Legal Distancing Between Buildings & Pavements Based on Construction Types

• 11 October 2021
• Local News
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By law, all constructions with access roads adjacent to expressways, national or provincial roads are required to spare distance from the construction to the pavement to a certain extent, depending on the size and type of construction.

According to the Road Law 2014, a spare distance between the buildings and the pavement is determined as follows:

1. Construction of buildings such as gas stations, car washes, garages or other similarly medium-crowded structures shall be built at least 15 metres away from the boundary line of the pavement.

2. Construction of commercial centres, stadiums, racecourses, theatres, hospitals, educational institutions, markets, or other crowded events must be built at least 50 metres away from the boundary line of the pavement.

In addition, for all landfilling or other works such as building the entrance road into houses, companies, or factories that share borders with pavements, the owner is required to ask for permission from the Road Management Authority.

The owner must also ask for permission for excavation, drilling works, billboard installation, or other business activities that may cause damage to the road body, pavements or land alongside the road.

Any construction that does not comply with the aforementioned regulation is subject to a fine from 100,000 to 1,000,000 riels along with a demolition order.

In case of ignoring the first warning, the owner is subject to 6 months to 2 years imprisonment and a fine from 1,000,000 to 4,000,000 riels.

However, for constructions built before May 2014 and before the law was imposed are legal even with spare property distancing.

On the other hand, construction alongside rural roads is determined by another sub-decree.

• Laws and Regulation