The definition of Building Factor Reception Zones begins

By Decision of the Minister of Environment and Energy, Costas Skrekas, and the Deputy Minister of Spatial Planning and Urban Environment, Nikos Tagaras, the definition of the Reception Zones (ZYS) enters the implementation trajectory, a very important urban reform that the Environment has included. in the “Konstantinos Doxiadis” Urban Reform Program, with a budget of € 8,085 million, funded by the Recovery and Sustainability Fund.

In particular, the Ministry of Environment and Energy, as the master of the studies of the programs for the determination of the ZYS, prepares and approves the relevant studies and appoints the Contracting Authority and their Implementing Body the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE), which will proceed with the tender process. .

Benefits for the Environment, the “cohesive city”, the utilization of preserved and the creation of common areas

ZYS are the Zones where it will be allowed to carry out the Transfer of the Building Factor (MDP) to beneficial properties, in specific areas within the urban space (within approved street plans, within Local Urban Plans, General Urban Plans, approved regulatory plans, approved residential plans). etc.), as well as outside the historic centers of cities, boundaries of historical sites, traditional settlements, archaeological sites or areas in which special building conditions have been imposed. Through the Reception Zones Building factor will be made possible:

– Utilization of the excess building factor available to the owners of the listed buildings

– The creation of common areas in densely populated cities at low cost

– The release of the owners of expropriated plots or plots of land that are subject to restrictions due to their special characteristics (eg historic centers), as well as in the end

– The strengthening of the construction activity.

ZYS are essentially the areas in which the possibility of increasing the construction will be given, after a Strategic Environmental Assessment and under specific conditions such as e.g. the existence of important networks of infrastructure, highways, the development of motorway networks, the connection with the means of fixed orbit. Larger buildings can be constructed in them or the uses and activities can be intensified. For example, the aforementioned intervention can be achieved in organized receptions, such as industrial and business parks.

The definition and operation of ZYS is a very environmentally friendly urban tool as it saves valuable resources in networks and infrastructure, because it strengthens the construction in the existing built environment and achieves the principle of a cohesive city.

In particular, the Ministry of Environment and Energy, as the master of the studies of the programs for the determination of the ZYS, prepares and approves the relevant studies and appoints the Contracting Authority and their Implementing Body the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE), which will proceed with the tender process. .

The ZYS are inextricably linked to the Digital Earth Bank

At the same time, with the determination of ZYS and the activation of the Transfer of the Building Factor, a big pending is faced, that of the utilization of the titles held by the beneficiaries – owners of the listed buildings, as they will be able to exploit the rest of the building factor they have through Land Bank.

It is becoming clear that the ZYS and the Digital Earth Bank are an inextricably linked process. The Digital Earth Bank is setting up a simple mechanism to enable the transfer of the building factor from offer properties to building properties receiving the building factor, but in order to start depositing building factor titles, the ZYS must be defined.

The Deputy Minister of Spatial Planning and Urban Environment, Nikos Tagaras, stated:

“Through the Reception Zones of the Building Factor, urban objectives are strengthened, such as the intensity of the density and the strengthening of the cohesive city, which is interwoven with the restriction of urban diffusion.

After all, modern urban planning – especially due to the climate crisis – proposes the sustainability of the city, with the saving of resources, with the best environmental management, taking as a principle that the infrastructure should serve larger groups of the population.

At the same time, the Building Factor Reception Zones are coming to solve a chronic problem, that of the utilization of securities owned by the owners of listed buildings, in order to activate the Earth Bank, to obtain the necessary resources for the maintenance and repair of their buildings.

The benefits of defining and operating Building Factor Reception Zones are manifold. And financially and mainly environmentally! “.

On his part, the president of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE), George Stasinos stated:

“The building factor reception zone program is a critical factor for the completion of the country’s urban planning. It is necessary to end once and for all with a complex technical and constitutional issue that has occupied the State for decades. To finally release property rights To help in practice the restoration of conservation throughout the country To contribute to more green in our cities To finally move the institution of the Earth Bank.

I remind you that my proposal was the introduction of the Digital Earth Bank that was legislated 2 years ago and a necessary condition for its operation is to determine the Reception Zones of the Building Factor. That is why we are particularly pleased that the TEE is undertaking the implementation of a critical project that will allow the creation of a new market of building rights with proper planning and protection of the environment in our cities. We believe that along with all the urban planning projects, we will complete this goal of the State in time and successfully “.