Digital building applications in Brandenburg: reduced bureaucracy made easy!

Digital building applications in Brandenburg: reduced bureaucracy made easy!

in Brandenburg is currently doing a lot in the area of ​​building: More and more cities and circles are relying on digital building applications in order to noticeably reduce the administrative effort. This development was recently confirmed when the first six building supervisory authorities launched their virtual building positions. The initiatives are already running in the districts of Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Märkisch-Oderland, Prignitz, Teltow-Fläming, Uckermark and the city of Schwedt, like the Tagesspiegel reported.

A central aspect of this redesign is the networking of everyone involved: builders, planners, authorities and municipalities can now communicate via a common platform. The goal? Shorten the processing times drastically and reduce the bureaucracy. According to the infrastructure minister Detlef Tabbert, this digital procedure is increasingly assumed, which provides the acceptance of the users, which also includes the Obersprewald-Lausitz building supervisory authority.

efficient processes and new regulations

A decisive advantage of the virtual building authority is digital data exchange, which not only changes the submission of building applications, but also significantly improves the entire process from the application to building permit. This project was piloted on Wednesday in Calau, where Minister Rainer Genilke (CDU) personally presented the introduction of the digital building authority. The state plans to connect all 20 lower building inspectorate to the platform by 2026 rbb24 .

In addition to the positive development, interested parties should note that when submitting building applications, some new regulations have to be taken into account. The number of file attachments is limited to a maximum of 100, and each file may be a maximum of 80 MB. Overall, the submitted documents must not come over 200 MB. It is particularly important that the files are available in PDF format; Other formats could lead to the application not submitted completely. By the way, password-protected PDFs are a no-go. There are clear guidelines here, which according to the latest stand on the website of the virtual building authority vba.brandenburg.de

a step into the digital future

The building supervisory authority Oberspreewald-Lausitz processes around 600 building applications annually. Complete digitization estimates that around 250,000 sheets of paper can be saved. The step into the digital future could not only bring more efficient processes, but also promote better environmental protection.

Brandenburg is not the only federal state that relies on digital building applications. Baden-Württemberg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania have already established similar systems, but with the integration of all authorities, Brandenburg is becoming a pioneer in this area. The loss of pressure, signature and postal shipping could accelerate the procedures enormously and relieve the administration in the long term.

Overall, it shows that Brandenburg takes a strong step into the future with the digital building authority, from which everyone involved can benefit. It remains to be seen whether the whole thing actually works and serves as a model for other federal states.