Applying for a preliminary decision on an installation requiring approval

Procedure

• You submit the signed documents to the authority.
• The competent authority will check your application.
• If necessary, the competent authority will request further information or documents from you.
• The competent authority publishes the application with the associated documents and makes it publicly available for one month.
• The competent authority invites the other authorities to be involved to comment on the approval procedure within one month.
• Objections will be discussed with you and those who have raised the objections at a public meeting.
• In a simplified approval procedure or if public participation is waived, there is no public display and no discussion meeting.
• The competent authority decides on your application.
• If necessary, the competent authority will add substantive and ancillary provisions to the decision.
• You will receive a written decision with reasons.
• Those who have raised objections will also receive the decision with reasons.

Legal bases

• Kostenverordnung der Umweltverwaltung (UmwKostV)
• § 9 Gesetz zum Schutz vor schädlichen Umwelteinwirkungen durch Luftverunreinigungen, Geräusche, Erschütterungen und ähnliche Vorgänge (Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetz BImSchG)