See:

... the work your architect must submit drawings as built to the Appropriate Authority, if changes have been introduced, for the issue of a covering building permit.
https://www.streetdirectory.com/etoday/cyprus-apartment-for-...


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Also see:

Mar 31, 2015 - City covering building permit fee. Council unanimously agreed to donate $325 from Council Contingency to cover the building permit fee for the ...
https://www.e-know.ca/news/city-hall-briefs/

these plans, the company requested a covering building permit to allow for the construction of new buildings and the expansion of old structures within the.
http://www.moa.gov.cy/moa/environment/environmentnew.nsf/All...$file/MP20130460102.pdf?OpenElement


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This is also known as a ‘cover building permit’ or ‘cover permit’, see:

Jun 3, 2019 - ... building permit (cover building permit). Once the cover permits have been issued, the Municipality/District Office/Town Planning Department ...
https://www.legal500.com/guides/

In these situations, new applications have to be made for a revised Town Planning permit (Cover Permit) & a revised Building Permit (Cover Building Permit).
https://www.cyprus-property-buyers.com/law/planning.htm


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And:

That, is a new application for a town planning permit (called a cover permit) a new application for a new building permit (called a cover building permit) with the .
http://www.easterncyprus.com/archive/title-deeds-16529.htm

(cover permit) and a revised building permit (cover building permit). Once the cover permits have been issued, the Municipality/ District Office/ Town Planning ...
https://www.gzg.com.cy/media/filer_public/35/d7/35d78a78-6fd...