A model of the division of responsibilities between the Ministry of Ecology, Spatial Planning and Urbanism and local self-governments in the area of issuing permits for urban-technical conditions (UTU) has been agreed upon, the Ministry of Ecology, Spatial Planning and Urbanism announced today.
The Ministry announced that the State Secretary for Spatial Planning and Urbanism, Aleksandar Ašanin, held a working meeting with the secretaries of the Secretariat for Urbanism of all local self-governments in Montenegro.
"The main topic of the meeting was the definition of a new model of division of labor between the Ministry and local self-governments in the part of issuing urban-technical conditions, which would be harmonized with the duties of the chief state architect and the chief city architect prescribed by law," the announcement states.
It is added that at the proposal of the Ministry, it was agreed that the issuance of urban planning and technical conditions for buildings up to 3.000 square meters of gross construction area, with the exception of hotels or tourist resorts with four or five stars and tourist resorts, will remain the responsibility of local governments.
"The tasks of issuing urban planning and technical conditions for buildings over 3000 square meters, for all buildings for which a public tender is mandatory, as well as for squares, squares, promenades and city parks will remain under the responsibility of the Ministry", said the Ministry of Ecology, Spatial Planning and urban planning...
They also said that the secretary of the Secretariat for Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development of the Municipality of Ulcinj, Mehmed Mila, did not agree with the new redistribution of responsibilities, while the acting secretary of the Secretariat for Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development of the capital Podgorica, Miljan Barović, and the secretary of the Secretariat for Spatial Planning, communal affairs and traffic of the municipality of Kolašin, Ljiljana Raičević pointed out that the secretariats they manage have adequate personnel capacity for issuing UTU and for buildings over 3000 square meters of gross construction area.
"The analysis prepared by the Ministry on the basis of data on the number and structure of urban planning and technical conditions issued in all Montenegrin municipalities during the last year, showed that the agreed redistribution of competences will not have a significant impact on the scope of work of the secretariat for urban planning of local self-governments, and that the financial impact will be negligible," reads the announcement of the Ministry of Ecology, Spatial Planning and Urbanism.
They also stated that other challenges faced by local governments were discussed at the meeting, such as poor quality of planning documents, inadequate legal solutions, problems in the process of legalization of illegally built buildings, lack of staff in the urban planning and construction inspection, etc.
"Ašanin pointed out the need for meetings like this to become a regular practice and for communication between the Ministry, local self-government units and the Community of Municipalities to intensify, with the aim of more coordinated and effective joint action," concludes the announcement of the Ministry of Ecology, Spatial Planning and Urbanism .
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