Building project; online submission of the criteria catalog

The list of criteria includes various points that are relevant for checking the stability of the planned project. For certain projects, the structural engineer can declare that all the points listed in the catalog of criteria have been met. In this case, there is no need for the otherwise necessary certification of the stability certificate by a test expert for stability or the examination of stability by the lower building supervisory authority, a test engineer or a test office. However, a declaration of compliance with the list of criteria must be submitted.

The submission of the declaration of compliance with the list of criteria is not an independent procedure, but must always be submitted in conjunction with other procedures. Depending on the respective building project, it must be submitted either as a building submission with the building application or as an annex to the notification of the start of construction.

However, it can be submitted directly online by the structural engineer to accompany digitally submitted building applications and notifications of the start of construction.

Please give priority to using the online service offered via the "Criteria catalog - Submit declaration of compliance 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 a reference to our "Planning application procedure" topic page.

If all the criteria in the list of criteria are met for buildings in building classes 1 to 3, containers, bridges, retaining walls, grandstands and other structures with a free height of more than 10 m that are not buildings, there is no need for a certificate of stability from a structural safety expert or a structural safety inspection by the lower building supervisory authority, an inspection engineer or an inspection authority.

However, a declaration of compliance with the catalog of criteria issued by a qualified structural engineer, usually the creator of the stability certificate, must be submitted.

If the building project is a special building, the declaration must be submitted with the building application. Otherwise, submission with the notification of the start of construction is sufficient.

Notwithstanding the above, however, the declaration does not have to be submitted for residential buildings in building classes 1 and 2 or single-storey buildings above ground with free spans of no more than 12 m and an area of no more than 1,600 m² that are not intended for the temporary residence of individual persons or are only intended for this purpose.

• FAQ on the digital planning application process

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

You will not incur any separate costs for submitting the declaration via the criteria catalog.

• Art. 62a Bavarian Building Regulations (BayBO)
• Ordinance on building documents and notifications to building authorities (Bauvorlagenverordnung - BauVorlV)
• Ordinance on the digital submission of building authority applications and notifications (Digital Building Application Ordinance - DBauV)

Submitting the list of criteria is not an application. There is therefore no separate decision by the lower building supervisory authority against which you could take action.

• Building application procedure

  Information on the application procedure, documents, etc.

• Stability

Digital submission

A digital submission of the declaration of compliance with the criteria catalog is not yet possible in all of Bavaria. When selecting a location, the link to the online procedure is displayed, if it is already offered.

• The structural engineer who prepared the stability verification can submit the declaration of compliance with the catalog of criteria digitally using the online assistant.
• The predefined form "Declaration of compliance with the criteria catalog" is replaced by the queries in the online assistant.
• The signature is replaced by authentication using the "BayernID" user account or "My company account".

In order to enable the lower building supervisory authority to assign the digital building application or the digital notification of the start of construction, it is necessary to provide the process number that was communicated to the submitter when the digital building application or the digital notification of the start of construction was submitted.

The declaration of compliance with the list of criteria is not a separate application; depending on the project, it must be submitted with the building application or with the notification of the start of construction.

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