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title: "Subdivision Approvals"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/licensing-and-regulatory-permits-en/subdivision-approvals-en"
field: "Licensing & Regulatory Permits"
description: "Plot division and merger under the detailed development plan. Conformity answer due within 5 working days. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-07-09"
updated: "2026-10-14"
publisher: "legal.ge"
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# Subdivision Approvals

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## Division and Merger of Land Plots under the Code

If you are looking into "subdivision approval", start from the proper legal concept: the Spatial Planning, Architecture and Construction Code of Georgia regulates the division of construction land plots and the merger of construction plots through the norms of its development-regulation chapter — there is no separate "subdivision approval" procedure in the Code. This page describes those norms: when a plot may be divided or merged, which requirements apply and which document creates the legal basis.

The anchor point is that the basic basis of a plot's development regulation is the detailed development plan. On a plot located within the area of effect of that plan, construction is allowed in accordance with the plan, and the detailed development plan is the basic basis for issuing a construction permit. Other cases not covered by this rule are regulated by the respective norms of the Code and by the Basic Provisions.

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### Which document is the basis of a plot's development regulation?

The basic basis is the detailed development plan. Within its area of effect, construction is allowed in accordance with the plan, and the plan is the basic basis for issuing a construction permit. Other cases are regulated by the Code's respective norms and the Basic Provisions.

### How is a plot's conformity determined?

An interested person applies to the authorized organ, which must provide the information within 5 working days. If no information is given, the question is examined at the construction-notification consideration stage or at Stage I of the permit.

### Can a plot with a building be divided?

Yes — the Code allows division and merger where a building is placed on the plot, but the requirements on the detailed-plan area, conformity and infrastructure must then be taken into account. Development of an unsuitable plot, including division or merger, takes place on condition of reducing the non-conformity.

### What is required for road access?

In a city, new construction or parameter-increasing reconstruction is allowed only with an access road — including through a servitude. On state or municipal land the necessary road and servitude are established by administrative-legal act; on private land the Civil Code applies.