Building application paragraph 34 single-family house with granny flat

Hello,

I was hoping to get some information about paragraph 34 here.

We are currently planning a house with a granny flat. However, this house is larger than the houses on our side of the street. I have already been in contact with the lady from the building authority, and for her it is only the roof shape and ridge or eaves height that matter. Of course, the rest must also fit into the overall appearance, but we are not too far off there. On our side, there are only bungalows to the right and settlement houses from the 60s and 70s to the left. On the opposite side, however, there are already some newer and larger houses.

Our house would be 7.7m wide and 16.46m long, with a gable roof (40 to 45 degrees) and a maximum ridge height of 9m.

The bungalow to the right of us has about these dimensions, but it is a bungalow. The settlement houses are around 10m long, with only one about 12m to 13m.

Basically, we thought this was not so bad, but then a friendly consultant from a house building company came and saw problems everywhere. This of course made us extremely uncertain, especially because no major concerns had ever come up with other companies during the planning.

The plot itself is quite large, 1710sqm. The other plots next to us are rather smaller. Most of those with a settlement house have around 700sqm of land. The floor area ratio and plot ratio are definitely lower for us than there.

On the other side of the street, our project would certainly not be a problem; on our side, we have to hope.

Maybe there is someone here who has a bit of experience and knows how the authorities usually decide.

Best regards from the North

Christian

We have experience with §34. I can only give you one very important tip. Take a locally well-connected architect. For a general contractor, this is not suitable. The general contractor's draftsman wants quantity and simplicity. Roof shape actually has nothing to do with §34. Local customary development can mean many things. If it wouldn’t be a problem on the other side of the street, it’s not a problem on your side either... Our house is also larger than the neighboring houses, has a different roof shape, etc. We finally got it approved through urban development (creating and preserving spaces). We had many talks with the local authorities. There were also some discussions about the enclosure (separate building application).

Maybe there's someone here who has a bit of experience and knows roughly how the authorities decide.

Keyword: Bauvoranfrage

Bring a cadastral excerpt ... into the discussion, otherwise it's just groping in the dark.

And an aerial photo and an oblique aerial photo, if available.

saw problems everywhere

Which ones?

Maybe there is someone here who has a bit of experience

Yes.

and knows roughly how the authorities decide

No.

1710 sqm sounds like a lot. Show us your property with the location of the planned development.