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ARSHIN INVESTOR GUIDE · IN ENGLISH

Buying land in Bulgaria: establish what the site can support.

A plot's area and asking price do not establish that your project can be built. Start with the exact parcel, the intended use and written evidence for planning, access and infrastructure.

Start this acquisition brief

Use this as a starting checklist with your own advisers. Creating a brief does not commission a legal, technical or valuation review.

CHECK 01

Identify the land and your ownership route

Give your lawyer the buyer's citizenship or entity jurisdiction, the cadastral identifiers and the current land category. Land-specific eligibility must be assessed for the proposed transaction.

  • Match the seller's documents to every parcel included in the offer.
  • Record cadastral area, boundaries and any discrepancies requiring a survey.
  • Separate the cadastral parcel from the regulated plot description in planning documents.

CHECK 02

Confirm the planning position for the intended use

Treat a seller's description such as 'regulated' or 'development potential' as a claim to investigate. Ask a local planner or architect to identify the effective documents and the permissions your proposal still needs.

  • Collect the applicable general and detailed plans, relevant approvals and available design information.
  • Confirm proposed use, development parameters, access and site-specific constraints with your architect.
  • Separate current permissions from proposed amendments and the timetable needed to obtain them.

CHECK 03

Distinguish proximity from usable access and capacity

A road or utility line beside the site does not answer every legal or engineering question. Request evidence of the rights and capacity needed for your project.

  • Ask for the basis of legal road access, frontage and any easements.
  • Request written information about power, water and sewerage connections and capacity.
  • Identify off-site works, connection conditions, responsibility and potential programme effects.

CHECK 04

Make the unresolved checks part of the acquisition decision

Track the evidence, its source and the person responsible for each outstanding item. Discuss appropriate purchase conditions with your lawyer rather than treating missing evidence as a positive result.

  • Arrange appropriate boundary, ground-condition and site inspections.
  • Record missing ownership, planning and infrastructure evidence with a next action.
  • Include adviser costs, connection works, timing and contingency in the project brief.

UNDERSTAND THE LOCAL TERMS

Bulgarian property terms you may encounter

PI / ПИ
Pozemlen imot: a land parcel. Keep its cadastral identifier separate from planning references.
UPI / УПИ
Ureguliran pozemlen imot: a regulated land plot. Ask an architect to explain what the applicable plan allows for the specific site.
OUP / ОУП · PUP / ПУП
General development plan and detailed development plan. Obtain the relevant documents and confirm their effect with the municipality and your planner.

CHECKED 29 SEPTEMBER 2026

Official sources for your next checks

BEFORE YOU COMMIT

Questions about this acquisition

Does a cadastral map prove that I can build on a plot?

It identifies the property; it is not a completed planning assessment. Ask your architect or planner to review the applicable plans, intended use, permissions and site constraints.

Can Arshin confirm that a plot has no encumbrances?

No automated title or encumbrance check is currently provided. Store the documents supplied by your lawyer and record the scope, date and outstanding questions in the evidence file.