Site plan for your building application

The site plan is one of the documents you must always submit with a building application. This applies in the full procedure, in the simplified procedure and when no permit is needed (Genehmigungsfreistellung). Without it, the building authority (Bauaufsicht) cannot check distances to the boundary, how the building fits in or the access. Your application then counts as incomplete.

An official surveying body under § 5 (2) no. 3 to 6 GeoVermG M-V is required in one case. For example, a publicly appointed surveying engineer (ÖbVI). This applies if the building or one of its setback areas comes closer than 0.5 metres to the boundary and the boundary is not defined by officially determined boundary points (§ 7 (2) BauVorlVO M-V). Then the boundary survey (Grenzfeststellung) is part of the service. If the boundary points are already determined, we issue you the matching certificate.

It shows the plot with its boundaries, land parcel details and land register reference, the existing buildings, the heights of the plot and the road, and protected trees. It also shows the planned project with its outer dimensions, the ground floor level and the setback areas. Depending on the project, it adds areas of public easements, rules of the development plan, access roads, parking spaces and areas for the fire brigade. So the site plan is a complete package. It lets the building authority decide on your project quickly and correctly.

The rules require a scale of at least 1:500. A larger scale must be used if the project cannot be assessed otherwise. 1:250 has proved useful, as the model site plan for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern also recommends. In addition, the building application needs a current extract from the cadastral map (Liegenschaftskarte). It shows the neighbourhood within at least 50 metres.

We are responsible for everything that was determined by surveying: boundaries, existing buildings and heights. As publicly appointed surveying engineers we certify these details with our seal or an electronic signature. The planned building and the calculation of the setback areas come from the documents of the responsible designer (Entwurfsverfasser), usually your architect. The responsible designer also remains responsible for how all the specialist plans fit together. The plan keeps both parts clearly apart, so the building authority can see who is responsible for which detail.

Yes. Since February 2026, builders in Rostock can submit their building application fully online. The official site plan is still mandatory. We supply it in the required digital formats.

We supply the official site plan for the building application with our seal, the extract from the cadastral map, the boundary check and boundary survey, the height survey of the plot, the setback areas and public easements drawn in, and the plan in digital form for the building application.

The topographic survey plan (Lage- und Höhenplan) is a scaled record of your plot and its surroundings as they are today. It is the basis for architects and specialist planners, for a development plan or for documenting the existing situation.

The topographic survey plan only shows what exists today. We agree its content with you. The site plan for the building application is an official building application document with a prescribed content. It also shows the planned building with its setback areas (§ 7 BauVorlVO M-V). In practice, one comes from the other: we add the project of your responsible designer to the plan.

Usually the buildings with eaves and ridge heights, the ground with heights and slopes, roads and kerbs, and walls and fences. We also record trees with trunk circumference and crown diameter, and manholes with cover and invert levels. On request we take over utility lines from the plans of the utility companies and mark in the plan where they come from. We supply further content by agreement.

The boundaries are taken from the real estate cadastre (Liegenschaftskataster) and show its records. The course is legally binding only where officially determined boundary points exist. If you want to build close to the boundary, we recommend a boundary check first and, if needed, a boundary survey. We carry this out as publicly appointed surveying engineers.

As up to date as possible, because ground, trees and plants and neighbouring buildings change. An older plan can be enough for a first idea, but not for the building application and construction. We check it on site and add to it instead of making a completely new one. The survey date is always shown in the title block, so everyone involved can see how current it is.

We supply the survey of the plot on site, the topographic survey plan as PDF and CAD file, contour lines and terrain model, the tree survey with trunk circumference, and the boundary check and boundary survey.

When you plan a building project, many rules apply that are not in the land register (Grundbuch). Planning law information (Baurechtsauskunft) collects what applies to your plot: planning law, public easements, protection rules and the boundaries. It is a solid basis for buying the plot and for the design. But it does not replace a binding decision by the authority.

If there is a development plan (map in German), its rules on type and size of use, building style and the area that may be built on apply (§ 30 BauGB). Without a development plan, in a built-up part of a town, the project must fit in with the character of its surroundings (§ 34 BauGB). Outside built-up areas, building is only allowed in exceptional cases (§ 35 BauGB). Local bylaws of the municipality also apply, for example on design, on the built-up area or on preservation.

With a public easement (Baulast), an owner voluntarily accepts a duty under public law towards the building authority. For example, to allow an access road or to take the setback areas of the neighbour. Public easements are not kept in the land register but in the register of public easements (Baulastenverzeichnis) of the building authority. They also bind later owners (§ 83 LBauO M-V). As publicly appointed surveying engineers we can look into this register and prepare new documents for a public easement. We coordinate with your architect and the public easement office of the district and supply forms and site plans.

Often it is protection of monuments, protected areas and biotopes, and protected trees. Single trees are protected from a trunk circumference of 100 centimetres. In house gardens, however, only oaks, elms, plane trees, limes and beeches, walnut and sweet chestnut are protected (§ 18 NatSchAG M-V). Local tree protection bylaws can protect further trees. There are also required distances: 30 metres to forest (§ 20 (1) LWaldG M-V), 50 metres to first order waters and to lakes of one hectare or more, and 150 metres to coastal waters (§ 29 (1) NatSchAG M-V).

Only the building authority can decide bindingly. With a preliminary decision (Vorbescheid) you can clarify single questions before the full building application (§ 75 LBauO M-V). Examples are whether the plot can be built on at all or the permitted height. Our information gives you the technical basis for this and shows which questions you should ask.

You receive information on the development plan and bylaws, an extract from the register of public easements, and land register and cadastral documents. On request we also research protection of monuments, nature and trees and summarise the results in a site plan.