Acceptance of applications by the building inspectorate
The building inspectorate will first check at short notice whether the documents received are complete before checking and processing their content. As a rule, we will confirm receipt of your complete building application after 14 days or send you the corresponding supplementary claims.
Acceptance of the application by the building inspectorate
When accepting applications, we focus on ensuring that the building documents are complete, legible and of a verifiable quality. Our aim is to confirm that your building application is complete after just 14 days or, if documents are missing or cannot be checked, to send you the corresponding additional requirements.
This enables us to process your complete documents faster and issue building permits or notices more quickly.
Completeness check
Client
In particular, we check whether the forms, commercial register excerpts, powers of attorney and building submission authorizations are up-to-date and correct.
We also check the essential building documents and their contents in advance to ensure that they are available and of sufficient quality.
Note
It is particularly important to provide complete and correct information on the client, including any necessary sub-authorizations. In the case of legal entities, the relevant excerpts from the register must be enclosed in a comprehensible and up-to-date form; the same applies to sub-authorizations.
Please always use the relevant forms from the current building documents decree for notifications of building status. All current building documents can be found on the website of the Hessian Ministry of Economics, Energy, Transport, Housing and Rural Areas.
Immediate rejection
If information is missing from the application form or if the forms are outdated, we will reject the applications immediately. We also reject applications that are completely incomplete, i.e. where essential content and/or documents are missing, as unprocessable and return them directly to the client or applicant.
We pay particular attention to the application title for a construction project. This must be sufficiently meaningful and contain all the necessary information.
A sufficiently specific application title or application tenor is important in order to be able to define a construction project in a legally secure and unambiguous manner. It also serves to evaluate a building project in the long term and to be able to assign it at a later date, even if structural changes are planned. For this reason, the terms from the Building Use Ordinance and the HBO must be used in the application title.
Construction of buildings
For example, the application title must not be"New residential building", but"Construction of a residential building with X (number)residential units..." including information on whether it is a single-family house, a semi-detached house or a multi-family house , for example, as well as the number of parking spaces.
Examples:
Construction of an apartment building with X residential units and X parking spaces
Construction of an office and commercial building and an underground parking garage with X (number) parking spaces
Construction of a semi-detached house with one parking space
Construction of an extension to an existing residential building to create an additional residential unit, conversion of the existing residential building and construction of a parking space
Construction of an extension to expand the living space of a single-family home
Construction of a balcony on an existing apartment building
Construction of four apartment buildings with X (number) residential units each / with a total of X (number) residential units with an underground garage for X car parking spaces
Changes of use
In the case of a change of use, the information"Change of use" from"Old use" to"New use" and the floor on which the change of use takes place are required. It is also necessary to state any car parking spaces that may be added or removed.
Change of use from office space to residential use on the 2nd floor and elimination of X (number) car parking spaces
Change of use of a commercial unit (from A to B) on the ground floor in a residential and commercial building
Advertising systems
If the building application is for the erection of an advertising system, the wording"Attachment of an advertising system to a building" or"Erection of a free-standing advertising system" must be selected in the application title. It is also necessary to state whether it is"own advertising at the place of performance" or"third-party advertising".
Demolition
An application for demolition must also clearly state whether it is for the demolition of an entire building, specifying the type of building (e.g. single-family dwelling; office building), or for partial demolition.
Example:
Demolition of an apartment building
Demolition of a balcony
Demolition of a garage and an extension
Note on parking spaces and front gardens
In view of the climatic challenges and the aspect of a liveable and green city, we attach great importance to the design and preservation of front gardens. For this reason, structures such as garages and pools are expressly not permitted in front gardens. We also regularly do not allow parking spaces for cars, regardless of the type of drive and charging infrastructure.
Checklists of required application documents
To help you with your application, we have compiled checklists for the documents required for each type of procedure. Please submit these documents to us in the specified order in accordance with the building documents decree.
The Wiesbaden building inspectorate uses the hybrid building application - the required documents only have to be submitted once in analog form (on paper) and then uploaded digitally after receiving the access data.
The checklists are intended as a guide. It is best to make an appointment with our building consultancy in advance to coordinate the necessary copies for your building project directly with us - see "Consultancy offer for application documents".
Further applications, information sheets and notes
Are you unsure which documents you need to submit for your project or do you have any other questions? Please feel free to arrange a consultation with our building consultants:
Contents and requirements of the building documents
In our guide "The good building application" you will find important information and tips on the application documents and building documents. If you take these into account, you can help to speed up the processing of your application.
