Duration until the issuance of the building permit in BW

Can someone explain to me why the city wants to delay as in post #39? What are the reasons for that?

Gaining time to process the still waiting builders... it all results from a lack of personnel.

The rule exists in a similar form here as well, but as our architect told me, this deadline is regularly extended with questionable reasons. It is also sufficient to request additional documents, which then restarts the deadline. Honestly, no one actually initiates legal proceedings, which would take even more time. So it is rather a toothless tiger...

Is there a good reason why the additional requests come one after the other? With us, there were 4 different additional requests. They could just request everything at once. Or is that really due to the extension of the 3-month deadline?

Is there a good reason why the additional demands come one after the other? We had 4 different additional demands. They could just request everything at once.

Often not. Unfortunately, the external parties involved (forestry office due to tree fall limit, water association due to former well, nature conservation due to breeding rock mouse and so on) do not coordinate. The caseworker in the building authority is just as unhappy as you when they all come one by one with their objections and inquiries.

I was told that the different ones are actually requested one after the other. I could hardly believe it...

I was told that the different ones are indeed requested one after the other.

On the one hand, there are participants who say "njet," so there is no need to do any more work for the others; on the other hand, it would of course prolong everything to only ask the third after the second has responded. In practice, requests are therefore sometimes staggered—but rather two weeks after the first, all the others are contacted in one sweep.

So for us, it took exactly 4 months from submission to granting of the building permit in Baden-Württemberg. Presumably, it would have also been possible in three months if the city had not taken forever to write to the residents. However, since we knew that we did not have the most reliable processor on the city's side, we inquired at regular intervals.