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Surprising move for the developers – the Bucharest Tribunal restores Bucharest District 2 and 4 zoning plans

Roxana Frățilă and Alexandru Dumitrescu |01/03/202302/03/2023

After the Centre for Sustainable Policies Ecopolis petitioned the court in April 2022 for the annulment of the District 2 and District 4 zoning plans (zonal urban plans or PUZs), on 28 February 2023 the Bucharest Tribunal rejected Ecopolis’s action… Read moreSurprising move for the developers – the Bucharest Tribunal restores Bucharest District 2 and 4 zoning plans

Bucharest Tribunal rules against the city’s main zoning plan

Roxana Frățilă and Alexandru Trandafir |11/08/202211/08/2022

On 24 June 2022, the Bucharest Tribunal, as the initial court, ruled for the cancellation of Bucharest’s general zoning plan (Planul Urbanistic General or PUG), which is the main zoning document of the city, instituting buildable limits and the regime… Read moreBucharest Tribunal rules against the city’s main zoning plan

Legality of Bucharest’s suspension of district zoning plans drawn into question

Roxana Frățilă and Alexandru Dumitrescu |11/03/202102/07/2021

The General Council of Bucharest passed five decisions to suspend the coordination of the zoning plans (District PUZs) of five of the six districts of Bucharest for one year (i.e. until 26 February 2022). The following article describes the main… Read moreLegality of Bucharest’s suspension of district zoning plans drawn into question

Romania introduces restrictions on sale and purchase of agricultural land

Varinia Radu, Roxana Frățilă, Ramona Dulamea and Alexandru Dumitrescu |28/08/202009/09/2020

On 14 August, Romanian lawmakers passed an amendment to Law 17/2014 on the sale and purchase of agricultural land, imposing significant restrictions on the sale and purchase of extra muros agricultural land for foreign nationals. A key amendment to the legislation is… Read moreRomania introduces restrictions on sale and purchase of agricultural land