The offer is aimed at people

• who are planning to re-enter the building administration after a longer break and need the basics of general urban planning law for this purpose
• who are to be transferred to the building administration without major previous experience
• who have studied Urban Planning and were previously active in particular in other fields (e.g. informal planning) and are now planning to enter the profession with greater points of contact with general Urban Planning Law.

There are no admission limits.

The certificate offer consists of three modules, which are conducted asynchronously, so that the time of participation can be determined by the participants themselves.

What is learned from the lecture videos is enriched by five (also asynchronous) online tutorials (10 to 20 minutes each).
In the online tutorials, essential questions are asked about the course content. The answers are provided in further videos.

In total, the continuing education program comprises more than 20 instructional videos.

In addition, at least 3 live digital events are offered with lectures on the one hand and the opportunity for questions on the other.

As a suitable textbook, the 6th edition of Schmidt-Eichstaedt, Weyrauch, Zemke, Städtebaurecht, 2019 is recommended.

The lectures and seminar materials are available online to participants for 1 year.

MODULE 1. INTRODUCTION AND ADMISSIBILITY OF PROJECTS

• Introduction to the educational program in the field of general urban planning law
• Introduction to legislation, horizontal and vertical separation of powers including efficacy of municipal bylaws
• Admission in the scope of validity of development plans according to § 30 BauGB: Basic principles and examples; differentiation of admissibility in qualified and simple development plans; exceptions and exemptions;
• Admissibility within the context of built-up areas (§ 34 BauGB - in particular with paragraphs 1 and 2); fitting into the character of the immediate surroundings; clarification, development and supplementary statutes according to § 34 para. 4 BauGB
• Admission/building in the external area (§ 35 BauGB): Privileged projects; other projects; favored projects; basic principles for the control of wind power plants with privileged admission in the external area through factual partial land use plans.

MODULE 2. URBAN LAND USE PLANNING

• Overview of the two levels of urban land use planning
• The degree of building use according to the BauNVO (German Building Code)
• Overview of the type of building use according to the BauNVO
• Overview of the buildable plot area and the construction method according to the BauNVO
• The urban land use planning procedure: Standard procedure
• The urban land use planning procedure: Simplified and accelerated procedure according to §§ 13, 13a and 13b BauGB (German Civil Code)

MODULE 3. SUPPLEMENTARY ASPECTS IN CONNECTION WITH URBAN LAND USE PLANNING

• Environmental issues (overview of the environmental assessment, of the compensation under nature conservation law as well as of the protection of species)
• Control of wind energy: the factual and spatial land use plan
• Securing urban land use planning and development

COMPLETION

• University certificate upon successful completion of the course and/or
• Certificate of attendance

COSTS

incl. access to our learning platform Moodle and all seminar documents:

complete course (all 3 modules): 450,00 €*
single module:160,00 €*

*tax-exempt service according to § 4 No. 22 a) UStG
There is no semester fee.