Boundary construction garden shed NRW

Hello everyone!

We are planning a garden shed (without windows etc., only for storing equipment and garden furniture). The red rectangle is supposed to roughly represent the garden shed. The plan is therefore a boundary development totaling about 6m.

In the textual regulation for our building area, only the following is written about garden sheds:

“Outside the buildable plot area, a building for storage purposes only, without living spaces, stables, toilets, fireplaces with up to 30 m³ enclosed volume per plot, is permitted as an ancillary facility. Ancillary facilities must be erected on the rear plot area (according to §§ 12 (6) and 14 (1) BauNVO”

So far so good.



Our house is the one with the red star, the red line is supposed to show where boundary development is already present due to our garage (a total of 10.70m approved by deviation permit).

The green area to the left of our house is a municipal green strip, the orange dashed line is a public footpath. The pink area is land belonging to the church (according to the plan areas for public needs, buildings and facilities serving church and ecclesiastical purposes).

I understand the building regulations as follows: we are only allowed to build the garden shed on the boundary if a total of 15m boundary development is not exceeded. Do I understand that correctly? And if so: is there a possibility to still have something like this approved by the building authority? In total, as mentioned, about 6m boundary development would be added here.

Or is the situation different here because the adjacent areas are public land and land for public needs and not private plots?

We would like to know the legal situation before waking sleeping dogs at the building authority.

a total of 10.70m approved by deviation notice

On what basis (easement, neighbor approval, or similar) was the deviation approved? In the case of easements, the secured length is not counted.

Or is it different here because the adjoining areas are public land and land for community use, and not private properties?

Yes, provided – and this is how I interpret your plan excerpt – that the municipal green strip is designated as public green space. This boundary is then not a neighbor boundary within the meaning of §6, paragraph 8, Building Code of NRW.

Our neighbor has agreed to the deviation. Do you mean that?

So from your point of view, no problem building the cabin like that? Or should it still be clarified with the building authority?

Do you think someone will show up and measure your garden shed? I think I would just build.

If you knew how crazy the Bauamt is here, you would also be "careful." People actually walk around to check if the plants that according to the development plan should be planted are also present. So yes: the fear is justified that this could be inspected. Before I tear down a little house for 2-3K EUR again, I simply inquire.

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