According to the law, the building permit is automatically granted if

Good day,

has anyone also had a bad experience with the Bauamt Hamburg Wandsbek?
The objection period for the building permit expired three weeks ago, and no one at the authority can be reached by phone or in writing.

According to the law, the building permit is automatically granted if the authority does not respond within the deadline.

Could someone possibly help with what can be done now?

Thank you very much.

As you write, once you have the official [Eingangsschreiben] + deadline, you can start building. I would just stop by, it's nothing new that authorities only answer the phone at certain times.

At our place, the objection period for the building permit expired three weeks ago.
Thank you.

Hello Klaus1212

how am I supposed to understand that? Something like this: The authority has granted you the building permit and no one filed an objection? Then you can build.
Or like this: You have applied for the building permit and the authority has not yet responded? There are no mandatory deadlines, only target deadlines.

Steven

Or like this: You have submitted the building permit application and the authority has not yet responded? There are no actual deadlines, only target deadlines.

In Hamburg, the processing time for simplified building permit procedures is limited to one or two months depending on the building. If the authority does not make a decision by then, the application is considered approved (approval fiction).

In NRW there is something similar, the exemption procedure. This also has a one-month deadline. If the authority remains silent for one month from the receipt of the documents, the matter is settled. However, the exemption procedure does not end with a building permit, but simply with the waiver of a building permit procedure. Then a week is needed for the construction start notification, the neighbors are informed about the construction project in parallel, and then construction can begin.

Hello Alex85

this is completely new to me. So far, I have only read that a building permit SHOULD be decided within 6 weeks. But nobody cares about that. I am not aware of any automatic building permit after the deadline expires.
Can you tell me where I can read about that?

Steven

In the corresponding building regulations, it is the same in Saxony, deadline 3 months.