New changes in the construction law in Bulgaria

Аfter it came into force last month, changes in the law on spatial planning, which set the functions of the Ministry of regional development and the new Ministry of investment design, the management decided to make new revisions in the law.

The legal act to be divided into two separate, one will govern the territory, and the other will affect the investment process in construction, explained Dimcho Mihalevski, who chaired the parliamentary group on regional policy.

Before that, however, will be prepared a "map" of the problems in the legislation and the obstacles placed in front of the business. On this basis will be made and changes in legislation to alleviate regulatory regimes.

Mihalevski explained that the preparation of this "map" is already underway after businesses, municipalities and NGO sector have prepared reports on the troubled times in the legislation.

The deputy hopes that with the new changes in the law will stimulate investment in construction. In his words, the decline of investments is not due only to the crisis, and the conditions under which they are forced to operate at the moment investors - without predictability in terms of time for the realization of the projects, their price, as well as participants in the entire investment process.

Another major problem that hinders the investments, is the lack of general development plans of municipalities. A total of 262 municipalities, 220 do not have urban plans, which investors must demonstrate the compatibility of the projects, the territory.

He recalled that provided are 1 million Euro budget allocation for the preparation of the overall development plans. In addition, to be agreed with the European Commission funds to the operational programme "technical assistance" for the construction of the necessary geographical systems.

Mihalevski expressed hope that within 2-3 years of general development plans of the municipalities will be ready, as territorial planning process will be able to rely on European money and, in the next programming period.