Building projects that do not require a procedure and for which the management of the design work and construction supervision have been assigned to a construction department of the federal government, the Free State of Bavaria or a district equipped with suitable specialists do not require a building permit, exemption from approval, notification or construction supervision. They are subject to the building supervisory approval procedure. The respective government is responsible for granting the necessary approval for construction projects of a building authority in a government district.

This procedure takes place in two stages. First, the building authority involves the neighbors and requests their approval by signing the plans. Next, the respective municipality is involved by the building authority and asked whether it agrees with the project and the waiver of an approval procedure. If the neighbors agree and the municipality does not object to the waiver of the approval procedure, the procedure is completed and a building approval decision by the government is no longer necessary. In this case, however, the building authority must obtain any other necessary permits, for example under monument protection law.

If not all neighbors agree to the building project or if the municipality objects to the elimination of the approval procedure, the building authority then applies to the responsible government for planning permission in accordance with Art. 73 of the Bavarian Building Code (BayBO).

The government's building authority approval replaces a building permit and constitutes an administrative act vis-à-vis neighbors and municipalities that do not agree with the project, against which they can take legal action.

Building projects that serve national defense (including projects of the US armed forces), official purposes of the federal police or civil defense only require notification to the government. The responsible municipality must also be involved (notification procedure).