Garage is higher than in the building application.

Hello everyone,

In our building application, we have drawn the garage with a height of 2.68m (for whatever reason). The garage is properly located at the edge of the property on the area designated as GA in the development plan.

Are we allowed to make the garage 3m high without any problems, contrary to the building application, or must we adhere to the application? The construction is in Baden-Württemberg.

The question also arises because we are quite sure we will not place a garage there; a carport that is to be greened is planned. Therefore, we would like to make use of the maximum allowed height.

Best regards

Well, we of course cannot simply answer the question of what is allowed where you are. Here in Bavaria, boundary structures may not be higher than 3 meters, measured from the natural ground, otherwise setback areas must be observed. Whether this is the case where you are and whether the natural ground there was somewhat higher than your new garage floor / carport floor, I do not know.

The question is rather, am I allowed to have 3m even though we only submitted 2.68m in the building application? Assuming that the natural terrain is taken into account.

Attention layman's opinion: If a building application for the garage is necessary, then a new application is only required for the garage. If the area or volume of the garage is still possible without a procedure, then simply build without a procedure....

For things like small changes, there is, for example, the [Baunachtrag] in NDS. It costs a fraction of a building application and doesn’t take as long. Whether it is necessary, since 3 meters are generally allowed, I do not know.

I will clarify this with the architect and then share my knowledge here...