Building project; notification of commencement of use

The notification of commencement of use is not an application. You only need to inform the lower building supervisory authority of the imminent commencement of use.

The notification of the commencement of use should give the lower building supervisory authority sufficient time to check the usability requirements if necessary.

Consequences of non-disclosure

If you intentionally or negligently fail to give at least two weeks' notice of the commencement of use, you are committing an administrative offense. You can be fined up to EUR 500,000 for this.

Please give priority to using the online service offered by clicking on the "Show usage recording online" button above.
In the Forms section you will find the "FAQ on the digital planning application procedure" and under the further links you will find the reference to our topic page "Planning application procedure".

You must notify the commencement of use of a building if it was erected on the basis of a building permit or without a permit. This also applies if the building permit or exemption from approval merely involved a change of use or if the building permit is deemed to have been granted due to the fictitious nature of the approval.

You do not have to notify the commencement of use for projects that do not require a procedure or projects that do not require a building permit due to the priority of other approval procedures.

• Display of usage recording
• Fire protection certificate II
• Stability certificate II
• FAQ on the digital planning application process

  All important questions about the digital building application process are answered in detail.

• LRA Notification of commencement of use
• LRA certificate fire protection II

  Appendix 12: Fire protection certificate II

• LRA certificate of stability II

• Art. 16 Ordinance on Building Submissions and Building Supervisory Notifications (Building Submission Ordinance - BauVorlV)
• Art. 78 Bavarian Building Regulations (BayBO)
• Ordinance on the digital submission of building authority applications and notifications (Digital Building Application Ordinance - DBauV)

• Building application procedure

  Information on the application procedure, documents, etc.

• All about building

Written submission

• Submit the completed and signed "Notification of commencement of use" form with the required attachments to the lower building supervisory authority (district offices, independent cities, large district towns and certain larger municipalities).
• Verbal notification is not sufficient.
• You will not receive a confirmation of receipt.
• The lower building supervisory authority then checks whether the requirements for usability have been met.

Digital submission

It is not yet possible to submit a digital notification of usage in all of Bavaria. When selecting a location, the link to the online procedure is displayed, if it is already offered.

• The commencement of use can be reported digitally to the lower building supervisory authority using the online assistant.
• The default form "Notification of commencement of use" is replaced by the queries in the online assistant.
• Signatures are replaced by authentication using the "BayernID" user account or "My company account".
• The attachments are uploaded to the online assistant in electronic form (files in PDF format).

• Building project; application for a partial building permit
• Building project; application for a building permit
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