Hello,
I'll get myself some coffee and popcorn; RA and surveyor with opposing solution approaches... this should be educational
Rhenish greetings
There are only differences in implementation.
The variant favored by noki, a mandatory registration of the encumbrance, is only possible if a concrete construction project is also applied for. No construction project - no encumbrance. Which is only logical - if no one builds, no protective wall is needed and therefore no access for maintenance. One could also file the building application for the protective wall, which would have the same effect; at the latest then encumbrances would have to be registered. Only... how is the city supposed to accept the building application for a protective wall if allegedly no building applications can be accepted? That is illogical. Building applications for which encumbrances are required but not registered are rejected in Germany with a fee, in writing, and with a deadline. For that, however, they must logically be accepted. The written rejection can then be appealed.
This constellation, where the cat bites its tail, also occurs with encumbrances in another form but can be solved. The city has to cooperate, and for whatever reason, they seem unwilling here, although they have the corresponding possibilities.
How to get the city finally moving does not really matter. In my opinion, there are plenty of possibilities here.
Unfavorable for the builder is only the fact that a construction project requiring encumbrances is basically _not_ approvable in the simplified approval procedure. Encumbrances inevitably trigger a "regular" building application, but this must also be checked in the simplified approval procedure and then requested by the municipality. According to the builder’s statement, this has not happened; therefore, I would be really interested in what an administrative judge would say about the fact that about 9 months ago a building application in the simplified approval procedure was submitted to the municipality and has been lying untreated in the stack ever since. In my opinion, the municipality cannot just talk its way out of this with a quick phone call.
Best regards
Dirk Grafe