New extension period for stalled construction work

The Law of accompaniment of the budgets of the Generalitat for 2017* has been published in the DOGC of 30 March.

The accompanying law (specifically article 192) modifies the first transitory provision of Law 3/2012 of 22 February, which modifies the revised text of the Urban Planning Law, so that an extension or rehabilitation of the licence can be requested from the corresponding local council until 31 December 2018, if a building work with a licence in force, or with a licence that expired on or after 1 January 2008, meets the following requirements:

a) The work has been started but, due to the economic crisis in the construction sector, it has not been possible to complete it on schedule.
b) The structure of the building has been started but the adaptation of the works has been started when applying for the pròrroga/rehabilitació in all the aspects not related to the requirements specified in the previous point.

a) If, after having started the authorised works, they cannot finish them within the established deadlines due to the economic crisis in the construction sector.
b) If the structure of the building has been started and the adaptation of the works carried out to the requirements derived from the technical regulations on building and housing applicable to the entry into force of this law is economically unfeasible.
c) If the authorised works are in accordance with the legislation and urban planning in force at the time of requesting the extension in all the aspects not related to the requirements specified by letter b.

*Law 5/2017 of 28 March, on fiscal, administrative, financial and public sector measures; on the creation of the tax on the environmental risk of the production, handling and transport, custody and emission of radiotoxic elements; of the tax on packaged sugary drinks; of the tax on large commercial establishments, and of the tax on stays in tourist establishments.