An extensive amendment to the Building Act will come into effect
on January 1, 2018. The Amendment introduces in particular a new
permit procedure - the so-called joint procedure, which enables to
conduct both zoning and building procedures jointly in order to
accelerate the entire process. At the same time, the subject-matter
jurisdiction is transferred from common building authorities to
special building authorities with respect to a majority of intents
(particularly for a set of building structures).
The amendment newly stipulates the contents of the binding
standpoint. In the future, the authorities concerned will be able
to set only such conditions to which they are explicitly authorized
by law, and they will be obliged to substantiate the conditions
concerned. A binding standpoint will no longer be challengeable in
review proceedings but only in appellate proceedings held against a
final decision. It will not be possible to cancel a binding
standpoint after the
