Claims for excessive delay in processing the building permit

Hello everyone,
we had to wait 5 months for our building permit. According to the state building regulations of BaWü, this should only take a maximum of 3 months. Even the first date given as an estimate was already too long at 4 months. This was then delayed by another month. When constantly following up, we were only given reassurances. There were also trivial excuses like "Mr. XY was on vacation for 3 weeks and has to catch up first." That's the kind of work you do at the office. In the industry, you plan with a representative! I now have the problem that my construction start is delayed so much that it goes into the winter, and therefore it can only start in March 2018. If you calculate that, I have additional rental costs for about 5-7 months more. Can't you complain about that? Does anyone have experience? This can't be the way things are!

During the approval process, you could have filed an action for failure to act with the administrative court.

Now you can sue for damages before a civil court. But I doubt that this has any chance of success.

Mr. XY is also not to blame for not having a representative. This has nothing to do with "working at the office." This statement is presumptuous.

Mr. XY is also not to blame for not having a representative. That has nothing to do with "working at the office." This statement is presumptuous.

This has nothing to do with the topic now, but that is very true. No one wants to employ even one extra civil servant, and their numbers are decreasing. But then people are surprised when it takes longer at the office... Usually, there is no or insufficient representation here, but that is not Mr. XY's fault, rather the citizens' themselves, who do not want expensive administration.

This has nothing to do with the topic, but that is very true. Nobody likes to employ even one civil servant too many, and there are fewer and fewer of them. But then people wonder why it takes longer at the office... Here there is usually no or an insufficient substitute, but that is not due to Mr. XY, rather to the citizens themselves, who do not want expensive administration.

Rarely have I read such nonsense. As a citizen, I have no influence at all on whether civil servants and/or employees are hired in the administration. The planning is still done at the state/district/city level. Their goal is to save save save.

Did I impose on the municipalities as a citizen that they should save? Hardly!

Grade F

Would, could, if only... Do you really want compensation or just to vent? If really, go to a lawyer who will check and tell you if and how something works. Karsten

As a citizen, did I impose on the municipalities that they should save?

You as an individual citizen did not, but the citizens as a whole did, by electing the political representatives who advocate the black zero. Nevertheless, there are legal obligations that authorities must adhere to. This also includes adequate staffing with specialists. If the violation of this regulation leads to breaches of other paragraphs that cause damage to third parties, the authority is to be held responsible. In the present case, it should first be checked whether the deadlines were actually exceeded and, if so, who is responsible. Were the construction documents complete? Did the involved parties submit their statements on time?

additional rental costs approx. 5-7 months more

So it’s about roughly 5k? Since you now have your approval, the risk of a lawsuit would be too high for me. However, to stop the nagging about a potentially missed compensation, I recommend consulting an experienced specialist lawyer.