Offenbach starts digital building permit: The paper war has an end!

Offenbach starts digital building permit: The paper war has an end!

Offenbach am Main, Deutschland - The city of Offenbach has taken a crucial step towards digitization and recently issued the first digital building permit. This was done as part of a pilot project that was established as part of the "Bauportal Hessen (DigibauG)". The process is a milestone with regard to the simplification of the so far complex procedures, which were often accompanied by a mountain of paper. "Paper and mountains of paper are a thing of the past," said the building and planning director Paul-Gerhard Weiß, who described the switch to digital application as "immense progress", especially for companies. The test phase of the digital procedure runs until January 2025 before it goes into regular operation in April, such as Stadtvonmorgen.de

simple and efficient

The new digital construction portal enables applicants to submit building applications online and makes communication with the relevant building inspectorate in Hesse considerably easier. To implement this, the city has digitized all existing files, which took a very elaborate phase of one and a half years. This comprehensive change should not only save time, but also resources, which was highlighted by the architect Stephanie Wellnitz, which participated in the test procedure. She described the process as self-explanatory and quickly, which underlines the importance of this development, according to FAZ.NET .

The digital construction file is a prerequisite for the application in the new procedure, which promises not only the saving of paper, but also a faster processing time. Despite this progress, the opposition in the city council, represented by Dominik Mangmann from the CDU, criticized that digitization in Offenbach was much slower than it would have been desirable. Mangmann emphasized that the CDU had already submitted corresponding applications since 2014 and criticized the delays in the process. Nevertheless, this project clearly shows that Offenbach is on the right track in order to position itself as an economic -friendly location and to promote innovative solutions.