Written submission

First of all, please note that for building applications for the construction and alteration of buildings, the building documents must be prepared by an authorized draftsman (architect, civil engineer; for smaller building projects, especially detached and semi-detached houses, also master craftsmen in the building and carpentry trades and state-certified technicians in the field of civil engineering).

• If necessary, contact the municipality in whose area the building plot is located before submitting your application if you have any questions about the permissibility of your project.
• Involve your neighbors by submitting the site plan and the construction drawings for their approval. Any consent must be given in writing.
• Then submit the building application with the required documents to the responsible lower building supervisory authority (district offices, independent cities, large district towns and certain larger municipalities).
• Submit the building application in triplicate using the forms provided. If the lower building supervisory authority is also the municipality, two copies are sufficient.
• An oral application is not possible.
• The application must be signed by the client and the authorized designer.
• The lower building supervisory authority examines the application and decides on it.
• If the lower building supervisory authority is not itself a municipality, it involves the municipality in the decision on the municipal consent.
• Before making a decision, the lower building supervisory authority must involve the authorities whose involvement or consultation is required by law for the decision on the building application or without whose opinion the approvability of the building application cannot be assessed (e.g. the lower immission control authority, the lower water rights authority or the road traffic authority).

Digital submission

Digital submission of building applications is not yet possible throughout Bavaria. When a location is selected, the link to the online procedure is displayed if it is already available.

• After involving the neighbors, the building application can be submitted digitally using the online assistant.
• The predefined building application and building description forms are replaced by the queries in the online assistant.
• The building documents are uploaded to the online assistant in electronic form (files in PDF format).
• The signatures of the client and the authorized draftsman are replaced by authentication using the "BayernID" user account or "My company account".
• In particular, the (large-format) construction drawings do not need to be signed. They can therefore be generated as a file directly in the CAD system of the design author.
• In the case of building applications for which the building documents must be prepared by an authorized designer, the latter must authenticate himself and submit the building application for the client.

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The processing time depends on the scope and complexity of the application, the number of agencies involved and the current workload of the authority.