THE STRUCTURAL EXAMINATION OFFICE FOR THE PORT

Buildings and structures must be stable to ensure the safety and orderliness of the public and public spaces. Their stability is to be proven by both structural engineers and inspection engineers (in line with the dual-control principle). Structural engineers are normally commissioned by the building’s owner, who then must provide the required documentation to the building supervisory authority for examination. The “Structural examination office for the port” is responsible for performing the examination of technical construction documents and is supported by the examination engineers for structural engineering. Examination engineers analyse the load calculations and the blueprints, and they monitor at random the implementation of these on the construction site. In this way, any errors in building construction and in the execution of construction work can be avoided. Any costs to the building’s owner resulting from such errors can be eliminated and the safety to the public, which the state requires, can be guaranteed.

Water authority - general information

We, the Water Authority of the HPA, monitor the con­di­tion and use of wa­ter bod­ies and flood pro­tec­tion sys­tems, and func­tion as Dyke Con­trol Of­fice and Su­per­vi­sory au­thor­ity in charge of de­fence pold­ers in our area of re­spon­si­bil­ity. We are re­spon­si­ble for wa­ter per­mits and Ap­provals pur­suant to the Ham­burg Or­di­nance on Pub­lic Flood De­fence Fa­cil­i­ties as well as for Per­mits is­sued pur­suant to de­fence polder laws.

The approval process in detail

Authority in charge of public roads, lanes and pathways - general information

As the Authority in charge of public roads, lanes and pathways, the HPA performs Statutory duties and grants approvals for the use of the public roads and highways in the port area. HPA therefore acts as the Authority in charge of building and maintaining public roads, lanes and pathways and Regulatory authority in charge of public roads, lanes and pathways in accordance with the Hamburg Public Roads, Lanes and Pathways Act and undertakes the following tasks.

Soil Protection Authority

The Soil Protection Authority implements the regulations of the Federal Soil Protection Act. The purpose of the Federal Soil Protection Act is to permanently protect the functions of the soil or, where necessary, to recreate its functions.
 
The Soil Protection Authority is moreover the point of contact if you have any questions about warfare agent ordinance. In particular the Hamburg Port Authority, is responsible for administering exceptions to the ordinance on warfare agents.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO THE WEBSITES OF THE CITY OF HAMBURG AND THE MINISTRY

Permits for surface water

Rainwater purification

Latest changes to the laws

HPA guide to the ANV

Port Planning Law

Land use planning within the Port of Hamburg takes place using its own planning law according to the Port of Hamburg Development Law. Planning through the use of development plans according to the Town and Country Planning Code does not occur in the port of Hamburg. The port area is subdivided into the dedicated port area and the port's expansion area. The dedicated port area is already claimed for port activities. Here activities arising from port traffic, trade associated with the port and port industry are permitted. The port planning law is used to ensure that areas which can be used for port purposes are used for these purposes so that the scarce land resource is used efficiently.

A further planning control can be provided by port planning byelaws which are currently applicable in the Altenwerder, Upper Elbe and Kleiner Grasbrook/Steinwerder areas.

The question of whether a development or a new use adheres to these rules is automatically checked as part of each building application.