Urban regeneration: what the risk assessment really decides
The risk assessment report is not paperwork. It sets the schedule and the cost of everything that follows.
Under Turkey’s Law 6306, bringing a building into the regeneration process does not begin with the owners agreeing, as most people assume. It begins with a risk assessment report prepared by a licensed body, and that report turns out to be the hardest document to change later.
The mistake we see most often is a report rushed through on a single unit rather than the whole structure. When the core sample count falls short, or an old soil survey is reused, the objection process kicks in and six months disappear.
Once the report is approved, formal notice to the owners begins. What matters here is that notice is served properly. An owner who cannot be reached at their registered address must be served by public announcement; skip that and the entire decision can be void at the agreement stage.
Our advice is not to rush the assessment. Check whether the licensed body has worked on comparable building stock, and ask to see the core sampling plan yourself. Two weeks spent here is worth six months later.