House construction development plan weekend house area

Doesn't matter. See, for example, Heilerbachtal, Emkum, and others.
The residents had to leave after decades, and the houses were worth nothing anymore. There are supreme court decisions regarding this.

Wow. That's interesting!
I just took a look at the Heilerbachtal area, also via Google Maps… you have to say: it apparently goes well for a long time and is tolerated - until someone overdoes it and paves half of their property.
I also wouldn't want to be in the shoes of the residents in Emkum.
But it's as you say: it's illegal, and as long as something is tolerated or not criticized, it doesn't mean it's legal.

Then one wonders why the plan has not been changed long ago

That is a good question. I think no one has come up with this idea yet and maybe some of the owners don't even know that their building is located in a weekend house area.

So it remains a sword of Damocles for them

Exactly, that is the problem.

For example, Heilerbachtal, Emkum, and others look like that.

Fundamentally similar, but I think completely different cases in terms of the framework conditions.

The prices paid for the plots are not exactly a bargain either, though. Overall, of course, I also doubt the project. But if we do it, then really only if all parameters and possibilities are thoroughly examined.

Without a changed development plan, the risk would be way too high for me as well. How many chances there are to achieve a change there? No clue.

Just submit a building inquiry as a primary residence with the neighborhood as the reason. Let's see what happens.

That’s a good question. I think no one has come up with this thought yet and maybe some of the owners don’t even know that their building is located in a weekend house area.

What, twenty clueless people? - you should talk to them. What about the acquaintances who offered you the plot: why did they do that, and what did they intend to do with it before?
By the way, studying the justification for the development plan could bring enlightenment as to why one side of the street has holiday homes and the opposite side permanent residences.

I know, bad timing, but our personal life situation doesn’t allow otherwise.

You should explain this motivating situation in more detail so that better ways can be shown to you. Considering plots with a catch or a downside means that the need and/or desperation must already be quite great.
By the way, the time is not bad at all; the misfortune is with those who wait too long. My motto "build now" is not without reason. After bark beetle, corona, and Putin, new adversities will occur for the construction boom to make owning a home "not cheaper." Start a thread with the completed questionnaire – then light will appear at the end of the tunnel ;-)

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Just submit a preliminary building application as a primary residence using the neighborhood as the reason. Let's see what happens.

That will definitely be rejected. They are quick with that.

What about the acquaintances who offered you the property: why did they do that, and what did they originally plan with it?

They inherited it years ago and just want to get rid of the properties.

By the way, you might gain insight by studying the justification for the development plan, why one side of the street is vacation homes and the opposite side is permanent residences.

That would need to be investigated. None of the documents I have include a justification.

You should elaborate on this motivating situation, then people can better show you possible ways. Considering properties with a catch or snag means the need and/or desperation must be quite great.

We want to move closer for my wife's sake to my care-dependent parents-in-law. They live on the other side of the street, and thus in the outer area. So basically around the corner, but not in the designated residential development because they had a farm decades ago. They also still have one hectare of farmland at the house. We have already tried to generate a building plot there. But as I said, it’s outer area and a landscape protection area.

If we want to move closer, we can only buy or build a weekend house. Building plots are only available at great distances and exorbitant prices. Unfortunately, still the case.