Łódź with the shortest waiting time for building permits

Łódź and Wrocław are the most developer-friendly cities when it comes to the time necessary to receive a building permit for a multi-family residential project. In both these cities developers receive the permit within the statutory two month-period, according to a report by Polish Developers’ Association. In the remaining 12 cities included in the study companies have to wait longer for their projects to be greenlit, due to various procedural obstacles. Białystok in north-eastern Poland came third in the ranking, followed by Rzeszów, Gdynia, Olsztyn and Kielce. Meanwhile, Warsaw, the biggest residential market in Poland came in 12th only followed by Poznań and Lublin. In Warsaw, one out of ten permits was granted after over a year from being filed. Such delays increase the developers’ building cost, even up to 4-5 percent.