Influence of the neighbor in building permit

The aforementioned position will refer to construction projects where there is no development plan. Neighbors are sometimes consulted before Mr. Universum wants to place his skyscraper next to a bungalow.

If you do not comply exactly with the building regulations, it becomes a normal building permit procedure. Then the neighbors must be informed, as they can theoretically object to an issued building permit.

This statement is not correct. A building permit can also be sought without deviations from the building regulations or development plan.

The difference between the exemption procedure and a "real" building permit is therefore not whether the neighbor (all neighbors) have to agree or not.

This difference only refers to whether the architect/building owner takes responsibility for compliance or whether the authority checks it.

We built with a building permit, even violated the development plan in several points, but did not have to ask any neighbors; they were not even informed, neither by the authority nor by us, because these points did not affect any neighbor.

There is no development plan with us, according to §34. But if there is an urban villa diagonally opposite and it was apparently approved, then ours also fits into the local scene. That is what I was told, that they look at how the nearby surroundings look and use that as a reference point.

I wrote:

here in Bavaria it is like this:

NRW is not the same as Bavaria...

As I said, here the neighbors are informed and also made aware of their objection options as soon as it becomes a building permit procedure.

Correct.

If there is only FD around, a truncated hip roof could become difficult, and vice versa.

The aforementioned passage will refer to construction projects where there is no development plan. Neighbors are sometimes asked before Mr. Universe wants to put his high-rise next to a bungalow.

But if a city villa stands two houses down and all setback areas are observed, then he can't do anything either. Unless the neighbor wants to play "Mr. Universe"...