Telephone construction inquiry rejected

a Tuscany-style construction 1 1/2 stories

How am I supposed to imagine that?

We are therefore wondering why we received a rejection and a few houses down the road a permit was granted. How is that possible?

I can imagine two reasons for that: on the one hand, that the development plan was changed in the meantime; and on the other hand, that they were lucky with the plot and the terrain profile provided a more favorable reference point for the eave height.

If neither is the case, you have good chances based on the principle of discretion-binding: under the same conditions (and only then!) the Müller must also be granted what has already been granted to Meier - even if it is an exception in both cases. Conversely, this also means that communities that do not want to repeat an exception will change the basis afterward.

On what grounds should a preliminary building inquiry by phone be rejected? - a grumpy information is not a rejection notice.

hmm that's not quite right. If there was a mistake with the permit at the neighbor's place back then, the OP unfortunately has no right to a permit. I would hire the architect.. If he is good, he will come up with something. An application for exemption can also be submitted etc. And, as correctly pointed out, a telephone inquiry is initially nothing at all

Hold the question of to what extent money is being thrown out the window here. I don’t know how it works elsewhere. For us, the preliminary building inquiry was very detailed and had to include all the documents of the subsequent building application. If it had been rejected, that would have been a few thousand euros wasted. So if I already know that it is not wanted, I wouldn’t have a written inquiry prepared. But with us, it was no problem to talk to the people. We learned a lot beforehand by having an appointment at the building authority. Often you can tell how they are about it and what is possible.

Illegal constructions of neighbors must not be built by oneself. After a rejected preliminary building inquiry, building such an illegal construction oneself would be foolish - demolition would then be required. I would first find out whether the said house was approved based on your development plan. Otherwise: the development plan applies - one knows it before buying the property. Complaining now is strange,...

How am I supposed to imagine that?

That would interest me as well. And additionally, why 4.50m eaves height for a full storey is not sufficient.

On what basis can one reject a preliminary telephone building inquiry?

And what exactly is a preliminary telephone building inquiry?

We would have been satisfied with the rejection

Then you should do that. It saves a lot of nerves, which you will probably need more during the construction phase.

Let an architect take a look - then a professional building application will also become a desired building permit!

Best regards, Yvonne