How to get permission to build a private house or cottage?

Before obtaining a permit for the construction of a private house, it is necessary to develop a competent engineering and technical project, which is the main document for conducting installation and commissioning works. It must indicate all the components of the infrastructure of private housing under construction.

It is possible to obtain permission for the construction of a private residential building only after checking and agreeing on this project document in the state fire safety authorities and utilities. In addition, a package of documents for the construction of a private household is provided for approval to the territorial department of consumer supervision.

Note that the building permit is issued by the administration of the settlement, on the territory of which the building site is located.

To do this, self-government bodies must be provided with a package of basic documents, which includes:

statement;
documents on the right to use a plot for future construction (an agreement on the sale and purchase of a plot, its passport, a resolution of local government bodies on the provision of a plot for individual housing construction);
general plan of the land plot planned for building;
a diagram of the boundaries of the site indicating the location of the residential building itself.

You need to know that documents are checked within a period of no more than 10 days from the date of their submission. Remember that when you sell a plot, the permission to build a private house is retained. Also, do not forget that it is very important to comply with the deadlines for the start of construction and complete construction work in full, otherwise this building permit will lose its validity. In this case, a second permission will be required.

Experienced developers are advised to entrust competent real estate firms with all the hassle of obtaining a permit for the construction of a private residential building. They will do it professionally within one to two months. This will speed up the collection of the necessary documents and their verification for compliance in all authorities. And remember that the costs associated with obtaining the appropriate permit depend on the complexity of the project of the future private residential building.

A permit for building a house is necessary to control the compliance of the future dwelling with all the requirements for safe living, architectural style, excluding damage to the environment and infrastructure facilities located in the construction area.

Unauthorized construction of a house without the necessary permission puts the erected structure outside the law. An unauthorized house cannot be connected to utilities and, according to the current legislation, it is threatened with forced demolition.

Such a developer does not have any rights to prevent demolition and may be held administratively liable. Responsibility will also come if the house was erected in violation of the boundaries of the site or the distances to utility facilities, as well as with obvious violations of safety standards.

It is known that an unauthorized residential building cannot be registered with the BTI and it cannot be registered. This circumstance calls into question the use of an illegal building for living or for commercial purposes due to the fact that the developer did not bother to obtain the appropriate permission in time, by mistake or deliberately ignoring the requirements of the law.

Nothing can justify the unauthorized construction of a residential building and the fate of the building is decided in the judiciary. The court usually does not recognize the developer's ownership of the unauthorized house. The consequences in such cases are very unpleasant, and their overcoming is long and very expensive.

What is considered an unauthorized building? An object built is considered unauthorized:

without the permission of the local administration for construction;
in violation of building codes;
in violation of sanitary and hygienic standards.

The actual presence of at least one of these signs testifies to the arbitrariness of the construction, with all the ensuing gloomy consequences.

According to the current legislation, a person who has allowed the unauthorized construction of a house does not have the right to sell, donate or rent it. It is limited in its ability to protect its rights to an illegal building. The legislation provides for fines for negligent developers, and part 2 of Article 222 of the Civil Code of Russia provides for the demolition of an unauthorized building. Often, demolition is carried out at the expense of the developer himself.

The right to the property of an unauthorized building is recognized only by the court - in cases where its preservation does not infringe on the rights, legitimate interests of others and does not pose threats to the life and health of other people, as provided for in paragraph 3 of Article 222 of the Civil Code.

Having bought land in ownership for the construction of housing, it is necessary to collect all documents for the construction of a private house, giving the right to legal construction. In order to obtain the appropriate documents for the construction of a private residential building, one must take this matter seriously and start with a building permit. To the application for its receipt, the following list of documents is provided to the local administration:

a resolution signed by the head of the local administration on the allocation of a plot for individual residential construction;
a contract for the sale and purchase of a land plot for the planned development;
master plan of a plot of land;
passport of the land plot;
act on the established boundaries of the site for construction, breakdown of buildings,

After considering the application and the list of documents attached to it, a decision is made to permit the construction of a private household.

A project passport of a private residential building is issued, which includes:

local administration decree on permission for construction work;
a document confirming the developer's right to a land plot;
a copy from the general plan, corresponding to the town planning documentation;
situational plan;
technical conditions for connecting to utility networks;
floor plans, sections and facades of the future house;
act on the full-scale establishment of the boundaries of the site and the location of buildings.

The next document required for the construction of a private house is a house project, which is drawn up in a separate folder and consists of:

situational plan (placement of the facility under construction in connection with the nearest settlements and utilities);
topographic survey of the site;
master plan of the building site;
basement plan;
floor plans;
plans for the facades of a residential building;
floor plans;
plan of the roof truss system of the building;
roof plan;
residential building foundation plan;
section of the foundation;
general explanatory note and technical and economic indicators;
budgetary and financial considerations of the cost of construction;
engineering drawings.

A very important point. Do not forget to register your land before starting construction work.

To register a site, you will need the following documents:

a statement in which the purpose of using the site for the construction of a residential building should be formulated;
copy of personal passport;
sale and purchase agreement for a plot of land;
plan of the land plot, certified by the cadastre authorities;
documents on the rights to the land plot.

In conclusion, some tips for working with documents for the construction of a private house. Carefully familiarize yourself with the documents to be signed, read and re-read until you fully understand their essence, thereby protecting yourself from a huge number of possible misunderstandings. It will not be superfluous to make a copy of the entire package of documents for the construction of a residential building.

Obtaining a permit and preparing all the necessary documents is a rather complicated and lengthy process. But it is better to spend your time initially obtaining all the documents than to pay for the demolition of an illegally erected structure (on which, moreover, a large amount of money will already be spent) or legal costs (if it is possible to legitimize a house built without permission).