The new ordinance, which the Ministry has released for public consultation, brings a series of reliefs for citizens, but also strict restrictions for campsites, including limiting the size of mobile homes to 40 square meters.
The Ministry of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets released on August 10, 2026, for public consultation a draft of the new Ordinance on buildings and works that do not require a building permit. The document brings significant changes for owners of family homes and auxiliary structures, and finally resolves the pressing status of mobile homes in campsites.
According to the draft, citizens will be able to renovate family homes up to 400 square meters with a maximum of two apartments, as well as auxiliary buildings up to 600 square meters not used for industrial purposes, without obtaining a building permit. However, this does not mean complete freedom to build, for these interventions, a main project that respects existing location conditions will be mandatory.
Although a permit will no longer be required, the new ordinance does not allow adding an extra floor or extending with new rooms beyond the existing building's footprint. Instead, owners will be able to change the facade, roof, or internal layout. All such works will require a construction notification and professional supervision, and the issuance of a new use permit is not foreseen.
For multi-apartment buildings, renovation without a building permit will be possible for changes in the internal layout, such as removing partition walls or installing new systems. As before, without a permit but with a project, it will be possible to install an elevator, set up an external steel fire escape, merge separate parts of a building into one unit, add a parapet up to 60 centimeters in height, and install roof dormers.
The most attention is drawn to the section of the ordinance that defines the status of mobile homes, i.e., single-story modular-prefabricated, movable units. In campsites, they may be placed without a building permit and without a main project, but exclusively in accordance with the conditions from the location permit on which the campsite obtained its use permit and operating license.
The draft limits the maximum area of a mobile home to 40 square meters and a height of 3.5 meters. Existing campsites will be able to place them in a belt 25 to 100 meters from the sea, but only if specified by the location permit and if the campsite meets a built-up degree of 40 percent. Future campsites will have to plan areas for mobile homes at a distance greater than 100 meters from the coast.
This ordinance completes a story that caused strong reactions in the tourism sector during the previous season. The then-proposed Law on Physical Planning defined mobile homes as buildings, which would mean the obligation to obtain a building permit and prepare a project, and prohibited the construction of any buildings in a belt of 100 meters from the sea. Additionally, it stipulated that the occupancy of campsites with mobile homes must not exceed 40 percent, while 30 percent of the area must remain green, and the remaining 30 percent for access roads and tent or camper sites.
The government has since abandoned the definition of mobile homes as buildings, but the restrictions on campsite built-up remain in force. It is important to note that mobile homes cannot be placed outside campsites, for any prefabricated structure intended for housing on private land, a building permit is still required.
The public consultation on the draft Ordinance lasts until September 3, 2026, and its final adoption is expected by the end of the year. A transition period of six months from the date of entry into force is foreseen, all works started during this period will be treated according to the old ordinance.
