Fundamental reform of construction legislation has been definitively approved

The new Construction Act, which will come into force on 1 April 2025, brings significant changes to the building permitting process in order to simplify and shorten the permitting processes for buildings and their use in Slovakia. The new legislation replaces the currently valid Construction Act No. 50/1976 and the valid, but ineffective Act No. 201/2022 Coll. on construction.

One of the key changes is the merging of the original two-stage zone planning and construction proceedings into single building plan procedure. However, this procedure also includes two proceedings, namely the procedure on the construction plan, whereby the authorisation to carry out the construction is only the verification of the construction project by a verification clause made by the building authority on the basis of a separate application of the builder. The new legislation also deals with the issue of illegal buildings and introduces the so-called zero tolerance for illegal buildings built after the new legislation comes into effect. In relation to illegal buildings built before the entry into force of the new act, the procedure for reviewing the suitability of the construction for operation remains in force, which regulates the procedure for legalization of these illegal buildings.

The new Construction Act has already been published in the Collection of Laws under No. 25/2025 Coll.

We will discuss individual news in the field of construction legislation in detail in the next editions of our tax and legal news.