The article presents a judicial interpretation of the regulations of the Building Law, the Act on Housing Cooperatives and the Act on Ownership of Premises, defining the legal status of a housing cooperative and its members in the construction process. The evolving
position of the Supreme Administrative Court in this respect shows that: 1) The applicable regulations limit the individual procedural rights of members of housing cooperatives that
are owners of residential premises, which are assigned to a housing cooperative representing the interests of owners in proceedings for a building permit. 2) Participation of members of a housing cooperative in the procedure for a building permit appearing as a party “next to” a housing cooperative is allowed in the event of a conflict of interest between the housing cooperative and its members. 3) Recognition of a member of a housing cooperative, who is the owner of residential premises, as a party to the building permit proceedings is not dependent on the violation of the legal interest of the member, but on demonstrating that
they have their own individual legal interest in the particular case.