Electronic means of request:

  • E-mail: governor@velikotarnovo.government.bg
  • Secure electronic delivery system
  • System of electronic exchange of messages

Information about the service:

Plea: Article 141, paragraph 6, item 1 and article 143, paragraph 2 of the Spatial Development Act (SDA)
Awarding authority: Regional governor

Administrative service unit:

Mailing address: 5000, Veliko Tarnovo, 2 Tsentar sqaure, room 201

Working time: From 9.00 to 17.00 with no break. Closed: Saturday and Sunday

Telephone/Fax: +359 62 600839

Awarding procedure:

Identification of the claimant: Verification if the claimant is rightful.
Required documents (Completing Documentation):
1. Documents for: (the applicable)
– Ownership (ceded building right)
– Real rights;
– Established servitudes under special laws;
– Right to pass under Art. 192 of the Spatial Development Act (SDA);
– Right to lay branches of common networks of the technical infrastructure under Art. 193 of the SDA.
2. Preliminary investment project – 2 copies in paper and electronic form;
3. Preliminary assessment of compliance under Art. 142, Para. 2 of the SDA;
4. Detailed development plan in force, validated by the body that approved it, in case that it has not been proceeded before the Regional governor;
5. Co-ordination with the Ministry of Culture under the terms and conditions of the Cultural Heritage Act (for immovable cultural valuables and for constructions within their boundaries and their protection zones);
6. Filled-in form (Appendix № 1 of Instruction № 3 from 17.12.2001 for application of section ІV of Tariff № 14 for the fees, collected in the system of the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works and by the Regional governors) specifying the value of the fee. The assignor may attach a notarised declaration for the building value of the construction;
7. Document for payment of the due fee unless the payment has been performed electronically.
Explications: The service is provided in accordance with the legal powers of the Regional governor under the Spatial Development Act to a claimant who is an assignor according to Art. 161 of the SDA – the owner of the property, the person for whom right of construction in another one’s property has been established and the person, who has right to build in other’s property by force of law. Co-ordination of the preliminary investment design is granted on the basis of preliminary assessment of compliance under Art. 142, Para. 2 of the SDA. The preliminary assessment of compliance is prepared under the order of Art. 142, Para. 6 of the SDA – for constructions of first, second and third category compulsory as a complex report, compiled by a registered company – consultant, not connected with the designer; for constructions of lower category – as a complex report on the wish of the assignor, or on the expressed request of the claimant – by the regional expert council for spatial development considering the design before its co-ordination, for which a fee is paid under Tariff № 14 for the fees, collected in the system of the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works and by the Regional governors. The co-ordination of the preliminary design shall be ground for continuing the design in the following stages. Refusal to co-ordinate a preliminary investment design is issued with an order of the Regional governor announced by addressing a written notification to the interested persons.

Deadline for submission: 14 days or 1 month according to Art. 141, Para. 8 of SDA
Sample forms:
Requesting methods:

– by application in the Administrative service unit;
– by application via mail or licensed postal operator;
– orally, in the Administrative service unit.
By electronic means:
– by e-mail with application, signed using a qualified electronic signature;
– by the System of electronic exchange of messages;
– by the Secure electronic delivery system.

Electronic awarding: No
Duration: There is no time limit – until the approval of the investment project
Fees / rates and payment methods:

The value of the fee is determined in compliance with Art. 28, Para. 1 of Tariff № 14 for the fees, collected in the system of the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works and by the Regional governors and equals to 0,05 percent of the building value of the construction, but not less than 250 BGN and not more than 1500 BGN.
The value of the fee for preparation of preliminary assessment of compliance under Art. 142, Para. 2 in relation to Para. 6, item 1 of the SDA is determined according to Art. 28, Para. 3 of Tariff № 14 for the fees, collected in the system of the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works and by the Regional governors and equals to 50 percent of the fee under Art. 28, Para. 2 of Tariff № 14.
The due fee can be paid:
– By bank card via real POS terminal in the Administrative services unit;
– In cash on the counter of the Regional administration Veliko Tarnovo;
– By bank on the account below:
BIC: UNCRBGSF
IBAN: BG26UNCR75273141156401
UniCredit Bulbank Veliko Tarnovo

Control: There is no such authority
Appeal: The refusal to co-ordinate a preliminary investment design can be appealed through the Governor of Veliko Tarnovo region before the Administrative Court of Veliko Tarnovo within 14 days of the announcement.
E-mail for proposals: frontoffice@velikotarnovo.government.bg
Ways of obtaining the result:

– in the Administrative service unit, personally or by an authorized representative;
– through a licensed postal operator at an address, specified by the claimant, whereas the claimant declares that the postal charges are at his/her expense, payable upon receipt.

Information from Administrative registry: HERE