Procedures and Services

It is an obligatory technical-administrative document prior to any urban, architectural and constructive action, aimed at complying with urban regulations and other technical standards.

The Construction License is issued for:  Resolución No. 54/14   of the Physical Planning Institute.

Construction actions that occupy land definitively, construction of new dwellings, extension of existing dwellings and any other actions that involve structural modifications in individual dwellings and multi-family buildings.

It accompanies the application of the natural person document of the surface perpetual right, property of the wasteland plot or the cession of roof use, in the case of new constructions, and title of property of the housing in its case.

To obtain the Construction License must have the executive project, issued by the authorized entity (currently Community Architect) or technical certification of the project if it has been prepared by other authorized personnel.

The executive project is elaborated from the Certificate of Urban and Territorial Regulations issued by the DMPF.

Once the project has been drawn up, it is handed over to the Physical Planning Officer (OGTV) for reviewing and, once approved, the Construction Licence is issued.

Deadline for project review: 30 working days after delivering

Term to issue the Construction License: 30 working days after delivering the approved project.

For the construction of housing by own effort in rustic farms, owned by a small farmer, in addition to the above written, it is accompanied by the authorization of the Ministry of Agriculture and approval of the National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP).

Work Authorization.

It is a mandatory technical-administrative document prior to any urban , architectural and construction development, for minor works, aimed at compliance with urban regulations and other technical standards.

Any modification of the project is consulted to the DMPF before executing the work.

Work Authorization is issued for: Resolución No. 54/14 of tPhysical Planning Institute .

External minor works to dwelling, painting and repair on exteriors in the case of multi-family buildings or dwellings located in areas declared a national monument, and main roads defined in the General Plan for Territorial and Urban Planning, those that occupy land temporarily, construction actions inside the dwelling that imply modifications to the hydrosanitary networks, demolitions and total or partial shoring, previous opinion of the authorised entity and modifications of facades.

The application for Construction License by natural people is accompanied:

Ownership of the building, sketch or project of the construction or assembly actions to be carried out, duly delimited, drawn up by the authorized entity (currently the Community Architect), and the corresponding stamp.
Term: 15 working days.
No Construction License or Work Authorization is required for conservation works carried out in a building to protect it from wear and prolong its useful life, as well as other works and interior construction actions in houses that do not modify the facade or affect or transform the constructive structure of the building.
No Construction License or Work Authorization is granted for: Resolución No. 54/14 of the Institute of Physical Planning.
a) To carry out extensions or any constructive action that imply an increase in the housing capacity of your home to people who have all or part of your rented home;
b) the construction or extension of dwellings for commercial activities, except ranches, porches, pergolas and roundabouts, associated with the dwelling; and
c) the construction of swimming pools.

Description, appraisal, measures and boundaries:
Disposición Jurídica Resolución No. 54/14 del Instituto de Planificación Física.

The technical opinion of description, appraisal, measures and boundaries is issued by the DMPF, and natural people present it to the Physical Planning Officer (OGTV): ground ownership and ground plan survey, property description and appraisal calculation (technical document) prepared by the authorized entity (currently Community Architect).

Term: 20 working days. Stamp: $5.00.

The measures and boundaries set by the Municipal Physical Planning Office will be updated in the Technical Report through a cadastral certification.

Litigation and claims concerning wasteland plots, perpetual surface rights, measures and boundaries: Legal Provision Resolución No. 54/14  of the Physical Planning Institute.

When there is a conflict around wasteland plots, perpetual surface right or measures and boundaries, the affected person will promote the process in writing, without any formality, in which it is stated briefly and clearly what is claimed and the facts and legal bases of what is requested, attaching the documents that are in the possession of the claimant in this respect, and expressing any evidence that he intends to use or by means of an appearance before the Physical Planning Officer (OGTV), who shall issue a document containing the claim and its grounds, and shall attach the documents in the possession of the claimant in this regard, providing any evidence that he intends to use.

Any person who is not in compliance with this procedure shall establish an appeal before the Provincial People's Court within 30 working days following the date of notification.

Term: 60 working days.

In the event that errors or omissions are detected that do not go to the substance of the matter, susceptible of correction in the resolutions already issued, they shall be resolved by the Municipal Physical Planning Officer by means of a resolution.

The resolutions issued by the Provincial and Municipal Physical Planning Offices, in compliance with the provisions of this Resolution, may be challenged before the Civil and Administrative Chamber of the corresponding Provincial People's Court, within a term of thirty (30) working days following the notification.

Rates for natural people.

Construction License for housing, value of technical service in pesos and value of the stamp.

Technical services

Technical Service Stamp value in pesos

Construction License for housing

a) New construction up to 60 m² total $55.00 $10.00

b) New construction from 60 to 80 m² total $75.00 $15.00

c) New construction over 80 m² total $95.00 $15.00

d) Expansion and remodeling of up to 60 m² total $35.00 $10.00

e) Expansion and remodeling from 60 to 80 m² total $55.00 $15.00

f) Expansion and remodeling of more than 80 m² total $75.00 $15.00

g) Certificate of Habitable $25.00 $5.00

h) Work Authorization $20.00 $5.00

i) Certificate of Urban Regulations $5.00

It is an administrative document through which is certified that the investment of a house, covered by a construction license has been completed; it has all the facilities required in the technical documentation and therefore fulfil all the requirements for registration in the corresponding bookmark.

Certificate of Habitable: Legal Disposition Resolution No. 54/14 of the Physical Planning Institute.

When the work is finished, the natural person requests the Certificate of Habitable to the Physical Planning Officer (OGTV), previous verification that this has been made in agreement with the aspects of the executive project analyzed, and the regulations and conditional expressly indicated in the granted Construction License. The application is by the corresponding stamp.

When applying for the Certificate of Habitable without concluding the terms of the Construction License is an indispensable requirement for its granting that the built complies with what is established to be considered as a minimum adequate housing, so it must have independent access, at least three premises: room, bathroom and kitchen, minimum useful surface of twenty-five (25) square meters and other requirements of habitability that are established.

In these cases, the dwelling is finished and the Construction License remains valid. The rest of the work to be built is continued as an extension and once it is finished a new Certificate of Habitable is issued which accredits its completion , which will be formalized by means of a Public Writng before a notary.

Term: 30 working days from the presentation of the application.

Certificate of Urban Regulations: Disposición Jurídica Resolución No. 54/14 del Instituto de Planificación Física.

The interested person submits his application to the Physical Planning Officer (OGTV).

Term: 10 working days after the application.

Cession of roof use: Resolution No. 54/14 of the Physical Planning Institute

Owners may concede the use of the roof of their property, with or without payment, in favor of people who need it to build their home, provided that the new building is technically possible and that there are no urban or territorial regulations that prevent it, prior approval of the DPPF.

Those interested in ceding the use of the roof for the construction of housing submit a written request to the Physical Planning officer (OGTV), which should reflect general parts, definition of the act by which it intends to transmit the use of the roof, address where the house is located and specify whether all or part is conceding. If it is in part, define the area to be conceded.

In addition, they present a Technical Report that states that the property resists the new construction, issued by the authorized entity (currently the Community Architect), a sketch that reflects the area to be assigned, a title to the property of the dwelling and a corresponding stamp.

In the case of multi-family buildings, it must have the written consent of all the owners residing therein and, in addition, comply with the regulations established in Resolution No. 4/1991 of the National Housing Institute President (INV).

In this process it is necessary to define the accesses, as well as the supply of water and the evacuation of residuals.

Term: 60 working days, 30 for the DMPF and 30 for the DPPF. Stamp of $5.00.

Legal Provisions Resolutions 54 and 55/14 of the Physical Planning Institute

Persons interested in building housing by their own efforts on state land must submit their application and substantiation, also listing the applicant's first and last names, identity card, home address, place of location, composition of the family nucleus, as well as a sworn statement that they do not own another home, nor is it the surface of a plot of land or barren plot to build a home by their own efforts.

The assignment of state plots and barren plots for the construction of houses by own effort will be made to natural persons, who are previously authorized by the Council of Municipal Administration (CAM) concerned, taking into account the grounds and priorities for such granting and is legalized before the Municipal Physical Planning Office (DMPF).

Once the Agreement of the CAM is received, the payment for land is made in the bank branch of the place where it is located.

Term: 60 days for the payment of the plot in the bank branch.

Term: 30 working days from the presentation of the bank slick that credits the payment of the plot to obtain the Resolution that recognizes the Perpetual Right of Surface.

The following are established as causes and priorities for the granting of plots and state waste plots:

1. To have been affected by disasters.
2. Needed to eradicate precarious conditions.
3. Social and sheltered cases.                                                                                          
4. Located in risk zones, which include seismic hazards, natural disasters and others.
5. For economic-social interest: it is applied in compliance with the country's economic and social policies, in order to establish a workforce and guarantee the economic development of the territory in accordance with approved territorial and urban planning.
6. Also to solve housing deficits, problems of overcrowding and coexistence, and others related to the technical-constructive state of housing.

The juridical regime of the plots and state wastelands that are assigned is in concept of Perpetual Right of Surface, and it will be able to be granted to several natural persons to construct their houses in the same building and to a natural person to construct a single-family house.

The plots to be delivered will have a dimension between 80 and 150 m².

Natural persons submit their application to the Physical Planning Officer (OGTV). The file will contain the application and its grounds, the applicant's name and surname, identity card, home address, place of location, composition of the family nucleus and a sworn statement that he or she does not own another dwelling nor is it the surface of a plot of land or a barren plot of land to build a dwelling on his or her own initiative.

Legal Provisions Resolution No. 55/14 of the Physical Planning Institute.

It is any portion of land where there is no building or, existing, is of little significance, traced as such in a human settlement. The land annexed to another building that integrates a physical real estate unit and as such is registered in the Land Registry is not considered barren land.

Transfer between private individuals

The owners of derelict plots that wish to cede these to individuals can do so, by donation or purchase-sale, in favor of people who need them to build their homes, provided that there are no urban and territorial regulations that prevent it and prior approval by the Provincial Directorate of Physical Planning (DPPF), once the case has been processed by the DMPF, who submits it to the DMPF for resolution.

Requests are submitted in writing to the Physical Planning Officer (OGTV) and must reflect the generals of the parties, the address where they are located and the act they intend to perform.

In the case of donation, the legal price is the one that appears in the title of the property. If it does not appear in this, it will be determined ex officio by the Municipal Physical Planning Office. In addition, it must be attached to the written application for the title of the property and the corresponding stamp.

Term: 35 working days, 15 for the DMPF and 20 for the DPPF. Stamp of $5.00.