Legalizacja obiektu wybudowanego w warunkach samowoli budowlanej a legalizacja obiektu wybudowanego na podstawie nieważnego pozwolenia na budowę
Legalization of illegally built construction and legalization of construction built on the basis of invalid construction permit

Summary/Abstract: The prerequisite to initiate legally the construction process is to obtain consent of competent architecture and construction administration authorities for the implementation of the planned investment in the form of an administrative decision. The rule arising from the act dated 7 July 1994 (building law) is that the construction works may start on the basis of the final decision on a building permit. Exceptions to this rule are specified by particular provisions of the act determining the closed list of buildings and construction works the execution process of which, admittedly, does not have to be preceded by obtaining the building permit, however, it is necessary to declare the intention of constructing a building or performing the construction works to a competent public administration authority. Beginning as well as carrying out the construction works without the required by law building permit, without notifying or with the objection of a competent authority, is referred to as “illegal construction”, which as a rule results in the obligation to demolish such an unpermitted building unless an investor meets the conditions provided for by the building law allowing its legalization. This article presents the principles of conducting administrative procedure aimed at legalizing illegal construction and also deals with the situation of the investor who has completed his investment on the basis of the final decision on the building permit but later on eliminated from the legal system due to the declaration of invalidity of such a decision. Obtaining the building permit prior to launching the construction works means that the investor has accomplished all the legal formalities and that is why he has begun the construction on a legal basis. Therefore, it is impossible to treat in the same way such an investor and another investor who constructs, from the beginning, without a proper permit. Furthermore, the purpose of this article is to explain the principles of recovery proceedings whose object is to bring the construction works performed on the basis of a faulty building permit into conformity with the law.

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