ThePrivate Building Office The Municipality of Brissago is responsible for the application of the regulations relating to private construction, site controls and environmental checks. It also deals with the instruction of practices for renovations or new constructions, providing technical and administrative support for the presentation of building projects. Owners, administrators and designers can contact this office to obtain information on planning constraints and municipal, cantonal and federal legal provisions on construction, thus ensuring compliance with current regulations.

The official surveyor The Municipality of Brissago, which is responsible for the preparation and management of the official map documents, is geom. Michele Martinoni (Andreotti & Partners SA, Locarno), who is appointed by the City Hall.

Services offered

• Advice on the application of spatial planning tools.
• Information on building regulations at municipal, cantonal and federal level.
• Publication of construction applications to the municipal register, to neighbouring municipalities or, if the land is outside the building area, to the Official Gazette.
• Provision, on request, of official plans and cadastral summaries.
• Assistance in filling in construction applications, notifications and practices related to the use of funds.
• Making construction applications or notifications available to the public during the publication period.
• Management and updating of the Municipal Index Register.
• Notice to the City Hall for the issue of housing permits for new or renovated buildings.
• Notification to the cantonal estimating office of the periodic lists of new or renovated buildings.