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regulations. The chapters are equivalent to the 2 and 3
chapters in the NRA.
Also other changes in the PBA was necessary. Due to the
EC also other changes in the PBA was neccessary. The
changes in the PBA also came into force the 1 st of January
1999. Changes about a buildings aesthetic value came into
force the 1st of January 1999.
Other changes in the PBA are regulations about making
public premises and public places adapted to disabled
peoples needs (1 st of July 2001) and a different order in the
appeal system (1 st of July 2003).
A revision of the planning legislation is in progress. The
changes in the legislation can be expected by earliest in
2005.
This publication deals with the regulatory system for
permits and other supervision and inspection in the
construction process in accordance with the legislation as
from the 1 st of July 2004.
Overview
Building permits
Society hears an overriding responsibility, primarily
through the local authority, to ensure that buildings are
located on land which is fit for the purpose and that
fundamental requirements in such areas as safety, health,
hygiene, cultural heritage and access for the disabled are
met in buildings and in the built environment.
According to the PBA, permits for construction, etc. are
given in the form of building permits, demolition permits
or site alteration permits.
— A building permit concerns construction of a new
building, additions to a building, change of use of a
building, certain external alterations to a building, as
well as the provision of, or substantial changes to, civil
engineering works other than buildings.
— A demolition permit concerns the complete or partial
demolition of buildings.
— A site alteration permit concerns excavation or the
deposition of fill which will appreciably alter the level
of ground within land set aside for development or
land for public places, as well as tree felling and afforestation.
Applications for a permit are processed by the building
committee of the local authority, i.e. the committee(s)
whose duty it is to fulfil the obligations of the local
authority within the planning and building system and to
exercise detailed supervision over building activity.
As mentioned above, according to the legislative
changes which came into force on the 1 of July 1995,
processing of applications for a building permit has been
confined to an examination of the location of a building or
civil engineering works and of the design of the works or