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Instructions: how to get permission to build a cottage according to the new rules

In order to build a residential building, you need documents allowing it to be done. This issue is regulated by such a regulatory legal act as the Town Planning Code of the Russian Federation. Various amendments are made to it periodically, and since March 1, 2015, several more have appeared. About why and how to get permission for IZHS (individual housing construction) today, read this instruction.

Until March 1, 2015, state registration of rights to an individual housing construction facility was carried out only on the basis of a document confirming the rights of the owner (or tenant) to the land plot, plus the "Country Amnesty" was in effect. Today, an individual developer is obliged to apply to the relevant authorities for a permit to build a cottage. The procedure is actually simple. But so that you understand the issue exactly, let's see what's what here.

What do all these terms mean?

IZHS: Individual housing construction. This is the construction of residential buildings on the right of personal ownership by the citizens themselves, with their participation or at their expense (normative document SP 30-102-99).

IZHS object: a residential building, standing separately, having no more than three floors and intended for the residence of one family (GRK RF, part 3, article 48).

Which organs do you need to go to?

Such permits are issued by local governments (Administration of the area where the site is located). In St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, you can apply to the Multifunctional Center for the provision of state and municipal services in your area, if it exists there. You can also send documents electronically via