This list does not replace checks by designers, authorities or specialists.
- Ownership or secured option
- Planning feasibility professionally checked
- Survey and boundaries available
- Ground and contamination information
- Topography and levels documented
- Utilities and connection routes clarified
- Access, turning and crane position checked
- Setbacks, easements and constraints checked
- Flood, wind, snow and climate reviewed
- Local design/protection rules reviewed
Document pack
- Site/cadastral plan
- Topographic survey
- Ground report
- Planning/zoning information
- Utility plans
- Access and site photographs
- Written constraints/easements
Notes
Next steps
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Bauportal.NRW — Baugenehmigungsverfahren (NRW)
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