{"id":10028,"date":"2020-11-28T20:18:50","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T19:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.white-baos.com\/?p=10028"},"modified":"2020-11-28T20:18:54","modified_gmt":"2020-11-28T19:18:54","slug":"careful-with-illegal-works-on-property-the-town-hall-now-has-15-years-to-request-the-demolition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.white-baos.com\/en\/careful-with-illegal-works-on-property-the-town-hall-now-has-15-years-to-request-the-demolition\/","title":{"rendered":"Careful with illegal works on property. The Town Hall now has 15 years to request the demolition."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Valencian Law 5\/2014: Territory, Urbanism and Landscape Planning, of the Valencian Comunitat, in force since the 20th<\/sup>\u00a0of August 2014,\u00a0 brings certain very relevant legal changes. One in particular, which we believe will have much impact on readers, concerns the administration\u2019s term and deadline to request legalization of illegal works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Consequences of Illegal Works.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When an action is performed that goes against the urban planning, for example work done without the appropriate building license, the Town Hall could take certain measures:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) Legality or Physical reality restoration measures (restoration procedure): the Town Hall can require that the illegal work be legalised by obtaining the corresponding license, and should this not be possible, if it is contrary to planning for example, they could ask for the property to be returned to the previous physical state before the illegal work, sometimes meaning the demolition of work done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) Penalties: the Town Hall could start penalty proceedings, i.e.: impose fines for breaches of the planning and other penalties.  It is stated that the serious and very serious penalties will expire after four years, that is, that after this time we cannot be fined or penalized for an illegal work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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15 years deadline.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

However in relation to \u201crestoration procedures\u201d the new law explicitly says that the administration will have up to 15 years to demand the legalization or where appropriate, the demolition of the illegal work, stating in its Article 236:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The mayor, as far as no more than fifteen years has gone since<\/em> the final completion of the works \u2026done without license \u2026 or without complying with the conditions set on the license, will require the owner, that within two months applies for the appropriate planning authorization… This term ( 15 years) \u2026will start from the final completion of the works\u2026. <\/em>“<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This means that citizens will need to think carefully before doing any work without a license, and also, very importantly, when buying it is absolutely vital to conduct the necessary researches to ensure that no illegal work has been done on the property, or that it was done more than 15 years ago. As stated in Article 231.2 of the Law, these “restoration” measures have real character<\/strong> and therefore will also affect third parties who acquire the affected properties, such purchasers, heirs, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have performed some works that have not yet entered in the Land Register, if you want to sell or buy a property in Spain, our firm can help.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The information provided in this article is not intended to be legal advice, but merely conveys general information related to legal issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Carlos Baos (Lawyer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spanish Law firm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

White & Baos 2014 \u2013 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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