Building: Administrative offences

A large number of regulations must be observed during the construction, erection, modification, change of use, demolition or removal of building structures.

Anyone who contravenes the building regulations - intentionally or negligently - is committing an administrative offence. In addition, many legal provisions of the so-called ancillary building law contain independent regulations on administrative offences.
For example, anyone who

• contravenes an enforceable written order of the building supervisory authority (e.g. cessation of work, removal of installations)
• erects, alters or uses structures (structural installations) without the required building permit or in deviation therefrom or removes them without the required notifications and structural engineering verifications
• begins with the implementation of a building project exempted from approval already before the expiry of 3 weeks after the confirmed date of receipt of the documents
• commences construction work without having obtained the (required) building permit and without having submitted to the building supervisory authority the technical construction certificates and the notice of commencement of construction work, furthermore resists the measures of the building supervision (requests and duties of notification)
• the notice of commencement of construction is not submitted or not submitted in due time
• marks construction products with the Ü mark without the prerequisites for this being met
• Building products used without Ü mark
• uses types of construction without general building authority approval, general building authority test certificate or approval in individual cases
• as client, designer, contractor, site manager or as their representative, breaches their legal obligations
• makes incorrect statements or submits incorrect plans or documents against his or her better knowledge in order to obtain or prevent an official decision (for example, a building permit or removal order)

In cases of doubt, it is therefore recommended to contact the competent building supervisory authority or the municipality before carrying out any activity relevant under building law

The following list contains regulations specific to the district that deviate from the information provided by the State of Hesse:

• commences with the implementation of a building project exempted from approval already before the expiry of 6 weeks after the confirmed date of receipt of the documents