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Building

There is much to consider for future homeowners before the dream of their own home can become a reality. Here you will find information on the importance of land use and development plans for your building permit, information on the purchase of land and on financial aid and support programmes.

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There are 87 services for Building

Abandonment
An injunction is a declaration of agreement between the seller and the buyer of a property. Both must make this declaration of agreement while being present before a notary....
Aerial photography
You may have seen your place of residence and your house from a bird's-eye view. This view is an asset for most people. Or have you ever imagined the information content of an...
Application for entry in the list of architects (specialising in architecture)
The protected professional title "architect" may only be used by those who are entered under the designation in the list of architects of the Chamber of Architects of Lower...
Apply for funding for owner-occupied residential property
If you want to build, acquire or modernize a home/condominium, you can take advantage of housing subsidies if the prerequisites are met. The country in which you want to...
Approval of a target deviation from objectives of a regional spatial planning programme
Spatially significant planning and measures can sometimes not be pursued because they contradict the objectives of spatial planning. The approval of a target deviation can then...
Approval of a target deviation from the objectives of the Lower Saxony Regional Planning Programme
Spatially significant planning and measures can sometimes not be pursued because they contradict the objectives of spatial planning. The approval of a target deviation can then...
Boundary assessment
A boundary determination is required whenever the border boundary is unclear locally and/or boundary marks such as boundary stones (markings) are missing. Concrete reasons for...
Building file archive
Building files are created in connection with the processing and approval of building applications. A building file includes all documents and drawings which have been produced...
Building permit grant
The building permit is issued in writing if there are no public regulations to prevent the construction project. It may be possible to exempt people from the building permit...
Building permit grant inspection for neighbors
A construction project may have an impact on the neighbouring plots of the building plot. That is why the Building Code contains numerous provisions to protect neighbours.This...
Building permit granted in simplified building permit procedure
For some construction measures, a simplified building permit procedure according to Section 63 of the Lower Saxony Building Code (NBauO) has to be carried out, for special...
Building template permission
In the case of a building project subject to approval, the draftor (entitled to build/developer) bear a high responsibility. Both the building application and the building...
Certificate of Completion Issuance
Issuing a certificate stating that a Condominium or a partial property within the meaning of the Condominium Act (WEG)is sufficiently closed off from other apartments and...
Chimney sweep
The tasks of the authorized district chimney sweep range from the first acceptance of the construction or modification of combustion plants, to the execution of fireplace shows...
Commercial land municipal
Your town or municipality always offers commercial land for purchase. This is often a very inexpensive way for companies to realize long-term and sustainable projects.
Companies for the climate-friendly installation, maintenance and servicing of plants Certification
Your company wants to install, maintain, maintain, repair or decommission plants with fluorinated greenhouse gases, as well as check for tightness or recover the gases? Then you...
Compensation and replacement measures for nature conservation
The aim of nature conservation is to preserve nature and landscape on the basis of their own value and as a livelihood for human beings. As it becomes increasingly clear that...
Confirmation of development
A confirmation of development is required for notification of a building without permits. It certifies to the landowner that his land has been legally developed.
Construction child benefit
If you want to buy or build residential property for your family for your own needs, you can apply for a grant under certain conditions. The construction child benefit is aimed...
Construction child benefit permit
If you want to buy or build residential property for your family for your own needs, you can apply for a grant under certain conditions. The construction child benefit is aimed...
Construction loads: entry - in the construction load list
Construction loads: Building burdens are public-law obligations of landowners and landowners to do, tolerate or omission concerning their land, which do not already result from...
Construction of a small sewage treatment plant: display
The installation and substantial modification of a small sewage treatment plant, the components of which are generally approved for construction, shall be notified to the...
Construction planning
Building codes are the preparatory land use plan (covering the entire municipality) and the development plan developed from the land use plan and regulating individual...
Construction supervision
On behalf of the legislator, the competent authority supervises compliance with public building law. This results in the following tasks: Examining building applications and...
Contaminated land register: information
Contaminated sites are old deposits and sites which may or are to be expected to pose a risk to the environment, in particular to human health. These may include, for example,...
Cultural Monument: Change/Cancellation - Approval
A protected cultural monument may only be destroyed, broken, disassembled or eliminated, redesigned or otherwise changed in its stock, not only temporarily impaired in its...
Cultural Monument: Research/Excavation - Approval
Excavations for cultural monuments, salvageof cultural monuments from water bodies and earthworks at a site where cultural monuments are to be suspected in the ground require...
Cultural heritage
Cultural heritage is the totality of tangible and intangible cultural assets. It is a testimony of the human creative and creative power of historical, social, artistic,...
Cultural heritage promotion
The Cultural Heritage measure contributes to the preservation of cultural monuments for posterity. It creates identity and strengthens people's attachment to their region and...
Decomposition measurement
Decomposition measurement is the cadastral-technical division of a parcel into several independent parcels. This is always necessary if a separate sub-surface is to be...
Demolition display
The regulations of the Lower Saxony Building Code (NBauO) also apply to the removal of structural installations (demolition).With the exception of high-rise buildings or a...
Development contributions
In order to be able to use an area as a construction area, it must first be "developed". This includes the connection to water and energy supply networks, communication lines...
Discharge of waste water into public wastewater treatment plants: permit
A drainage permit is required for connection to and use of the public sewage treatment plant. The competent authority has laid down in its drainage statutes discharge...
Documents and copies: certification
In many areas of daily life, there is a need to have documents or copies, as well as copies or printouts of documents, certified. A prerequisite for the official certification...
Drilling according to Federal Mining Act
Drilling with drilling distances over 100 m must be notified to the competent authority in accordance with Section 127 of the Federal Mining Act (BBergG).
Earth-uping indicator for wells
If a borehole can affect the movement or nature of the groundwater, it must be reported to the competent authority. Further services on the topic of "drilling": Groundwater...
Energy consulting
Information and information on energy saving is provided by the competent body. It advises on a wide range of savings options for electricity, water and heating. The energy...
Environmental impact assessment
An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is required under the authorisation procedure for a large number of projects where significant environmental impacts are expected. These...
Environmental information on contaminated sites and areas suspected of being contaminated: information
The term "suspected contaminated areas" refers to areas where there is a suspicion of a load. Contaminated sites are, for example, set-aside deposits for municipal or commercial...
Execution permit for flying buildings: extension
The design permit for flying structures may be extended for a further five years upon request. The extension is granted in the test book.
Execution permit for flying buildings: grant
Flying structures are non-stationary structures that are repeatedly erected and dismantled. An execution permit is required before the first installation and use of flying...
Fee for drinking water supply: survey
The provision of services for the supply of drinking water to citizens or customers must cover costs. The respective supplier therefore charges a fee for the direct supply of...
Flood protection
In principle, the responsibility for flood protection lies with the competent body responsible for local community affairs, planning and security. River basin-related,...
GIS - Geographical Information System
A Geographical Information System (GIS) is used to digitally collect, store, organize and analyse spatial data and, in particular, to present this data graphically. Some of this...
Heating oil consumer system Display
The installation and operation of a fuel oil consumer system must be notified to the competent authority. To be available: the construction of underground storage facilities...
House number: Fixing
House numbers are issued by the competent authority on the basis of building applications, notifications of construction work or at the request of the owners. Street names and...
Housing Promotion of general rental housing
As the promoter of a new building of rental apartments in urban areas with the rent levels 3-6 and a municipal housing supply concept, in the case of modernization measures or...
Housing Promotion of rented housing for the elderly and people with disabilities
As the owner of a new building, extension or conversion of apartments, housing groups or shared flats for senior citizens, people with disabilities and people in need of help...
Housing promotion
State-sponsored housing is designed to help households provide adequate housing. According to the Lower Saxony Housing Promotion Act (NWoFG), the objectives of housing promotion...
Indicate the start of work as a test expert for safety-related systems and equipment
Anyone wishing to act for the first time as an audit expert or test expert for technical installations and facilities must notify the competent body in writing in advance.
Land Registry: Registration
The land register is used for legal traffic with land. In particular, the land registers record the ownership and private law burdens of land such as right-of-way, mortgages,...
Land owned by the country, real estate and property: sale/auction
Citizens and businesses can purchase land and real estate that the country no longer needs to carry out its tasks. In addition, the goods that the country is entitled to through...
Land use plan
If you want to know if your property could be used as a building plot at all, you should take a look at the land use plan of the competent authority. The land-use plan is the...
Land valuation
Independent, independent expert committees are set up to determine property values and other valuations. The main tasks of the expert committees are as...
Lower Saxony Regional Planning Programme (LROP)
Maps
In most or not, you will need a building permit to approve your construction project. For this purpose, a building application according to the requirements of the Lower Saxony...
Market value according to BauGB: Determination
The market value shall be determined at the request of the competent authority and presented in the form of an expert opinion. The market value is defined in Section 194 of the...
Monument preservation
With the European Year of Monument Protection in 1975, the general recognition has prevailed that the past can only have a future if the built testimonies are preserved. The...
Noise nuisance from neighbours
Trees and shrubs, distances and habits, sounds, cats, dogs and last but not least, of course, the children: there are many occasions when the neighboring community becomes a...
Notification of real estate transfer tax received
If you carry out a legal transaction that relates to a domestic property, it is subject to real estate transfer tax.
Permit for the extraction of mineral resources: grant of
Anyone wishing to extract mineral resources such as gravel, sand, marl, clay, clay, bog or stones needs a permit from the competent authority, provided that the area to be...
Permit-free construction work Announcement
The construction of certain buildings and other construction facilities in residential areas and industrial areas is possible in individual cases without planning permission and...
Plan approval
The planning approval is a formal administrative procedure for the binding regulatory determination of a plan. All public-law relations between the promoter of the project and...
Pre-construction enquiry and planning permission
Before submitting a building application, the client may, with a preliminary request for a building, submit information on individual questions which would have to be decided in...
Preservation of historical monuments
Ground monuments are movable or immovable objects that are testimonies, remains or traces of human culture (archaeological monuments) that are or were hidden in the ground.
Process-free construction work
Certain construction and parts of construction installations may be constructed, inserted or modified as procedural works without planning permission and without notification....
Project and development plan provide access
Anyone can view the project and development plan.
Property book: Creation - excerpt/information
Extracts from the property book are required for: descriptive information on the property such as size, location name or booking code The excerpt contains: Information...
Property map: Creation - excerpt/information
If you need a graphic and scale representation of your property, you must send an extract from the property map at the Regional Directorates of the State Office for...
Property tax assessment for real estate received
The property tax is a municipal tax that is levied on the property located on the municipal territory.
Provision of a service as a draft author Display after last notification
If one year has elapsed since the last notification and the draft author intends to continue to provide services, this must be reported to the competent authority.
Provision of a service as a draft author for the first time notification
In the case of temporary and occasional services, foreign nationals are entitled to a building template as a design author if they meet the requirements. The temporary and...
Regional planning, regional planning programme (RROP)
Resident certificate
Resident certificates are declarations by the municipality, the municipality and the city about a possible obligation to contribute to development or development services as...
Resident certificate issue
If you want to purchase a plot of land, you can obtain greater financial planning security with a resident certificate. The following levies or contributions may be...
Residential plots municipally
Your town or municipality always offers land for the construction of residential buildings. For families, this is often an inexpensive way to fulfill their desire for home. But...
Right of first refusal of the municipality Exercise
The municipal right of first refusal enables the municipality to acquire land for urban development purposes in order to influence its future structural and other use.
Rural road construction support
The rural road construction measure contributes to the development of agricultural and economic development potential. Multifunctionality makes it possible for the population to...
Signatures: Certification
The official certification of signatures is used for identity checks. The competent body may certify signatures if: the signed document is required for submission to a German...
Soil benchmark card - extract/information
The offices of the expert committees,which are set up by the regional directorates of the State Office for Geoinformation and Surveying of Lower Saxony, provide information to...
Topographic maps (official) - obtain/use
Everyone needs good maps - whether as a guide, leisure guide, planning or research basis. For Lower Saxony, the official topographical maps are produced by the State Office for...
Tourism promotion
The Tourism Measure contributes to the development of local to regional tourism development potential and thus to the preservation and improvement of the quality of life in...
Tree felling permit grant
The tree felling permit is issued by the competent authority. This also clarifies what needs to be considered when felling trees.
Urban competitions
Competitions such as "Our place should be more beautiful", "Day of Architecture", activities in village renewal or urban redevelopment contribute significantly to the quality of...
Village development promotion
Comprehensive village development planning with intensive citizen participation, the professional support of applicants and the promotion of investment projects are the tried...
Wastewater plants: Permit
Depending on the size and type of the plant, the construction, operation and significant changes of a wastewater treatment plant may be subject to a water permit or indirect...
Zoning
Before making more detailed plans on how to build a plot of land that you have purchased or want to acquire, you should clarify what is in the associated development plan. The...

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Church Resignation Declaration
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Apply for a change of tax brackets during marriage or civil partnership
Dog tax fixing
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Children's passport exhibition
Apply for an identity card

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