Building permit fee calculator

Which fees are involved

The process usually involves the fee for the urban planning certificate, the fees for the avize requested through the certificate, and the fee for the building permit itself. Depending on the project, other fees required by issuing institutions may apply. The amount of each fee is set by the competent authority, in line with the legislation and local council decisions.

How the permit fee is calculated

The fee for issuing the building permit, the regularisation fee or the demolition permit fee is calculated under the Fiscal Code (Legea 227/2015), and the architecture stamp duty under Legea 35/1994. These acts were not amended by the Codul urbanismului, so the percentages remain the same. The concrete way it is applied is set by the primărie, which is why the final amount differs from one locality to another and from one project to another.

Aviz fees and deadlines

Aviz fees and issuing deadlines are set separately by each issuing institution and by the primărie. The number and type of avize depend on what the urban planning certificate requires for your project, so the list of applicable fees and deadlines can vary. That is why it helps to have the official fees and deadlines relevant to your case in one place.

Why the amounts differ

There is no single amount that applies to all projects. The fees depend on the type of works, the declared value, the avize required, and the decisions of local authorities. AutoRize does not replace your authorized architect or proiectant, but it helps you see clearly which fees and official deadlines are relevant to your project.

Exemptions and additional fees

• Amending a permit does not incur a new authorisation fee; it is regularised before the reception at the completion of works.
• Exempt from authorisation fees: emergency first-intervention works to secure buildings that pose a public danger, regardless of use, as well as works on places of worship or on listed historic monuments (or monuments being classified), regardless of owner, except where commercial activities take place there.
• Extending the execution period incurs a fee of 30% of the initial fee.
• For issuing the permit under the emergency procedure (7 working days), the town hall may charge a special fee.
• Local councils may set a local land-development fee, intended to fund the public infrastructure required for urban development.

All the fees, in one place

The table below gathers the authorisation fees in one place, with the legal basis for each. The half-price fee for works carried out through simplified notification is a new provision of the Codul urbanismului, with direct impact for loft conversions, rural garages, or new fences built to replace an existing one.

• Extending the certificat de urbanism: 30% of the initial certificate fee (the Fiscal Code art. 474 para. 3).
• Extending the execution period: 30% of the initial fee (the Codul urbanismului art. 310 para. 5).
• Works through simplified notification: half of the corresponding authorisation fee (the Codul urbanismului art. 313 para. 4).
• Certificat de urbanism in a rural area: 50% of the urban fee (the Fiscal Code art. 474 para. 2).
• Building permit, residential building or annex: 0.5% of the authorised value of the works (the Fiscal Code art. 474 para. 5).
• Building permit, other constructions: 1% of the authorised value, including installations (the Fiscal Code art. 474 para. 6).
• Demolition permit: 0.1% of the taxable value of the demolished part (the Fiscal Code art. 474 para. 9).
• Site organisation, when not included in another permit: 3% of the authorised value of the organisation works (the Fiscal Code art. 474 para. 12).
• Campsites, tent camps, cabins or caravans: 2% of the authorised value of the works (the Fiscal Code art. 474 para. 13).
• Boreholes and excavations for geotechnical or topographic studies: an amount per affected square metre, set by the local council (the Fiscal Code art. 474 para. 10).
• Amendment permit: no new fee; it is regularised before reception (the Codul urbanismului art. 313 para. 2).
• Emergency first-intervention works, places of worship, historic monuments: exempt from authorisation fees (the Codul urbanismului art. 313 para. 3).