Peter
Lawyer · Budapest, Hungary
- 199 cases handled
- 10+ years in practice
- Speaks: English, German, Hungarian
- Law, University of Pécs
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4.94(17 reviews)
A building permit in Hungary, also searched for as planning permission or a building licence, is called építési engedély (epitesi engedely). Around it sit two other Hungarian procedures that foreign owners meet: the egyszerű bejelentés, a simple notification that replaces a permit for some new homes, and the fennmaradási engedély, a retrospective permit to keep works that were built without approval. Some older lists and lawyer pages call this service “Urban Planning Law”. English-speaking lawyers in Hungary help owners and buyers work out which route applies and handle the paperwork with the authority.
Building procedures run through an online system operated for the building authorities, and an architect or designer prepares the technical documents. What may be built is set by national rules and by each municipality's local building regulations and townscape rules (helyi építési szabályzat, településkép), so the same project can be allowed in one village and refused in the next. Some works need a full permit, some a notification, and some neither. These rules have been rewritten more than once in recent years, so the current list is confirmed for each project rather than assumed.
The building authority can allow unauthorised works to remain through a fennmaradási engedély, usually together with a building fine (építésügyi bírság). If the works cannot be brought within the rules, the authority can order changes or demolition. Disputes with neighbours over a construction may also come up, see property rights and disputes.
Reads the land registry sheet, the zoning rules and the existing permits, explains in English what a planned project needs, works with the architect on the application, represents the owner before the authority and challenges a refusal where there are grounds. The lawyer does not draw plans and cannot say in advance how an authority will decide.
Interior work often needs no permit, but structural changes, façade works and listed buildings are different, and the building's own rules also apply.
A permit is a decision the authority issues before work begins. A notification registers the plan for certain homes, and the authority can still step in if the conditions are not met.
Often, through a retrospective permit and a fine, if it meets the rules. When it does not, alterations or demolition can be ordered.
Buyers commonly ask their lawyer to compare what stands on the plot with the permits on file, because unauthorised parts pass to the new owner.
The building rules are the same. Buying land is a separate question, which a lawyer reviews with the purchase.
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Thanks to the lawyer I reached a compromise in a dispute over a deposit with my landlord in Budapest. He is a real professional who will do all he can to solve a legal problem, and while he worked on my case he stayed responsive and flexible. I recommend him to everybody who needs legal help in Hungary.
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