So that customers can reach your business easily and its infrastructure
works well, here you will find an overview of information and contacts at public
authorities for businesses regarding developing their premises, from how to receive a
street number to how to connect to the water supply.
House numbers are assigned by the general regulatory authority on the basis of building applications, notifications of construction measures or at the request of the owners. The...
Are you planning a building construction or excavation and backfilling at a distance of less than 40 meters from the freeway? Then you need a special permit under road law.
If you want to build or modify freeways or federal highways under federal administration, you need the approval of the Federal Highway Authority (FBA).
For planned construction work on federal waterways, you must apply for planning permission from the Directorate-General for Waterways and Shipping (GWDS).
Are you planning a construction project near the highway, for example laying cables, radio towers or advertising structures? Even if you do not require a building permit for this project, you must apply for a road permit.
If you wish to purchase a plot of land, you can find out which municipal levies, based on federal law, are associated with this plot of land by applying to the relevant municipality for a certificate of annexation.
To lay telecommunications cables in public thoroughfares, you need rights of way transferred by the Federal Network Agency. The city or municipality then grants you permission to lay the telecommunications cables.
If you own a railroad property that is no longer used for transportation and whose infrastructure will no longer be used in the long term, you can apply to the Federal Railway Authority (EBA) for exemption of the property under certain conditions.
If you are the owner of a property on which drinking water is required, you must have the property connected to the supply system of the responsible municipality (municipality or special-purpose association). This is associated with costs.
As a private individual or company, you can participate in the preparation or amendment of a joint land use plan as part of the public participation process.
According to §§ 127 et seq., the municipalities are obliged to levy development contributions for the initial construction of development facilities (in particular for roads intended for cultivation) from the owners of the land developed by the development system.
The pan-European network of
Points of Single Contact
can provide you with details of any legal requirements and help you to complete relevant procedures.
As the owner or operator of a public utility network, submit information on planned or ongoing construction work via the Infrastructure Atlas portal (ISA portal) and thus fulfill your obligation to provide information, if any.
If you are involved in a project to expand public utility networks, you can request to see the Infrastructure Atlas (ISA) to obtain information on network infrastructures in an area to prepare for joint use.
If you, as a railroad infrastructure company, want to construct, upgrade or renew new railroad operating facilities, you need a corresponding commissioning permit from the Federal Railway Authority.
If you have objections and comments on a planned change or new construction of a highway or federal road, you can submit these to the authority responsible for the project as part of the planning approval procedure.
