Glossary of design and permit terms
Short definitions of what comes up between an office, a client and a planning authority. Written for people who have to use these documents, not for a textbook.
PB-1 (building permit application)
The official Polish building permit application form. The client or their attorney files it with the county office, together with the design and a full set of attachments.
PB-5 (declaration of the right to use the property)
The client's declaration that they hold a legal title to the property allowing construction work on it. A mandatory attachment to a permit application and to a notification.
Planning decision (warunki zabudowy, WZ)
A decision setting out what may be built on a plot and on what terms, used where no local zoning plan is in force.
Local zoning plan (MPZP)
A local act of law that sets the use and the building rules for a specific area. Where one is in force, no planning decision is needed.
Site development plan (PZT)
The part of the design showing the building on the plot: siting, distances, access, parking, utility connections and the site balance. Drawn on a surveyor's base map.
Surveyor's base map for design
An up-to-date survey map of the plot and its surroundings, prepared by a surveyor specifically for the design. The base on which the site development plan is drawn.
Author's site supervision
The designer checking that construction follows the design, and agreeing whether substitute solutions may be used during the build.
Adaptation of a stock design
Fitting a catalogue design to a specific plot, local rules and ground conditions, carried out and signed by a licensed architect.
Power of attorney in the permit process
The authorisation under which an architect or another person acts before the authority for the client: files the application, receives letters and answers requests.
Access from a public road
The connection between a plot and a public road. Building or rebuilding it requires the road manager's consent, and on higher-category roads it is a separate procedure.
Excluding land from agricultural production
The decision that allows farmland to be used for building. It applies to certain soil classes and can be a condition for starting work.
Trusted profile signature
An electronic signature made with the Polish trusted profile on gov.pl. In dealings with the administration it carries the force of a handwritten signature, and parties also use it for contracts between themselves.
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