Pay development charge

Teaser

The municipalities are obliged to levy development charges for the initial construction of development facilities from the owners of the properties that are developed by the development facility. This applies in particular to roads intended for construction.

Special information for - City of Rodgau

How do I do this with the city of Rodgau?

When?

  • As soon as a new construction area is developed
  • Development charges are levied for the initial construction of development facilities. Development facilities are
    • the public roads, paths and squares intended for cultivation,
    • Collector roads, i.e. public roads that are not themselves intended for construction but are necessary for the development of building areas,
    • public transport facilities within the construction areas that cannot be driven on for legal or factual reasons (e.g. footpaths, residential roads),
    • car parks (for vehicles) and green spaces and
    • Noise protection systems

How?

  • The development contribution is levied within 4 years of the material obligation to pay the contribution arising. This obligation to contribute arises with the final construction of a development facility.
  • The development charge is due one month after notification, i.e. after delivery of the charge notice.

What do I need for this? (documents)

  • No documents

Costs

  • Individual calculation, depending on the cost of the development based on the contributory expenditure for the acquisition and clearing of the areas for the development facility and their initial construction with carriageway, footpaths, parking spaces, surface drainage, street lighting, street trees and roadside greenery
  • The owner of the property entered in the land register at the time of notification of the contribution notice is liable to pay the contribution

General, more detailed information on this service can be found below.

  • Service description

    In order to be able to use an area as a building site, it must first be "developed". This includes the connection to water and energy supply networks, communication lines and the construction of roads and/or paths. The costs for this are largely borne by the neighbouring residents.

    Development contributions are the costs for the initial construction of a road through which building plots are developed. As a rule, 90 per cent of the costs for this initial construction are passed on to the residents, while the municipality bears 10 per cent of the costs.

    If a road already exists as a result of previous development and is rebuilt or extended, costs may be incurred in accordance with the Municipal Charges Act (KAG) in conjunction with the municipal statutes. In Hesse, the municipalities are responsible for deciding whether to finance the costs of such a road renovation on a pro rata basis through contributions from the neighbouring property owners or through the municipality's budget. If the municipality demands road contributions, it can stipulate either one-off contributions or recurring contributions in its statutes. In the case of one-off contributions, the neighbouring property owners share in the costs depending on the classification of the roads, whereby the proportion of costs to be borne by the municipality is higher for through roads than for residential roads. In the case of recurring contributions, the apportionable costs are spread over a larger billing area, for example a neighbourhood.

    Costs are charged for the water supply and wastewater disposal of the building plot in accordance with the Municipal Charges Act (KAG) in conjunction with the municipal statutes. The municipal bylaws generally provide for a fixed rate per square metre of land area.

    Telephone, data lines, gas and electricity are mostly supplied by private companies.

    If you want to build yourself, you should include a sufficiently high amount for these services in your financial planning.

    If you are building with a property developer or purchasing a newly built house, clarify whether and which development costs are already covered by the purchase price and which are not.

  • Procedure

    The contribution must be paid within one month of notification of the decision.

  • Responsible office

    The municipality responsible for the development levies the development charge.

  • Prerequisites

    The prerequisite for levying a development charge is the enactment of a municipal development charge statute.

  • Which documents are required?

    The development charge is calculated by the responsible local authority and determined by notice without - as a rule - requiring the co-operation of the property owner liable to pay the charge.

  • What fees are incurred?

    Prepayment: No

  • Processing time

    The development charge is levied after completion of the development work within a four-year assessment period.

  • Legal basis

  • Legal remedy

    Appeal or legal action before the administrative court

  • What else should I know?

    none

  • Short text

    • Development fee collection
    • after completion of the development work on the basis of actual costs incurred
    • assessed within a four-year assessment period by means of a development charge notice
    • responsible: Local community

  • Issuing body

    Hessian Ministry of Economics, Energy, Transport, Housing and Rural Areas (HMWVW)

  • Typing

    3b

  • Library entry status

    5

Responsible departments