"A Precedent That Gives Hope": Concrete Cottages in an Old District of Tomsk Recognized as Unauthorized Construction
This decision was made yesterday in Tomsk Regional Court during the developer's appeal of the decision Oktyabrsky vessels, the journalist reported Olesya Butolina.
Four cottages in a designated cultural heritage site – a historic district "Swamp" — built illegally by the architect Oleg Leshchiner and Architectural StudioFollowing outrage from urban preservationists, the mayor's office filed a lawsuit against the developer. The reason is that new construction in "Bolot" is permitted, but with restrictions on materials. Construction can either be entirely made of wood, or one floor brick and the other wooden.
"The developer violated this important requirement, and, what's more, instead of the one building for which he received permission, he blew up four," — Butolina reminds.
The Oktyabrsky Court ordered the demolition of some of the buildings, but the landowner appealed to the regional court. The regional court upheld the Oktyabrsky Court's decision. It has now entered into force.
“I am very pleased with the regional court’s decision: this is, in essence, a precedent that gives hope that other illegal construction projects in accessible locations that violate regulations on materials will be stopped,” — the journalist comments. "And it's not just about violating regulations. For access points, in addition to boundaries, we need to develop a protected area and regulations for new construction."
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