Apply for a building permit for the construction of a plant

Before you can erect a facility that requires a permit, you need a building permit. To do this, you submit a building application to the responsible lower building supervisory authority.

You must use the officially prescribed forms for the building application.

Depending on the project, you as the building owner may need the support of a design consultant authorized to submit building documents (for example, architects or civil engineers). The building application includes a number of building documents that are required for the assessment of the project and the processing of the building application. According to § 3 of the Bremen Building Documents Ordinance, these are, for example, the excerpt from the official real estate map, site plan, building description and construction drawings.

The building permit is subject to a fee.

Requirements

You will receive a building permit if the building application is complete and the described building project is in compliance with the public-law regulations that are to be checked in the building inspection procedure.

If your building project does not comply with the building regulations under public law, you can apply for and justify deviations separately with the building application. In this case, the lower building supervisory authority will check whether the deviations are approvable.

You will find a link to the application forms under "Further information" - "Forms" - "Applications and forms of the building supervisory authority".

What documents do I need?

• Explanation of the documents
  

  The building application must be submitted using the official building application form of the supreme building supervisory authority published under Applications & Forms - The Senator for Building, Mobility and Urban Development (bremen.de). You will find the link under "Further information".

  In addition to the building application, the documents required for the assessment of the project and the processing of the building application (e.g. site plan, excerpt from the official real estate map, building description, construction drawings, etc.) must be submitted to the lower building supervisory authority.

  The following documents must be submitted in accordance with § 3 of the Bremen Building Documents Ordinance:
  

  1. the site plan (§ 7),
  2. an excerpt from the development plan including legend,
  3. the construction drawings (§ 8),
  4. the building description with calculations (§ 9),
  5. the proof of stability (§ 10), insofar as it is not checked by the building authorities, with the declaration of the structural engineer in accordance with the list of criteria in Annex 2, Note: the submission of the structural engineer's declaration is not required for residential buildings in building classes 1 and 2,
  6. the proof of fire protection (§ 11), insofar as it is not already included in the other building documents,
  7. the required information on the secured development with regard to the supply of water and energy as well as the disposal of waste water and the development in terms of traffic, insofar as the building project cannot be connected to a public water or energy supply or a public waste water disposal system or is not located in sufficient width on a public traffic area,
  8. applications for approval of deviations, exceptions and exemptions (Section 67 (2) of the Bremen Building Code) with the information required for assessment,
  9. information on the application for approval decisions required for the project under other provisions of public law,
  10. a tree inventory declaration with all the information required by the tree protection ordinance, which must also be submitted directly to the lower nature conservation authority by the building owner when the building application is submitted.

  Note: Depending on the purpose of the building project, further building documents may be requested by the lower building supervisory authority or a waiver may be declared.

  In the case of advertising facilities, construction documents are required in accordance with § 4 of the Bremen Construction Documents Ordinance.