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The State Inspectorate for Spatial Planning and Construction (Building Inspectorate) notes that quite often individuals turn to it with questions, the consideration of which is not assigned to the competence of the Construction Inspectorate. In this case, the enquiry received at the Building Inspectorate is forwarded to the competent body in accordance with the procedure established by legal acts, and the person who has applied orally outside the competence is provided with information on which body the question should be addressed.
The main tasks of the building inspectorate are to protect the environment and society from harm during the state supervision of spatial planning and construction. Therefore, the main functions of the Construction Inspectorate include verifications of the compliance of the territorial planning process with the legislation, verification of the compliance of the construction and the actions of the participants operating in it with the requirements of the legislation. You can read the Regulations of the Building Inspectorate here.
We remind you that the documents authorising construction (SLD) are issued not by the Construction Inspectorate, but by the municipal administrations of the city or district. The Construction Inspectorate issues the SLD only in exceptional cases, i.e.: for construction in the territorial waters of the Republic of Lithuania, in the exclusive economic zone and on the continental shelf, as well as for the implementation of projects of special national importance and permits to continue the suspended construction, for the construction of new extraordinary and non-special structures in the seaside strip, permits for the construction, reconstruction, overhaul or demolition of structures of the nuclear energy object. Thus, in order to build a new structure, reconstruct the structure, renovate (modernize) the structure, carry out major or simple repairs of the structure, change the purpose of the structure or part of it when simple repairs to the structure are carried out or no construction work is carried out, as well as demolish the structure, it is necessary to request the SLD by the municipal administration.
In order for residents to find answers to their questions faster and promptly receive the necessary services, the Construction Inspectorate informs about what questions and which entities need to be contacted (their competence can be accessed on their websites):
on the issue of slds (with the exceptions mentioned above, when the SLD is issued by the Construction Inspectorate), supervision of the use of structures, clarification of the solutions of spatial planning documents - to the administration of the city or district municipality,
on the approval of declarations on the completion of construction and certificates on the construction of the structure without deviations from the essential solutions of the construction project – to the examination companies of the construction project (part of it), to the examination companies of the construction project (part of it), to the examination companies of the building (part of it) (a list of which can be found https://www.ssva.lt/registrai/stimreg/imekspertizes_list.php),
in the case of noise during construction, to the municipality or the police of a city or district,
on the application of a municipal infrastructure development contribution to a city or district municipality,
for violations of heritage protection, to the Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture (https://kpd.lt/lt/),
for violations of the requirements of protected areas - to the State Service of Protected Areas (directorates of protected areas, their contacts can be found https://vstt.lrv.lt/lt/struktura-ir-kontaktai/saugomu-teritoriju-direkciju-kontaktai),
for non-intended use of premises, to the administration of the city or district municipality in whose territory such premises are located (with the exception of energy objects, apply for them to the State Energy Regulatory Council (https://www.regula.lt/Puslapiai/default.aspx)),
on the registration of real estate in the Real Estate Register to the State Enterprise Centre of Registers (https://www.registrucentras.lt/),
for the introduction of electricity, when there are no structures on the plot and they are not planned, to the State Energy Regulatory Council (https://www.regula.lt/Puslapiai/default.aspx) or ESO (https://www.eso.lt),
for environmental or other environmental violations caused by construction waste, to the Department of Environmental Protection under the Ministry of the Environment (https://aad.lrv.lt/lt/),
for violations of occupational safety on the construction site (for example, if it is noticed that persons working in construction are intoxicated, without helmets or other protective equipment, etc., the territory is unsafe, unprotected, etc.) – to the State Labor Inspectorate under the Ministry of Social Security and Labor (specialists of regional occupational safety inspectorates (https://www.vdi.lt/Personalas/Index)),
on fire regulations for structures, fire distances, to the Fire and Rescue Department under the Ministry of the Interior (https://pagd.lrv.lt/),
on the submission of copies of archival documents related to buildings and issued before 1991 – to the Central State Archives of Lithuania (https://www.archyvai.lt/lt/lcva.html),
on the protection of the rights and legitimate interests of individuals, when neither the SLD is required for construction (in cases where the construction is not subject to an SLD, it is possible to check the https://vtpsi.lrv.lt/lt/) or the project, and when the public interest is not violated (for example, the formation of the terrain without the construction of structures, disagreement between co-owners, movable objects on private plots, etc.) – in a private dispute to the court.
