Unlock Italy Decree: construction work at one’s home no longer need to be authorised by the Municipality.

The Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Maurizio Lupi, has summarised one of the building simplification regulations contained in the Unlock Italy decree: “renovation work at one’s home no longer need to be authorised by the Municipality; the resident will only need to send a notice, after which they may start the works.” An important regulations for families, which will apply to works that do not change the volumes of the building. “The citizen – Maurizio Lupi explains – becomes the master of their home and may freely carry out works (knock down partitions, create new rooms...) that do not change the volumes, all it takes is a simple notice to the Municipality.” According to the Decree, the variants to building permits that do not entail an essential change – provided they comply with the town planning-construction requirements and are implemented after acquiring any authorisations required by the regulations on landscape, hydro-geological and environmental constraints, protection of the historical, artistic and archaeological heritage and other sector regulations – can be implemented by means of a report of works started and notified at the end of the works with the firm’s certificate. The final text of the decree will establish the “liberalised” works with certainty.

The Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Maurizio Lupi, has summarised one of the building simplification regulations contained in the Unlock Italy decree: “renovation work at one’s home no longer need to be authorised by the Municipality; the resident will only need to send a notice, after which they may start the works.”

An important regulations for families, which will apply to works that do not change the volumes of the building. “The citizen – Maurizio Lupi explains – becomes the master of their home and may freely carry out works (knock down partitions, create new rooms...) that do not change the volumes, all it takes is a simple notice to the Municipality.”

According to the Decree, the variants to building permits that do not entail an essential change – provided they comply with the town planning-construction requirements and are implemented after acquiring any authorisations required by the regulations on landscape, hydro-geological and environmental constraints, protection of the historical, artistic and archaeological heritage and other sector regulations – can be implemented by means of a report of works started and notified at the end of the works with the firm’s certificate.

The final text of the decree will establish the “liberalised” works with certainty.