be filed in the object file. Shall constitute administrative contravenes and punish with a penalty all cases when is proved that the surface and volume of the object is enlarged breaching the conditions of the project approved in the construction permit. The organs of the Construction Police shall determine the amount of the penalty of this administrative contravene.

In cases when the CTA or the Construction Police decides the demolition of the volume that is constructed additional to the approved design, the contravener shall cover the demolition expenses.

In cases when the permit possessor suspends works, the construction permit time limit expires and when due to interruption of works, the phase of object construction causes disturbances for functions and surrounding environment state, the possessor of the permit shall be fined. In cases when works do not continue again, the District Council, Municipal or Communal Council shall recommend to the CTA, beside the lift of construction permit, other solutions to recover the normal functions and state of that area.

Any modification of the constructions destinations in general, transferal of private buildings from ownership of a proprietor to another proprietor, and when this transferal is done through destination change, shall be done upon permit receipt by the abovementioned offices.

- Territories of social and cultural objects;

- Green territories;

- Sports territories;

- Sites and spaces between existing blocks of buildings;

- Roads, public squares, and parking, determined and interpreted in the Urban planning Regulation.

Constructions that may be done are only those determined in the urban planning study in full conformity with the approved function.

In cases of properties returned from commission of return and compensation of properties to former proprietors, when these properties are located in such territories, the CTAs of all levels do not have the right to modify the determined destination in the approved study. In these cases, proprietors of lands have the right of compensation according to laws in power.

Permit of tree cutting is valid only for a period of 3 months.