It often happens that when starting work or renovations in our house or community, a very common question arises: Do I need a permit or license to do this? The answer to this question is quite simple: YES, you always need the corresponding permit or license, without exceptions.
WHAT IS A CONSTRUCTION PERMIT?
Construction license: This is a permit required by the local administration to carry out any type of construction and is a municipal permit to carry out the work. Its purpose is to verify the application's compliance with the standards established in the urban planning regulations. In most cases, the following activities require a building permit:
- The division or connection of urban or urbanized land.
- Earth movements.
- Construction of a building on the site where another building used to be.
- Changes in the structure or appearance of existing buildings.
- Works that change the internal distribution of buildings, regardless of their purpose.
- First use of buildings and changes in their purpose.
- Erect additional floors in an existing building.
- Underground spaces intended for parking or any other use.
- Demolition of buildings.
- Placing advertising posters visible from public roads.
- Felling of trees located on the site as part of the Urban Development Plan.
- The rest of the actions specified in the Plans.
MUNICIPAL LICENSES AND PERMITS TO CARRY OUT WORKS
LICENSE TYPES
Taking this into account, it is necessary to distinguish between the types of existing construction permits, which are basically two: permit for large works and permit for small works.
As its name indicates, a small building license is required to carry out simple and minor renovation works such as painting common elements, replacing tiles, repairing facades, etc.; However, a major building permit is required for complex works that involve changes to the original layout of the house, such as adding a floor, expanding the surface, any intervention that changes the row of the building, etc.…
To know if the project we plan to undertake requires a major or minor building permit, we must use the local building regulations of a given municipality, since each municipality has its own regulations. .
Regarding the requested documentation, the requirements for each license are similar, with the difference that a technical design is required for a large construction license, while a technical design is sufficient for a small construction license Technical report signed by qualified technician.
For more detailed information, we invite you to visit our pages dedicated exclusively to each type of license:
At "Arcostec" we not only carry out construction or renovation projects, but we also take care of obtaining the necessary licenses and permits so that everything complies with municipal regulations and you can focus on what really matters.
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