Construction permits in Georgia to require mandatory green spaces from 2024
Construction permits issued in Georgia starting next year will require mandatory plans for green spaces, in a move aimed to ensure recreational areas for new residential projects and combat “chaotic development”. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Construction permits issued in Georgia starting next year will require mandatory plans for green spaces, in a move aimed to ensure recreational areas for new residential projects and combat “chaotic development”, Maia Bitadze, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament’s Environmental Protection Committee, said on Tuesday.
The changes will be introduced through amendments to the Code on Spatial Arrangement, which the lawmakers are scheduled to approve with their third reading at Tuesday’s plenary session.
The Georgian Public Broadcaster cited Bitadze as saying the practice of requiring green spaces in developer projects - used in Tbilisi since 2019 - showed it to be “beneficial not only for the city but also for developers”, and would be expanded to the rest of the country.
She also said municipalities across the country would compile lists of plants to be used in required green spaces for projects in different localities.
The Georgian Government on Monday approved an act allowing local authorities across the country to renovate or demolish buildings that “distort the look of their municipalities” or “cause safety issues”.
Demand for residential real estate across Georgia is increasing along with prices on houses and flats, the National Bank of Georgia said in its latest real estate sector study, published on Tuesday.
Construction costs across Georgia have increased following boosts in salaries of employees in the sector, the latest figures released on Friday by the National Statistics Office are showing.
A total of 10,822 permits were issued in Georgia in 2022 for construction projects spanning an area of 7.4 million square metres, the National Statistics Office of Georgia said in its latest release on Monday.
Buying a flat or a house in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi became more expensive in the first quarter of the year, the latest Residential Property Price Index of the National Statistics Office of Georgia showed.
Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili on Tuesday highlighted the importance of a “properly” developed spatial arrangement plan for the country at an international conference dedicated to the topic and hosted earlier today in the capital city of Tbilisi.
A total of 2,195 permits were issued in Georgia in January-March 2023 for construction projects spanning an area of 1.68 million square metres, the National Statistics Office of Georgia said in its latest release on Friday.
The Spatial and Urban Development Agency of Georgia has selected Danish, British, French, Spanish and German consortiums "of the best experience” for the next stage in its selection for providers of consulting services for spatial planning of the country, the Ministry of Economy said on Monday.
Sanctions on illegal constructions within designated zones of cultural heritage on state- or municipality-owned property in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi will be tightened, Mayor Kakha Kaladze revealed on Wednesday.