Boat shelter

[minsi]

Can anyone tell me how the law stands regarding building a small harbour for housing a boat during the summer. We live a short walk away from the sea, but would very much like to build a little stone harbour to tie up our boat and protect it from the winds. Does anyone have rights to the sea in Croatia, or would it be argued that this is only a privilege for the locals?

[Carol]

the shoreline and the sea belong to the people. If you build this won't you be effectively making what is owned by everyone for use of only one person i.e. you?

We had a house for sale on Ciovo which the owners had built a little jetty for tying up their boat. For the first two years it was there but on the third summer it had been demolished because someone had reported it.

[crojoe]

not sure if it would work, but maybe a floating dock? I believe one can't build any structure in the water without local and regional permits, plus ok from locals. Actually, you can't build any structure up to 50 meters to the waters edge.

[Carol]

its 5 metres not 50! If it was 50 then the entire seafront would be one long demolition site! (and my 200 year old house would be coming down too!)

[crojoe]

ok, 5 meters not 50. Didn't really know the actual facts as haven't bought a sea front property yet.

[gramand]

January you are rightish. The new laws do permit development within, I thought 75 metres of the high tideline, but could be 70. Whatever is there already from 0 to 70/75metres will stay. I believe the new laws concern only property built since some time shortly after the end of the war so 1995+ a bit. If you have a 15 year old jetty / boat shelter it will be immune but you can't build one now.