The Law of Ukraine on Urban Planning is Vetoed
08/02/2011
On February 4, 2011, the President of Ukraine vetoed the Law of Ukraine on Urban Planning. According to official reports the reason for this decision was the fact that in the Head of State’s opinion this law narrows citizens’ rights in regards to the opportunity to take part in deliberations on the topic of territory planning and developing. In addition, the Law opens up a possibility for interference with the exclusive competency of the local governments regarding the approval of planning documentation.
Along with these drawbacks the law does not provide sufficient accountability for the negative consequences caused by violations of building codes, standards, and regulations, which were committed in the process of design, review of projects and construction of objects of town planning. The document in question also did not take into consideration citizens’, communities’ and local councils’ rights pertaining to the process of planning documentation preparation.
In connection with this event, VKP’s Partner and Head of Real Estate and Construction Practice Oleg Alyoshin stressed: «Back in November of 2010 our firm’s experts that were called upon for the development of relevant legislation, used mass-media to express their critic of the final version of this law submitted for review to Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. We have identified around twenty problematic aspects, which if the law came into force would greatly complicate the civilized development of the industry and would push Ukraine further away from generally accepted European and world standards. Therefore, we are pleased that VKP experts’ voice, as well as other leading industry practitioners’ opinions, were heard and considered. We are hoping that this decision of the President of Ukraine will facilitate a revision of the said law’s provisions in the direction of harmonizing it with accepted international practice and the applicable Ukrainian legislation».
Along with these drawbacks the law does not provide sufficient accountability for the negative consequences caused by violations of building codes, standards, and regulations, which were committed in the process of design, review of projects and construction of objects of town planning. The document in question also did not take into consideration citizens’, communities’ and local councils’ rights pertaining to the process of planning documentation preparation.
In connection with this event, VKP’s Partner and Head of Real Estate and Construction Practice Oleg Alyoshin stressed: «Back in November of 2010 our firm’s experts that were called upon for the development of relevant legislation, used mass-media to express their critic of the final version of this law submitted for review to Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. We have identified around twenty problematic aspects, which if the law came into force would greatly complicate the civilized development of the industry and would push Ukraine further away from generally accepted European and world standards. Therefore, we are pleased that VKP experts’ voice, as well as other leading industry practitioners’ opinions, were heard and considered. We are hoping that this decision of the President of Ukraine will facilitate a revision of the said law’s provisions in the direction of harmonizing it with accepted international practice and the applicable Ukrainian legislation».