Urban Law

Urban Planning Law
1. Introduction
a. What is Urban Planning Law?
b. The general principles of the administrative activity.

2. The evolution of Urban Planning Law
a. From urban planning to territorial governance.
b. The regulation of the territory and the division of competencies between administrative entities.
c. The connection with Environmental, Cultural Heritage, and Landscape Law.

3. Planning
a. The relationship between planning and property.
b. The so-called 'conformation power' (potere di conformazione).
c. The different levels of the planning activity.
d. The approval of the municipal zoning plan and the safeguarding measures (misure di salvaguardia).

4. The implementation of the municipal zoning plan
a. The implementing plans.
b. The so-called 'consensual urban planning' and the relevant town planning agreements.

5. Infrastructure Programming and Public Debate
a. The rules for public construction.
b. The execution of public works.

6. Urban Regeneration
a. The interdisciplinarity of Urban Planning Law.
b. Land consumption.

7. Common Goods
a. Experiences of shared governance.

8. The "Milan Case"

Building Law
1. The construction activity
a. The sources of law.
b. The regulation under the Civil Code.
c. The regulation under the Presidential Decree No. 380/2001 (so-called "Testo Unico dell'Edilizia")

2. The regulation of building interventions
a. The categories of building works.
b. The building titles.
c. Exceptions.
d. The town planning charges.
e. The urbanization works.

3. Building abuses and the power of control over construction activity

4. The protection of third parties

5. The certificate of use and occupancy ("certificate di agibilità")