Under the umbrella of perfectly legitimate general interests (environmental protection, avoidance of urban agglomeration or protection of built heritage, for example), there are many situations in which local elected representatives and subordinate public officials, with responsibilities in urban planning or other related specialized fields, either unjustifiably refuse to respond to requests or to issue acts and opinions, impose opinions without any legal basis, or simply block the issuance of the final act.
Alin-Gabriel Oprea – Senior Associate – and Ștefan Călin – Associate – analyze in the article these (abusive) tendencies in public administration practice, pointing out that, in the administrative procedures for authorizing construction works, the competent public authorities should ensure a balance between the public interest in urban planning and property rights and the exercise of the prerogatives of the owner by building a construction.
