Construction application costs only 40 euros due to exemption application?

Yes, I took a look there once. But there are certainly other things involved, especially since it was handled through a third party. The soil survey for over 4k fits with that as well. The pure fees in Saxony can be easily recalculated using the construction plans and will probably be around 500€ for the house there.

Yes, I took a look there once. But there are certainly other things involved, especially since it went through a third party. The soil report for over 4k fits that as well. The pure fees can easily be recalculated in Saxony with the building plans and will probably be in the region of 500€ for the house there.

Aha. Thanks for your answer. We really thought it was because of the expensive "pavement" Leipzig.

05.02.2013 SABA: Building application & building notification EUR 10,297.70
These are the professional fees for the planners (I assume)
and this
25.03.2013 City of Leipzig: Exemption from approval completeness check & receipt confirmation (100.00), expenses (2.19), request for additional construction documents for 5mm (30.00) EUR 132.19
the fees for the exemption from approval. Therefore, no approval procedure was carried out here, so the designation "Building application & building notification" in the first item must be "Submission in the exemption from approval".

An official site plan is also part of the exemption, at least here in NRW. It includes or calculates heights and setback areas. If someone builds into the setback areas, regardless of whether it is an exemption or not, one must probably expect a shutdown

They only result from your house height... the higher, the further away. With 3 meters, it is usually not enough if the 2 full floors are exceeded.

They only result from your building height... the higher, the further away. With 3 meters, it’s usually not enough when more than 2 full stories are exceeded.

Building height - average ground level * 0.4 = distance to the boundary. At least in our case, this formula is always less than 3m, so the minimum distance of 3 meters applies. Two full stories with attic / flat roof.

But I just wanted to point out that distance calculations are part of the exemption application, i.e., they also exist there. If someone then accidentally or intentionally builds into the distance areas bypassing the site plan, this happens regardless of the type of application for the construction project. And that carries the severest penalty.

If someone then builds past the site plan into the setback areas, they do so either by accident or intentionally, regardless of the type of application for the construction project. And that carries the maximum penalty

...or the caseworker (or whoever) doesn’t know that the distances are calculated from the heights above the natural ground level (or reference level, if given). Our esteemed neighbor or his premium architect once piled up a smooth 1.6m and then “calculated” from there. Of course, nobody noticed, only the affected neighbors. It’s already “confidence-building” when neither the municipality nor the building authority / district office are familiar with these “details” (the guy from the district office had to have it explained to him later in the plans *facepalm*) having to be pointed out by a layperson...
As far as the penalty is concerned, I’m totally with you [emoji6]