3084 Building regs

Evening All,
Have just been on the phone to a friend in Italy and he informs me that for a timber framed house or extention no planning consent is needed.Also,the government refunds 50% of the building or material cost.I really do think this is to good to be true.As they say,if it sounds to good to be true it usually is.Do any of you learned people out there have a slant on this.Could change my house building entirely. Best Regards

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Building/Renovation

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 03/30/2006 - 03:09

My experience has been that planning permission is always needed and that a timber framed house is rarely allowed. Having gone before the Federal Courts for having put up a small fence, our attorney advised us not to plant a basil plant without permission. Some government refunds can be achieved in certain cases such as an "agriturismo" but have never heard of any refunds available for building a home. The documentation is extensive for any type of refund. Good luck!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 03/30/2006 - 03:26

Hi Loreto, I will check with a qualified architect or geometra. From what you are saying I think you need a planning permission as you are modifying the building.
With the new finanziaria 06 there are some discounts around the percentage that you have mentioned (41% if I am not wrong) but they are for restoration and maintenance.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 03/30/2006 - 03:46

thank you Stef and Stan.Thought to good to be true.I to am in Abruzzo.Bella.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 03/30/2006 - 08:36

Hello Loreto, yes, it's "too good to be true", but we can say this only for money refunds not for permission: if it was possible to build without permission we should see our Italy destroyed in a few years!!! :(

As technical I can confirm to you that no law exist that allow you to build (or to increase the covered surface of a building) without building permission and in this there is no difference if your house is concrete, briks or wood made. But can exist local facilities (in special-extraordinary way and usually for a limited time) in some community, usual small ones and these are in order to invite to the recovery of abandoned houses or for their maintenance. There also some "contributions" (in various shape) for agriturismo activity. May be your friend was referring to something like these and perhaps he has confused some facilities of the taxes to pay or the deduction previewed in the financial law (but these are from 2003, if I well remember, now deductible (in ten years) from the taxes paid in Italy (Irpef) with a maximum of 41% of 48.000€ = 19.680 € ; not too much but better than nothing...)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 03/30/2006 - 13:46

[QUOTE=stan nelle marche]My experience has been that planning permission is always needed and that a timber framed house is rarely allowed. Having gone before the Federal Courts for having put up a small fence, our attorney advised us not to plant a basil plant without permission. Some government refunds can be achieved in certain cases such as an "agriturismo" but have never heard of any refunds available for building a home. The documentation is extensive for any type of refund. Good luck![/QUOTE]

Where abouts are you in Staffolo ? we are about 15 mins away near Fillotrano.

Tony and Pat

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 03/30/2006 - 13:57

I hate to be the one to break the news, but Italy is a perfectly civilised member of the EEC, even uses the Euro, and if you are told "by a friend" that "those Italians let you get away with anything, and fund you to do it", please do not believe it.

There are some breathtaking differences in attitude to some things in Italy versus the UK - but don't push the envelope too far - keep a sense of reality!!

I send you this in the spirit of friendship, and as a destroyer of "urban myths".