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22
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Construction permit is necessary for the construction of civil engineering structures (streets and roads) of the second or third group. In order to receive a construction permit, a construction application and a construction project in a minimum composition shall be submitted to the Construction Information System (BIS). Regulation No 633 of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 25.10.2014, “Road and Street Construction Regulations” determines the minimum composition of the building project.

Process description

  1. Enquiry step
    The service shall be received electronically in the Construction Information System (BIS).
    Receipt of services documents required:
    “Construction application for road and street” completed with the necessary attachments:
    1. in the case of possession or use, a document attesting the right to propose construction if the relevant information is not available in the national information systems;
    2. a co-ordination with third parties, the rights of which are affected, and other permits or conciliations in the cases specified in regulatory enactments (except for the case referred to in Section 14, Paragraph 1.1 and 1.2 of the Construction Law);
    3. a construction design in a minimum composition.

    In order to develop the necessary documents, the initiator of construction shall agree with the developer of the construction project in the relevant field of construction project regarding the development of the referred to documentation.
    The submitted documents shall be evaluated by the City Development Department of Riga City Council and a decision regarding the issue of a construction permit or a refusal to issue a construction permit shall be taken within one month.

  2. Pay step
    On the basis of Section 12, Paragraph one, Clause 10 of the Law On Taxes and Fees, Clause 15 of Regulation No 480 of the Cabinet of Ministers, Regulations Regarding Procedures for the Enforcement of Local Government Fees, and Law No. 15 of the Riga City Council 01.12.2022. RD-22-164-sn “On the local government fee for issuing a building permit and the local government fee for accepting the construction intention by making a note in an explanatory article”, which imposes an obligation to pay the local government fee for receiving the building permit, the first part of the fee in the amount of 50% shall be paid after the receipt of the construction permit within the time limit specified in the statement regarding the fee. The second part of the fee in the amount of 50% shall be paid before submitting the documents to the City Development Department of Riga City Council regarding the fulfilment of the design conditions included in the construction permit.
    If the conditions of the construction permit are not fulfilled or the construction permit is not realised, the local government fee collected shall not be reimbursed.

    The Properties:
    Riga municipality
    Reg. No 90011524360
    Latvian branch of luminor Bank AS
    Account No. LV55RIKO0020100000003

    The following shall be exempt from payment of the fee:
    1) persons with Group I and Group II disabilities, low-income persons and repressed persons, if they perform construction projects and construction for their own needs (construction facilities - apartments, single-apartment or double-apartment residential houses, farm buildings, garages for individual use);
    2) the recipients of a construction permit, if the construction has been financed in full for the resources of the local government budget or the construction of a social residential house is carried out in accordance with a decision of the local government;
    3) electricity supply merchants who are licensed or comply with the regulations regarding regulatable types of public services, if the planned construction (the object of the construction intention) will be owned or used by the energy supply merchant and will be directly utilised for the production or transmission of electricity;
    4) State administrative bodies.

  3. The step
    Construction planning documents can be received electronically in the Construction Information System (BIS).

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