Submit documents for the licence exemption for the change of use of a facility to the municipality
Service description
Before you can change the use of a project that does not require planning permission, you need an exemption from planning permission. This means that you do not need planning permission, but must submit verifiable documents to the local authority (e.g. for a detached house in a B-plan area).
In the case of a change of use, you do not make any structural changes (e.g. conversion of a residential building into office space).
Procedure
You can submit an exemption from authorisation for the change of use of a facility electronically via the online service or in paper form using the form.
To use the form, proceed as follows:
- Please fill in the form.
- Add the required building documents.
- Submit the documents to the responsible municipality.
- If documents are missing or there are other ambiguities, you will be asked to complete or rectify them.
- In this case, submit the missing or amended documents and/or the clarification.
- The responsible municipality will check your submission.
- You may start building if:
- you do not receive any feedback from the municipality to be transferred within one month
- or the municipality declares in writing in advance that no authorisation procedure is to be carried out and that it will not apply for prohibition.
- If the municipality decides that a simplified planning permission procedure should be carried out, you will receive your documents back.
- When submitting the documents, you can specify that your building documents should in this case be forwarded to the responsible building supervisory authority and treated as a building application.
- You may receive a notification of charges.
- Pay in the fees.
Who should I contact?
The respective municipality is responsible.
- Overview of the building supervisory authorities in Saxony-Anhalt
You can find the building supervisory authority responsible for your building project here:
- Overview of the building supervisory authorities in Saxony-Anhalt
Prerequisites
- Building project complies with public law regulations
You do not need authorisation for your building project if
- it is located in a development area whose development plan has been approved,
- it does not contradict the provisions of the development plan,
- the development is secured and
- the local authority does not request a simplified planning permission procedure within the statutory period or apply for a provisional prohibition.
If you want exceptions and exemptions from the provisions of the development plan, you must apply for these separately before submitting the licence exemption.
Which documents are required?
- Form for authorisation exemption procedure (digital or written)
- Extract from the official property register
- Site plan
- Construction drawings
- Building description
- Calculation of the permitted, existing and planned extent of building utilisation
What fees are incurred?
Fees are charged according to the statutes of the respective municipality.
What deadlines do I have to observe?
There are no deadlines.
Processing time
Exception: The local authority informs you within the one-month period that the simplified planning permission procedure is to be carried out or declares that a provisional prohibition has been applied for.
Deadline: 1 month
Legal basis
- Building Code (BauGB)
- Building Utilisation Ordinance (BauNVO)
- § Section 74 Building Regulations of the State of Saxony-Anhalt (BauO LSA)
- Ordinance on building documents and building inspectorate notifications (Bauvorlagenverordnung BauVorlVO)
- Annex for the administrative regulation for the introduction of technical building regulations
What else should I know?
If you have a licence exemption, you must submit a notice of commencement of construction work to the lower building supervisory authority at least one week before the start of construction work.
Further information
- Information from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Digital Affairs - Planning permission
When planning and authorising a building project, a number of building regulations and planning regulations must be observed.
- Overview of public building law
- Information from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Digital Affairs - Planning permission
Short text
- Submit documents to the responsible local authority for exemption from authorisation for the change of use of a facility
- Necessary for the change of use of all structures not requiring authorisation
- Submission via online service or publicised forms required
- Involvement of authorised drafters necessary
- responsible: Municipality
Author
Ministry of Infrastructure and Digital Affairs of Saxony-Anhalt
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