Information on the procedure for granting planning incentives for safe-protection spaces

The District Local Government Organisation of Larnaca informs citizens, property owners and construction and land-development professionals about the Special Scheme for Providing Planning Incentives to Strengthen the Population’s Protection in the Event of Disaster or Hostile Attack. To request assessment of a space, interested parties first obtain a consultation number from the competent Planning Authorities and submit a request to the Civil Defence Administration at [email protected]. Civil Defence may request clarifications or set conditions. Approved spaces are recorded in the population-protection programme.

The request must include a completed ED2 form, a copy of the Certificate of Registration of Immovable Property, an Official Cadastral Plan, a Site Plan, Architectural Plans, and a basement plan clearly showing the proposed protection space, its area, water-supply points and sanitary facilities.

The space must be in the building’s most resilient section, have at least 1–2 floors above it, not be on pilotis, and be a basement enclosed on three sides with concrete construction. The minimum is the entire basement, including parking areas, and at least 50 m². For spaces larger than 300 m², a second exit may be required in addition to the main basement entrance/exit. Construction materials must comply with the Streets and Buildings Regulation Law, and the space must meet Fire Service requirements. It must have at least one water tap and one sanitary facility (not required where it is objectively impossible to provide one in an existing approved building), avoid large openings and glass surfaces, and have natural and/or mechanical ventilation for continuous air renewal.