Process description
Service requests
The service may be received electronically in the Construction Information System (BIS), completing the construction application to the building and attaching the necessary documents:
- in the case of possession or use, a document certifying the right to initiate construction if the relevant information is not available in the national information systems;
- 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);
- other documents, if it is specified by regulatory enactments;
- in the minimum composition of building projects, which shall include the following documents and information:
- an interpretative description of the planned design of construction, including solutions for environmental accessibility, if the building in conformity with regulatory enactments is ensured the availability of the environment, and the number of planned users who may be present in the building at the same time;
- a master plan specifying the expressiveness of projected structures with a cadastre designation (if any is granted), the main type of use and building indicators (e.g. building area, construction capacity), as well as key building characteristics (e.g. building density, building effort, green area indicator, building height, building height). In the case of restoration or conversion, the master plan shall be drawn up if the planned works foresee changes in volume or external networks or if the changes to be made to the facade of the building affect the legitimate interests of the owners of adjacent immovable property;
- a specific breakdown by type of structure, specifying the boundaries and the sequence of order, if construction or commissioning is envisaged by type of construction;
- in the case of new construction, include in addition:
- plans for building floors and rooftops indicating the expressiveness of rooms or groups of spaces (for residential buildings and auxiliary buildings of the second group of apartments or groups of rooms);
- building facades with height marks;
- characteristic cut with height marks;
- in the case of parking, include in addition:
- technical documentation of construction products prepared by the manufacturer;
- graphic documents with the facade of the building and plans of floors of the building indicating the expressionism of rooms or groups of spaces (for residential buildings and auxiliary buildings of the second group, without the express of rooms or groups of spaces);
- in the case of a conversion, include in addition a graphic document showing the planned changes to the front of the building or part thereof, the floors and premises of the building or part thereof, and the uses of the building or group of premises;
- other documents, if it is specified by regulatory enactments;
- if the construction is intended in the forest - a plan of land borders of forest land intended for marked construction and a plot of forest land to be replanted, prepared in conformity with the regulatory enactments regarding felling of trees in the forest;
- the opinion of the technical survey of the building or group of premises.A service charge
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. A second part of the levy of 50%
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.Receipt of services
Construction planning documents can be obtained in the Construction Information System (BIS).