First points of contact
There are two first points of contact if you want to construct, convert or renovate a building in Innsbruck:
- Service Unit Structural engineering, fire protection and building physics The responsible experts know basic planning principles and will advise you on your project.
- Building consultation by the Service Unit Construction consulting and expert opinions.: The responsible experts provide information on whether or how your project is feasible under planning law and which regulations (e.g. ÖROKO, zoning plan, development plan, local image protection, etc.) are given according to spatial planning and zoning plan.
General advice on building submissions
When you have completed your documents to the point where you can submit them, you can ask the City Adminstrative Group MA III - Planning, Building Law and Technical Infrastructure Management - Coordination office for building applications and guest gardens.. to check whether any documents or information are missing from your submission.
Questions on specific topics
If you have more specific questions about particular subject areas, please contact the relevant office directly:
Office for Urban Planning, Urban Development and Integration
- Local Spatial Planning Concept(ÖROKO 2.0)
- Zoning plans
- Zoning plans
- Local building regulations
- Information on possible restrictions of use
- Protection zones according to SOG
- Contents of specific urban studies
- urban planning boundary conditions for competitions
- Submissions to the Innsbruck Design Advisory Board (IGB)
Building and fire police
- Mechanical strength and stability (statics) of structures
- Fire protection
- Hygiene, health and environmental protection
- Safety of use and accessibility
- Energy saving and thermal insulation
- Sound insulation in residential buildings, dormitories, office buildings, accommodation facilities, schools, kindergartens, hospitals, buildings for religious purposes, etc.
- Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) or U-value: The table overview on overall energy efficiency and requirement of an EPC of the state shows when an EPC is required and which energetic parameters must be met
- Use of highly efficient alternative heating systems in new buildings
- Requirements for event venues
Building Law Department
- legal questions concerning building law
- legal questions concerning regional planning
Water and Plant Law Unit
- Enforcement of water law
- Permit for land drainage (infiltration of precipitation water)
- Permit for groundwater use
- Permit for construction water retention
- Permit for installations in the bank or flood runoff area
- Permit for flood protection measures
- Remediation procedures under water law
Building and Housing Register Unit (AGWR)
- Questions about the AGWR II form for the new construction of a building.
Commercial and industrial facilities unit
- Permits for the construction and operation of commercial facilities and modification permits
- Neighborhood complaints due to a business facility
- Prescription of subsequent or additional conditions
- Order for the submission of remediation concepts pursuant to Section 79 (3) of the Trade, Commerce and Industry Regulation Act (GewO)
- IPPC approval and modification procedures
- Approval of a deviation according to § 82 Abs. 1 GewO
- Approval of a reduction plan
- Abandonment of business facilities
- Determination procedure-Approval requirement
- Enforcement measures & co-enforcement of federal regulations
- Monitoring & periodic inspection of establishments
- Preparation of expert reports
- Carrying out environmental inspections
- Reporting obligations
Department of Road Traffic and Road Law
Civil Engineering Office
- Driveways
- Garages & parking spaces
- Parking space reduction
- Construction pit protection
- Construction projects near bridges or bodies of water
Office of municipal taxes
- Local authority levies
- Property tax assessment notice
- If you have any questions regarding the notice of assessed value or property tax assessment, please contact the tax office.
- Leisure residence tax
- If you are interested in a building designation as a leisure residence, you will find further information at Service Unit Building, water and plant law..
- Sidewalk cleaning fee
Land Transfer
- Notifications according to the Tyrolean Land Transactions Act or applications according to the Tyrolean Courtyard Act
- Confirmations of zoning for the land register for developed building plots (without the establishment of condominiums) within the meaning of § 32 para. 1 lit. c Z 1 TGVG for legal transactions concluded before September 1 , 2022.