Applying for permission to use a body of water with an early start

• You submit an application for the use of a water body - early start to the body responsible for the permit or authorization
• The competent authority examines your application and the justified personal or public interest in an early start to the use of a water body
• You submit any requested documents
• You undertake to make good any damage caused by the use up to the time of the decision and, if the use is not permitted or authorized, to restore it to its previous state
• The competent authority approves the premature start of use
• You will receive a notice of approval from the competent authority and, if applicable, an invoice for fees
• You pay the invoice, if applicable
• You can start using the water body early

Please contact the responsible Structural and Approval Directorate North or South.

The authority responsible is the one that also carries out the permit or authorization procedure.

Authorization is granted if

• a permit or authorization application has already been submitted,
• a decision in favor of the applicant can be expected,
• there is a public interest or a legitimate interest of the applicant in the early start
• and the applicant undertakes to compensate for all damage caused by the use up to the time of the decision and, if the use is not permitted or approved, to restore the previous condition.

• Application for early commencement of use of a watercourse
• If applicable, documents such as statements justifying your interest in early commencement

You may only start using a body of water once early commencement approval has been granted, meaning that the application for early commencement approval must be submitted in good time, at least one month before the body of water is used.

The processing time depends on the quality and scope of your submitted applications, the documents submitted, the procedure to be carried out and the processing status of the permit or approval application.

The processing time is at least one month and depends on when additional documents are submitted.

• § 17 Gesetz zur Ordnung des Wasserhaushalts (Wasserhaushaltsgesetz - WHG)

Contradiction

• Federal Environment Agency

01.12.2023

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.