Plot adjustment and compensation acts: plots in town plans under the 1923 decree
In areas with an older town plan, approved under the 1923 decree rather than Law 1337/1983, irregular plots and streets are settled through two acts: plot adjustment and compensation apportionment.
Which properties they concern
Plot adjustment acts (πράξεις τακτοποίησης) and compensation apportionment acts (πράξεις αναλογισμού) belong to the town-planning system of the Legislative Decree of 17.7.1923, under which most older street plans were approved, before Law 1337/1983. There is no land or cash contribution as in the implementation act: plots are fitted to the plan through adjustment, and roads and squares are acquired through expropriation and apportionment. The provisions are now in the Spatial and Urban Planning Code (Law 5306/2026, Articles 146–160).
For areas that entered the plan under Law 1337/1983 or later, see the implementation act.
Plot adjustment and annexation act
Adjustment changes the position, shape or size of a plot so that it can be used and built on in line with the plan. Through annexation (προσκύρωση), an undersized remnant is compulsorily joined to the neighbouring plot. Before the act, the owners have one month to reach an agreement between themselves.
The act is drawn up by the competent service, on the application of those concerned or of its own motion, and shows on a cadastral diagram all the properties that change and how they change. Compensation for annexed parts is paid by the owners who benefit, and the amount is set by the courts under the Code of Compulsory Expropriations.
Compensation apportionment act
The public spaces of the plan, such as roads and squares, are expropriated. The compensation apportionment act shows on a cadastral diagram the properties to be expropriated and apportions the compensation between those liable, that is, the properties that benefit. As a rule, plot adjustment comes first; in special cases a joint adjustment and apportionment act is drawn up. The amount of compensation is not set by the surveyor: those entitled apply to the court under the procedure of the Code of Compulsory Expropriations.
Display, objections and ratification
The act is put on display and the owners are invited to review it. They can file objections within the deadline of the invitation. The Regional Governor decides, ratifying or annulling the act. After ratification, ownership disputes do not change the act; they become claims for compensation. That is why the display period is the critical moment to check your property.
What the surveying engineer does
- Surveys the plots of the city block and the street lines in GGRS87 (ΕΓΣΑ87)
- Matches each property with its title deeds
- Calculates the parts annexed or taken for roads and the areas of those liable
- Draws up the cadastral diagram and the tables of the act
What you need / steps
- Your title deeds and the KAEK (the 12-digit cadastral code), if the property has been mapped by the Cadastre
- The approved street plan of the area and any earlier act
- A survey of the plot and the neighbouring plots
- Preparation of the file and submission to the competent service
What we do
For plot adjustment and compensation apportionment acts we prepare the complete file and submit it to the Building Service (town-planning office) of the municipality where the property lies.
If your plot is undersized because of the plan, or part of it is taken for a road, send us the location and title deeds and we will tell you which act is needed. See our topographic survey work.