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Technical Report on Urban Planning and Cadastral Compliance

The Technical Report on Urban Planning and Cadastral Compliance is a document used in the real estate field to verify the correspondence between the actual state of a property and the official data contained in the cadastral and urban planning registers of the Municipality.

This report is currently mandatory in the case of a sale in some Italian regions.
Also in Liguria it will be required by all Notaries starting from May 2025.

Purpose of the Technical Report

The main purpose of the report is to verify that the property is compliant from an urban planning and cadastral perspective, avoiding legal or bureaucratic problems and guaranteeing both Parties.

In particular, the report verifies:

• Urban planning compliance, in other words the correspondence between the property and the building permits issued by the Municipality (concessions, building permits, DIA, SCIA, etc.).
• Cadastral compliance, that is the correspondence between the actual state of the property and the plans and cadastral documents with the Land Registry.

Contents of the Report

A technical report on urban planning and cadastral compliance must contain:

• Identification data of the property (address, cadastral information, subaltern, etc.)
• Data of the owner or owners
• Data of the technician who draws up the report
• Examination of the urban planning documentation: all building permits issued by the Municipality for the property in question, any certificates of habitability, intended use, restrictions, etc.
• Verification of urban planning compliance: the property must comply with the titles issued, any discrepancies will also be reported with the possible solutions to make it compliant.
• Examination of the cadastral documentation: historical cadastral survey, cadastral plan.
• Verification between the current state of the property and the cadastral documents including any discrepancies and update methods.
• Conclusions: if everything is in order, compliance and therefore free sale of the property.

Importance of the Report

The technical report of urban planning and cadastral compliance is for the protection of both buyers and sellers. In fact, it guarantees that the property is regular, avoiding legal problems or future surprises. In the absence of this, the seller should guarantee the property’s compliance by assuming the responsibilities.

Who Can Draw Up the Report

The report must be drawn up by a qualified technician, such as a surveyor, an architect or an engineer, registered in the professional register.

The technician must access the documents at the Municipality, that is, collect from the Municipality all the building permits that have been issued in the history of the property, then carry out an inspection, analyze the available documentation and certify compliance or report any irregularities.

Conclusions

The Technical Report of Urban Planning and Cadastral Compliance is a key document for the regularity of a property.

Drawing it up carefully avoids legal problems, guarantees transparency in the sale and protects the interests of all parties involved. Relying on a qualified technician is the first step to ensure that the property complies with current regulations.

We at Casa con Vista ask all sellers, upon receipt of the mandate to sell, to appoint a qualified technician to promptly access the documents, given that it can take more than a month, so that he is ready to draw up the compliance report at the time of the deed. This is to avoid proposing a property that is not saleable, avoiding disappointment for the buyer and possible legal problems for the seller. For this reason too, it is important to contact a professional real estate agency that can best advise the seller on all aspects related to the sale.