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Your selected location: Emsland

Which place to enter?

The location is used to determine the responsible office for the selected administrative service. In most cases you can enter your place of residence to find the competent authority. However, there are also cases in which a different location must be specified. Here are some examples:

Birth certificateYou want to get married and need a birth certificate. You live in Hanover, but you were born in Celle. You must therefore state your place of birth, i.e. Celle.

Business registrationYou would like to register a business in Braunschweig. Your place of residence is Hanover. You must therefore state the location of your future business, i.e. Braunschweig.

Apply for a building permitYou would like to build a house in Wunstorf and therefore apply for a building permit. Her place of residence is currently Hanover. You must indicate the place where the house is to be built. In this case it is Wunstorf.

Land use plan


If you want to know whether your property could be used as a building plot at all, you should take a look at the land use plan of the responsible authority.

The land use plan is the preparatory urban land-use plan (urban development framework plan) of the competent authority. It contains the urban development uses desired by the planning body and differentiated for the individual areas. For example, residential areas, commercial building areas, supply areas, areas for public use, traffic areas, green areas, forest areas and agricultural land.

The land-use plan does not have any direct legal effect vis-à-vis citizens. No legal claims, in particular the right to a building permit for a specific property, can be derived from his drawings and textual representations. However, it represents a binding programme for the administration and other authorities.

An indirect concern arises from the fact that development plans, which contain the legally binding determinations for all citizens, are to be developed from the representations of the land use plan.

In addition, citizens are indirectly affected by approvals of projects in the "outdoor area" pursuant to § 35 of the Building Code (BauGB), because representations of the land use plan contradicting the construction projects would have to be countered as "impairment of public interests".

In order to ensure planning security, a period of validity of 10 to 15 years for the land use plan should be sought.

Who should I contact?

The responsibility lies with the municipality, the Joint Community and the city. The district is involved as a body responsible for public interests. It is also the competent approval authority for the land use plan.

Responsible authorities


Landkreis Emsland - Fachbereich Hochbau
Address: Ordeniederung 1 , 49716 Meppen
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Postal address: Post Office Box 15 62 , 49705 Meppen
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Telephone: 05931 44-0
Transport Connection:
Station Haltestelle Kreishaus
Bus: 993
Building Access
elevator available, wheelchair-accessible

Contact

Ulrike Otten
Telephone: 05931 44-1527
Room:
B 527
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Which documents are required?

No documents are required.

What are the fees?

There are no fees.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

There are no deadlines to be observed.

Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)