Change of use of a building facility or part of it and protection of third parties' interests

Abstract

The Construction Law introduces the obligation to use a building facility in a manner consistent with its intended use and environmental protection requirements. However, if we want to change the intended use of a building facility or its part, it may be necessary to notify a change of use of the facility or its part to the competent authority of architecture and construction administration. Any such change is to some extent connected with a change of technical parameters, and in particular with a change of the conditions of use. In this paper I address the issue of protection of third parties' interests in the matter of notification of a change in use of a building facility or its part, and also in the case of legalisation of an arbitrary change in use of a building facility.