Building inquiry - What should be considered? Tips and suggestions?

Hello everyone,

I was at the building authority today. The gentleman informed me that my project would not be easy to implement, but a preliminary building inquiry is certainly interesting.

Now my question: do you have any tips and recommendations on what I should definitely consider when applying.

A house is to be built in the second row, where actually no construction is planned. However, one could draw an imaginary line on the cadastral map so that another house could fit behind the currently existing house, as the neighbors have houses at about the same level. This way, the house to be built would not necessarily stand out.

I am grateful for any suggestions.

Attached is a section of the cadastral map.

Best regards

That is only possible with an architect. The distance to the existing building must be minimized, ergo someone must calculate the clearance distances and clarify the access route. Possibly also check the quality of the boundaries or have them recalculated - you want/must get the last centimeter out, ergo you have border development and/or clearance regulations to observe on all sides, therefore the planning basis should be flawless.

Best regards
Dirk Grafe

That is only possible with an architect. The distance to the existing building must be minimized, ergo someone has to calculate the clearance areas and clarify the access route. If applicable, also check the quality of the boundaries or have them recalculated – you want/must get the last centimeter out, ergo you have to observe boundary development and/or setback regulations on all sides, so the planning basis should be impeccable.

Best regards
Dirk Grafe

So the building preliminary inquiry will be more expensive than expected after all. I thought I could keep the costs low this way, even in case it doesn’t work out. Too bad..

The gentleman from the office gave me some tips.

- Building regulations remain unchanged, especially in the front
- Hardly any deviations from the rear building limit
- Several houses have been built in the second row on the street
- Submit photos

He gave me no hope at all for my idea to build at the back end of the property. That would completely break the pattern.
But he also looked at the whole street and noted that many houses have been built in the second row.

The plot is only 10 meters wide at that spot (if I am reading the map correctly?). So the house would require a challenging architecture if the setback distances are to be observed, right?

That is correct, 2.5 meters on each side to the property boundary, which must be observed. The house will have a length of 17-19 meters.

You can of course try that without an architect, but in my opinion that makes little sense in this situation.