ᐅ Site Planning for a Single-Family Home: 1,000 m² Plot with a Countryside View

Hello,

we plan to build on a currently non-urban 1000 m² (approximately 11,000 sq ft) plot. Over the past three years, we have clarified everything with the local authorities and the agricultural office, so now we can finally apply for the inclusion statute to have the plot designated as urban land. The planning office requires a rough layout of our project to prepare an intervention/compensation balancing report. We still need to clarify the exact level of detail allowed, but an architectural plan is not necessary. There is no zoning plan for the area.

The plot is located in a small hamlet with unobstructed views to the west and north. To the east, across the street, there is a residential house. To the south, there is a 12-meter (39 feet) high agricultural building owned by my father-in-law. We therefore expect significant winter shading. The land slopes down toward the northwest. Unfortunately, I do not have the exact height difference.

We want to build a single-family house (gable roof, no basement) with about 170 m² (approximately 1,830 sq ft) and a workshop.

Details about the plan:

• We do not want a large courtyard since that area would be wasted, and we prefer to build close to the street.
• The house orientation parallel to the southern building looks visually better than east-west alignment.
• Garage on the north side, so the house stands roughly in the middle of the plot (the plot tapers toward the north).
• Separate garage with a passage/view from the courtyard to the garden.
• Living spaces, and therefore the terrace, on the southwest side.
• A covered roof between the garage and house is planned but not shown.
• The long side of the house faces west to allow more rooms with a view (the house size of 10 x 12 meters [33 x 39 feet] was chosen as a rough average).
• Additional trees and plants are, of course, planned.
• In coordination with the planning office, we will include buffer zones to allow more flexibility during the detailed design phase.

Questions:

• Is the house orientation suitable for a photovoltaic system on the roof?
• Is a 3-meter (10 feet) distance from the house to the property boundary sufficient? (Baden-Württemberg)

Do you have any other suggestions or comments? If you need additional details, please let me know.

Thank you!

I believe that a courtyard is not wasted space, it is just used differently than a garden – as an area for relaxed parking and playing. It makes sense that you move the house forward to free up the south side. In that case, the existing building will be to the southwest of the new house. However, for the photovoltaic system on the roof, I would consider rotating the house so that the roof receives sunlight from the south as well as the east. Orienting it to the west does not seem practical to me.

Are you planning to build a basement because of the slope?

As long as you do not have a written and irrevocable building permit / planning permission for your project, any planning is pointless.
You wouldn’t be the first person whose dream of building a house in a rural area has fallen through.

It seems your project is still not fully secured. But you will likely experience this with German bureaucracy as well.

No one is interested in allowing you to simply set up a house in a rural area during times of severe housing shortages.

If a planning office wants to create an inclusion statute at the request of the municipality and the property owner, it seems that the municipal consent is already basically in place. Therefore, I wouldn’t worry about that. I think the plan you drew above is completely sufficient for the planners to understand the size of the house and its positioning.

The corner terrace, as drawn, seems a bit pointless to me, but otherwise it's not a bad plan. Where is the workshop going? Still inside the house?

Cranezilla schrieb:

We want to build on a 1000 m² (10,764 ft²) plot that is currently designated as an outer development area. Over the past three years, we have coordinated everything with the local municipality and the agricultural office, so that we can now finally commission the inclusion statute to have the plot reclassified as inner development area. The planning office needs a rough plan of our project to create an impact/compensation balance. We still need to clarify exactly how detailed this needs to be, but an architectural plan is not required. There is no development plan.

From my point of view, what is required here is similar to what would be submitted with a building inquiry: the photos "Property," "Property with House," "Property House Overview," and "Hamlet." I would mark height measurements at six points: the four corners of the roof and the ridge at the front and back, each point twice, meaning indicate both the building height and the original ground level for each. There are already fairly new single-family houses in the neighborhood, which I would include as references. Essentially, you want to change a plot from status §35 to status §34, and the objective compliance with the integration requirement would apply.

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