Service for people interested in building
All information and advice on the subject of planning and building, an overview of all permits, applications and notifications that may be required for a building project, as well as an overview of relevant funding opportunities have been summarised here for you.
The contact persons are listed in the corresponding services.
Information and advice
The specialist services of the Department of Urban Development and the Environment support those interested in building at a very early stage with various information and advice services:
- Building file archive - inspection
- Building communities - support & advice
- Advice for building owners - urban development, planning law
- Building land cadastre for housing
- Advice and information on building regulations
- Development plans in procedure - information and advice
- Development plans with legal force - information
- Advice and information on monument law
- Green and open spaces - advice on design
- Local image consulting
Authorisations, applications and notifications
Here you will find an overview of the permits, applications and notifications that may be required in connection with a building project.
- Demolition of buildings
- Certificate of Completeness
- Deviation from building and planning regulations
- Protection of species - demolition and renovation of buildings
- Building on a watercourse
- Building permit
- Building encumbrances
- Tree felling - approval
- Preliminary building permit
- Permission according to monument protection law
- District heating statutes - Application for exemption
- Exemption from approval - Building notification
- Subdivision of land
- Nature and landscape - application for interventions
- Redevelopment permit
- Protected areas - applying for building and other projects
- Parking space fee
- Solar plants - declaration of no objection
- Flooding area permits
Funding opportunities
There are numerous subsidy options for the construction or purchase of residential property as well as renovations and modernizations:
- Historic preservation - funding opportunities
- Energy consulting
- KfW subsidy programmes
- Modernisation of owner-occupied housing - funding
- Modernisation and refurbishment of rented flats - funding opportunities
- Tax certificate according to renovation law
- Building or buying new housing for owner-occupation