Obtain geomechanics study (soil study)
Agency: Private agency
To test the soil for the underground a geomechanic engineer needs to prepare the soil study. The architect needs to indicate to the engineer that the project needs 3 holes and give the position of these 3 holes to the engineer. The engineer will test these 3 holes. It is a technical document.
Time and cost: 15 days, HRK 25,000
Hire a geodetic engineer to produce a geodetic study
Agency: Private agency
BuildCo needs to hire an external geodetic engineer. Geodetic engineer obtains all needed documentation from Cadaster and Land Registry (parcel measures, a list of land owners adjacent to the future construction site, etc.), and produces a geodetic study. Geodetic study is then verified by the Cadaster, and becomes the part of the main project. After receiving the occupancy permit, geodetic engineer is also responsible for dealing with registering the building with Cadaster office.
Time and cost: 15 days, HRK 10,000
Obtain notification on conditions from the Inspectorate for Fire at the Ministry of Interior Affairs
Agency: Inspectorate for Fire at the Ministry of Interior Affairs
BuildCo must obtain technical conditions in order to develop the main project which complies with all necessary requirements of the Inspectorate for Fire at the Ministry of Interior Affairs. Technical conditions are issued based on the preliminary project design drawings and other documents.
Time and cost: 15 days, no charge
Obtain notification on conditions from National Croatian Electric Grid
Agency: HEP Distribution System Operator – Elektra Zagreb
BuildCo must obtain technical conditions in order to develop the main project which complies with all necessary requirements of the National Croatian Electric Grid (HEP). Technical conditions are issued based on the preliminary project design drawings and other documents.
Time and cost: 15 days, no charge
Obtain notification on conditions from waste collection department
Agency: Waste collection department
BuildCo must obtain technical conditions in order to develop the main project which complies with all necessary requirements of the waste collection department. Technical conditions are issued based on the preliminary project design drawings and other documents.
Time and cost: 15 days, no charge
Obtain notification on conditions from the Local Water Authority
Agency: Zagreb Holding d.o.o. – Water and sewerage
BuildCo must obtain technical conditions in order to develop the main project which complies with all necessary requirements of the local water authority. Technical conditions are issued based on the preliminary project design drawings and other documents.
Time and cost: 15 days, no charge
Receive clearance from the waste collection department
Agency: Waste Collection Department
BuildCo must obtain a clearance to ensure that the building has been constructed in accordance with the conditions that were outlined for the building.
Time and cost: 30 days, no charge
Receive clearance from the Inspectorate for Fire at the Ministry of Interior Affairs
Agency: Inspectorate for Fire at the Ministry of Interior Affairs
Inspectorate for Fire at the Ministry of Interior Affairs is issuing a clearance to ensure that the building has been constructed in accordance with the conditions that were outlined for the building.
A request for this clearance must include fire protection study (if it is required by any regulation), one copy of the main project, and evidence of payment of administrative fees.
After the main project is inspected for the fire protection, the Ministry of internal affairs or local competent police station will issue the clearance.There is a clearance to ensure that the building has been constructed in accordance with the conditions that were outlined for the building.
Time and cost: 25 days, HRK 350
Receive clearance from the Sanitary Inspectorate
Agency: Sanitary Inspectorate
BuildCo needs to acquire a clearance from Sanitary Inspection to prove that the building has been constructed in accordance with the conditions that were outlined for the building, especially regarding health protection laws and regulations. This inspection also includes a noise inspection clearance. Sanitary inspection representative will be present at the final inspection, before the occupancy permit is issued, to check the building’s compliance with sanitary standards.
Time and cost: 24 days, HRK 70
Receive clearance from the National Croatian Electric Grid
Agency: HEP Distribution System Operator – Elektra Zagreb
BuildCo must obtain clearance from the HEP Distribution System Operator. Each municipality/city has a HEP Distribution System Operator local office which issues this clearance, free of charge. In the case of Zagreb, that is HEP – Elektra Zagreb.
This clearance observes certain technical, economic, and other power connection and network proficiencies of the construction.
Time and cost: 15 days, no charge
Receive clearance from the Local Water Authority
Agency: Zagreb Holding d.o.o. – Water and sewerage
BuildCo must obtain preliminary approvals for water supply and sewerage from Zagreb Holding d.o.o. – Water and sewerage. Two clearances are issued – one for water supply and another one for sewerage. Even though these clearances are issued by separate departments of the same entity, customers use a single document and a single point of contact to acquire both clearances.
Zagreb Holding d.o.o. – Water and sewerage looks at the main project and its compliance with technical aspects of water and sewerage networks’ standards and procedures.
Time and cost: 14 days, no charge
Obtain excerpt from the Land Registry for subject and bordering lands
Agency: Land Registry
The excerpt from the Land Registry is required for the building permit application as evidence of the legal interest to build.
While the documents are currently available for viewing online, they are not accepted as official documentation at this time.
If the investor in the construction is not the owner of the land, according to The Building Act of 2013, there are other newly acceptable ways to prove legal interest, including contracts and written approval from the owner.
Time and cost: 1 day, HRK 20
Request and receive building permit
Agency: Municipal Authority
The construction of a building may commence only on the basis of a final and effective building permit. After obtaining all needed documentation, BuildCo requests and obtains a building permit.
Building permit is issued by the municipal office responsible for physical planning and construction. Before receiving a building permit, applicant has to submit an inquiry to the municipal office responsible for physical planning and construction, with the main project enclosed, in order to receive a list of all authorities that need to preliminary approve the project and issue various clearances before the building permit application is submitted for approval.
The investor’s application for issuing the building permit shall be accompanied by:
- The main design in electronic form;
- A report on the preformed main audit design, if the audit is prescribed;
- Evidence of legal interest for the issuance of the building permit;
- Evidence that the person is the investor (concession, approval or other official act prescribed by special regulation) in case of a construction work for which a special act prescribes who the investor may be.
The building control authority will then, within five days of receipt of the notification of commencement, notify the Ministry of Interior, building inspection, labor inspection, administrative body of the local self-government unit competent for determining utility charges and body competent for determining water charges.
Time and cost: 30 days, HRK 1,070
Obtain decision from the Municipal Authority regarding utilities
Agency: Municipal Authority
BuildCo must obtain a decision from the Municipal Authority on utility fees, based on the construction permit. The amount of the fee depends on the building size (in cubic meters) and on the location.
Buzin is located in Zone III for which the communal contribution fee is HRK 75 per m3 of building volume. According to the Spatial Plan of the City of Zagreb, it is possible to construct production buildings, including the warehouses, in the area of Buzin.
In the area of Sesvetski Kraljevec (eastern peripheral part of the city of Zagreb), the city has reserved a zone for the construction of production and storage buildings. For this area, the communal contribution fee is HRK 15 per m³ (Zone V). This decision came into force in March 2019. Construction of a warehouse is possible in both locations.
Time and cost: 22 days, HRK 292,613
Pay water contribution to the state company Croatian Waters (Hrvatske Vode)
Agency: Croatian Waters (Hrvatske Vode)
The water contribution is paid to finance the management of water resources and protection from floods. The cost is determined based on the following:
- The zone the new construction is in. Zone A is Zagreb and the protected coastal area, Zone B is the rest of the country, and Zone C are areas subject to special Government care.
- The purpose of the construction (residential, industrial, public interest).
- The volume of the construction.
The cost for the case study warehouse is 3901.5 * HRK 3.00 according to the fee schedule of Hrvatske Vode (www.voda.hr).
Time and cost: 15 days, HRK 11,705
Hire an external supervising engineer to conduct inspections during construction
Agency: Private Firm
Per Art. 50 & 56 of the Construction Law NN 153/ 13 , BuildCo must hire an external engineer to supervise the construction work. The cost varies, as it depends on the negotiations between BuildCo and external engineer, but the most usual cost calculation is 1.5% of the building value.
This is one of the key roles in the whole process, as external supervising engineer is responsible for technical and expert supervision of the construction site from the commencement notice until the occupancy permit is issued. External supervising engineer also has to participate in the final inspection of the construction.
Time and cost: 1 day, HRK 68,327
Submit commencement notice
Agency: Municipal office for physical planning and construction
The investor must notify the building control authority eight days before the commencement of construction. In the notification the builder must include:
- Building classification
- Register number
- Date of issue of the building permit
- List the contractor and supervising engineer
- Evidence that the building plot was formed in the cadastre if the building is subject to specification of the building plot
The building control authority will then, within five days of receipt of the notification of commencement, notify the Ministry of Interior, building inspection, labor inspection, administrative body of the local self-government unit competent for determining utility charges and body competent for determining water charges, while the building inspection shall also be notified whether the notification is complete.
Time and cost: 1 day, HRK 20
Receive random inspection from the Ministry of Construction and Physical Planning
Agency: Ministry of Construction and Physical Planning – Building Inspection
Building Inspection, as a part of Ministry of Construction and Physical Planning, conducts inspections of the construction site, in order to determine if the construction is in compliance with the laws and regulations in the area of building and physical planning.
Inspections are random and may occur on multiple occasions throughout the construction process.
Time and cost: 1 day, no charge
Obtain water and sewage connection
Agency: Zagreb Holding d.o.o. – Water and sewerage
BuildCo obtains water and sewerage connection from the Water & sewerage Authority of Zagreb.
Time and cost: 20 days, HRK 8,000
Apply for occupancy (use) permit
Agency: Municipal office for physical planning and construction
The occupancy permit is mandatory for the use of a completed building. The following documents must be submitted:
- Photocopy of the building permit or a copy of the main design for construction work
- Information on the participants in the construction (investor, designer, general contractor, supervising engineer)
- Written statement of the contractor on works completed and the requirements for the maintenance of the construction
- Final report of the supervising engineer
- Statement of the geodetic engineer that the construction work was built in accordance with the surveying design
- Surveying study for entering the construction work in the cadaster or for change of information on buildings and other construction works, if the construction work is not subject to developing the surveying design, but is to be entered in the cadaster
- Statement of the authorized geodetic engineer that the construction work is located on the building plot
- Energy certificate of the building, if applicable
The Municipality forms an evaluation committee within 30 days after the submission of the application for the issuance of the occupancy permit, and determines the date of the on-site inspection. The investor submits various documents which substantiate that the construction has been conducted in accordance with the regulations (e.g., construction diary, licenses of the construction firm which executed the works, technical certificates for the material used in the construction, etc.) to the evaluation committee no later than one day after the site inspection. If any of the members of the evaluation committee find that the building does not comply with a specific requirement, the investor may be given an additional 90 days to make the necessary corrections (if the error is, in fact, can be corrected). If all requirements have been met, the Municipality should issue the occupancy permit within 30 days after the inspection.
Time and cost: 1 day, HRK 20
Receive final inspection
Agency: Municipal office for physical planning and construction
Within 15 to 30 days after receiving a request for the occupancy permit, a technical review team from the municipality must conduct the final inspection. All entities that previously participated in this process and issued permits or clearances, would participate in this final inspection.
Time and cost: 1 day, HRK 2,040
Receive occupancy (use) permit
Agency: Municipal office for physical planning and construction
After the on-site inspection, the municipality has up to 30 days to issue the occupancy certificate.
Time and cost: 21 days, HRK 1,070
