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The Senator for Construction, Mobility and Urban Development | Town Planning/Building Regulations (City of Bremen) Die Senatorin für Bau, Mobilität und Stadtentwicklung | Stadtplanung/Bauordnung (Bremen Stadt)

+49 421 361 0
Contrescarpe 72, 28195 Bremen
Website
office@bau.bremen.de

General information

The Urban Planning and Building Regulations Department of the Senator for Construction, Mobility and Urban Development is responsible for guiding urban development and the design of the city. This is enshrined in law through land-use plans and local development plans. Local development plans specify how a plot of land may be used and developed.
It carries out tasks relating to building regulations, including those concerning planning permission, preliminary enquiries, subdivisions, and matters of public safety and order under building regulations.
Enquiries regarding building regulations or permits, building applications, etc. can only be answered by staff members in the Building Regulations Department. Please call the citizens’ helpline to contact the district office responsible for your area.
Superordinate agency
- The Senator for Construction, Mobility and Urban Development

Our services

Application for restaurant exemption

You want to operate outdoor gastronomy in Bremen or Bremerhaven?
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Applying for a partial building permit for the construction of a system

With a partial building permit, you can start construction work for the excavation pit and for individual components or construction phases before the building permit is issued. To do this, you submit an application for a partial building permit to the responsible lower building supervisory…
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Applying for an extension of the building permit for the construction of an installation

You can apply for a one-off extension of the building permit for up to two years if you have a valid building permit for your construction project.
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Applying for an extension of the preliminary building permit

If you have a valid preliminary building permit for your building project, you can apply for a one-off extension of the preliminary building permit by 2 years.
Applying for deviations from building law requirements, from the provisions of a development plan or urban development statutes or from the provisions of the Land Use Ordinance

If your (building) project deviates from building regulations, you must apply for approval of the deviation. This also applies to deviations from regulations that are not examined in the planning permission procedure.
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Applying for planning permission for the construction of an installation

You require a building permit for the construction, modification or change of use of certain building structures. To do this, you must submit a building application to the responsible lower building supervisory authority.
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Applying for planning permission for the construction of an installation using the simplified procedure

The simplified building permit procedure applies to residential buildings, other structures that are not buildings, outbuildings and ancillary facilities to the aforementioned construction projects and mobile stables.
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Check building project

Are you a neighbor and have concerns about a building project on the neighboring property? Are you a neighbor and have heard about a building application for the neighboring property?
Display removal of an installation without a permit

If you intend to remove an installation that requires planning permission or does not require planning permission, you must notify the lower building supervisory authority at least one month in advance.
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Other building authority decisions

Universal application route for building supervisory decisions before or parallel to the main building supervisory procedure. Application route for matters relating to temporary buildings in accordance with Section 76 BremLBO.
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Participate in the creation of a land use plan

You can participate in the creation or amendment of a land use plan.
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Seek advice on the building regulations

In certain cases, advice can be obtained from the lower building supervisory authority on individual legal requirements for planned building projects.
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Setting up the construction site

Do you have any questions/concerns about safety or equipment on a construction site?
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Show commencement of use of an installation requiring planning permission or without planning permission

If you, as the client, wish to use a building that does not require a building permit, you must notify the building supervisory authority at least two weeks in advance.
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Show start of construction for a project requiring a building permit or a project exempt from a building permit

Notify the lower building inspection authority at least one week in advance of the start or resumption of construction projects requiring a permit or exempt from a permit.
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Show state of construction

At the request of the building supervisory authority, you must report the start and completion of certain construction work.
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Submit a preliminary building application

If you would like to clarify individual questions regarding the permissibility of your building project before submitting a building application, you can submit a preliminary building application. The responsible lower building supervisory authority will provide you with binding information on…
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Submit documentation for permit exemption for the construction of a facility

For the construction of a plant without a building permit, you need a permit exemption. For this purpose, you submit the required documents to the responsible municipality.
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Updated on 09.09.2026