Dealing with Construction Permits in
Macedonia, FYR
Listed below is detailed summary of the procedures, time and costs to build a warehouse —including obtaining necessary licenses and permits, completing required notifications and inspections and obtaining utility connections.
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Building a warehouse
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Estimated Warehouse Value:
MKD 25,000,000
- City: Skopje
| No. |
Procedure |
Time to Complete |
Associated Costs |
| 1 |
Request and obtain proof of land ownership from the Real Estate Cadastre
BuildCo must obtain proof of ownership of the land where construction is to take place. This document must be obtained at least 6 months before the beginning of the process. The Municipalities of Skopje update annually their tariff for fees associated with surveying and geodetic data for real estate. Obtaining proof of land ownership cost can vary from municipality to municipality. The average cost would be MKD 125 for one parcel. If the land includes more than one parcel, the cost would be MKD 125 for the first parcel and MKD 25 for additional parcels.
Agency: Agency for Real Estate Cadastre
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1 day
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MKD 175
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| * 2 |
Request and obtain the extract of detailed space plan from the municipal Office of Space Planning
The requested extract of detailed space plan is issued by the respective office of the municipality. Together with the request for obtaining an extract of detailed space plan applicants have to submit the following documents: a proof of land ownership and extract from a cadastre plan obtained by the Real Estate Cadastre Agency. The extract of detailed space plan is to be obtained within 5 working days after submitting of the request.
Agency: Office of Space Planning
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6 days
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MKD 1,050
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| * 3 |
Hire a private cadastre office and obtain Account of Numerical Data study(elaborat od numerichki podatoci)
The cost of this study is approximately MKD 6,000-10,000. In Skopje there are a number of private cadastre offices that can be hired by BuildCo. The private cadastre office shall then obtain approval and certification of the Real Estate Cadastre Agency.
Agency: Independent company
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1 day
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MKD 6,000
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| 4 |
Pay municipal tax, obtain proof of payment, and obtain relevant approvals
Before the building permit is issued, BuildCo must pay a fee for the preparation of the spatial plan and the urban plan. The applicant goes to the municipality to find out the fees to be to paid and then goes to the bank to pay the fees. The fees are distributed as follows: 30% of these fees are revenue for the state budget, while the remaining 70% are revenue for the budget of the municipalities (60% of fees go to the city of Skopje, and 40% of fees go to the relevant municipality). The applicant then goes back to the Finance Department of the Skopje city that ensures that payments are in order, which usually takes about 2 days. After that, the applicant signs the contract with the city of Skopje, and the contract is signed by both the applicant and the Mayor.
Agency: Municipality
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15 days
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MKD 682,815
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| 5 |
Request and obtain approval for construction (building permit) from the municipality
Law on amendments and modification of the Law on Spatial and Urban Planning was adopted on June 8, 2008 and enforced on June 16, 2008. Under these changes the authorized body must provide opinions from other state bodies within 5 days and issue the permit within 5 days after the documentation has been completed. The building permit requires the investor to start construction work within 6 months from the issuance date. In the case of a warehouse, according to Article 51 of Law on Spatial and Urban Planning the permit is issued by the authorized municipality. In practice, time-limits are not fully observed and it takes on average a month and a half to obtain the building permit.
The building permit fee was increased in January 2010 following the amendments to the Law on Administrative Taxes (Official Gazette No. 06/2010).
Agency: Municipality
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45 days
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MKD 2,050
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| 6 |
Hire a third party supervisor for the construction work
Before construction starts BuildCo must hire a private company or engineer licensed to perform construction supervision. The supervisory organ would oversee construction from beginning to end, perform the technical inspection after construction, and prepare the final report. A company would usually charge between 1% and 2% of the value of the property for construction supervision.
Agency: Republican Inspectorate for construction and urban works
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1 day
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MKD 375,000
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| * 7 |
Request and obtain water and sewage installation
To obtain a water and sewage installation, an application must be submitted along with the following documents:
1. Hydro-technical conditions issued by JP "Vodovod i Kanalizacija";
2. A directive from the construction company, issued by the State Committee for Urban, Communal, and Housing Works.
Agency: Republican Inspectorate for construction and urban works
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15 days
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MKD 43,219
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| * 8 |
Request and obtain connection to telecommunication services
The request for telephone services should include a copy of BuildCo’s court registration. Macedonian Telecommunication Company (MakTel) increased its annual fee for connecting to telephone. Provided the company chooses the PTSN package, the connection fee within the existing capacity is MKD 1,463 since January 2009. Following the deregulation of the fixed line market in 2008, increased competition made companies expedite the connection time.
Agency: Republican Inspectorate for construction and urban works
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7 days
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MKD 1,463
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| 9 |
Receive on-site technical inspection of finished building by a supervisory body and prepare the final inspection report
In accordance with the amendment to the Construction Law dated September 20, 2010, buildings that belong to the third, fourth and fifth category can be occupied after a report on the finished technical inspection is prepared by a licensed supervisory engineer or company. An occupancy permit for these building is no longer required. It takes one day to perform the technical inspection and three days to draft and submit the final report. The company that supervises the construction would usually charge between 1% and 2% of the value of the property to oversee construction from beginning to end and submit the final report.
Agency: Republican Inspectorate for construction and urban works
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4 days
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no charge
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| 10 |
Register the warehouse with the Real Estate Registry
Under the new Law on Real Estate Cadastre (Official gazette 40/2008), the process of registration of new buildings has become shorter. The new time-limits for complex cases was reduced from 60 to 3 days, and 30 to 1 day for simple cases. While resources are still insufficient and do not allow the registry to respect the time-limits fully, the average time to register a new building was reduced to 30 days.
Agency: Real Estate Cadastre
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30 days
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MKD 400
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* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.