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PerOla

Per-Ola Olsson

Researcher

PerOla

Investigating building permit processes across Europe: characteristics and patterns

Author

  • Judith Fauth
  • Peter Nørkjær Gade
  • Stefanie Kaiser
  • Kavita Raj
  • Jonas Goul Pedersen
  • Per-Ola Olsson
  • Nicholas Nisbet
  • Silvia Mastrolembo Ventura
  • Antero Hirvensalo
  • José Granja
  • Harald Urban
  • Snežana Rutešić
  • Ruben Verstraeten
  • Christopher-Robin Raitviir
  • Anna-Riitta Kallinen
  • Christian Schranz
  • Trajche Stojanov
  • Jernej Tekavec
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Summary, in English

Building permit processes serve as crucial gatekeepers for urban development, regulating compliance with building codes, land use policies, and safety and environmental standards. However, their complexity can lead to inefficiencies and hinder economic growth. While existing studies have made significant contributions to building permit process research, they often focus on individual countries or specific aspects, leaving a gap in comprehensive comparative analysis. Characteristics, and patterns of building permit processes vary widely across jurisdictions due to legal, cultural, technological, and institutional factors which makes a comparative analysis of these variations beneficial. To address the lack of building permit process studies, our research focusses on from an extensive comparative study of building permit processes in 17 European countries. Through semi-structured interviews and process diagrams, we investigate the differences and provide a comparative overview summarizing key characteristics. The findings have the potential to be used by policy makers and practice to better understand and compare the evolution of building permit systems in a broad international context. By bridging research gaps and providing a comprehensive view of these processes, we contribute to the awareness of the diversity of the processes and to fostering greater understanding of building permit processes.

Department/s

  • Dept of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science
  • BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate
  • eSSENCE: The e-Science Collaboration

Publishing year

2024-09-17

Language

English

Publication/Series

Building Research & Information

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Topic

  • Civil Engineering
  • Physical Geography

Keywords

  • Building permit
  • process modelling
  • European countries
  • process comparison

Status

Epub

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0961-3218