Permit thresholds for container buildings
This page is the single threshold table for container buildings across 24 jurisdictions. For each one it gives the measure the statute actually uses, its value, the height limit, the setback from the plot boundary, and whether a notification is enough or a full permit is needed. 4 of them are verified word for word so far. The rest are visibly marked as unverified and carry no figure at all, because a threshold with no traceable source is a bigger risk to a reader than a missing one. Every published number has a verbatim statute quotation on its own page.
4/24 last verified.
What are the thresholds?
| Jurisdiction | Built-up area | Gross volume | Height | Boundary setback | Duration | Do you need a permit or is a notification enough? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 50 m2 | The statute states no fixed figure | 5 m | 2 m | The statute states no fixed figure | Notification |
| Czechia | 40 m2 | The statute states no fixed figure | 5 m | 2 m | The statute states no fixed figure | Full permit |
| Poland | The statute states no fixed figure | The statute states no fixed figure | The statute states no fixed figure | Not yet verified | 180 days | Notification |
| Germany, Bavaria | The statute states no fixed figure | 75 m3 · 20 m3 | The statute states no fixed figure | 3 m | The statute states no fixed figure | No filing |
| Austria | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified |
| Hungary | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified |
| Switzerland | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified |
| France | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified |
| Belgium | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified |
| Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified |
| Germany, Hesse | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified |
| Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified |
| Germany, Saxony | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified |
| Germany, Saxony-Anhalt | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified |
| Germany, Lower Saxony | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified |
| Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified |
| Germany, Brandenburg | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified |
| Germany, Berlin | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified |
| Germany, Hamburg | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified |
| Germany, Bremen | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified |
| Germany, Schleswig-Holstein | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified |
| Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified |
| Germany, Saarland | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified |
| Germany, Thuringia | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Not yet verified |
Which jurisdictions are verified and which are not?
A verified jurisdiction is one whose statute text we retrieved in a browser, read, and quoted verbatim for the sentence containing the figure. An unverified one is where we have not managed that yet. The difference is not how much we know about the country, it is whether we can back the claim with primary text. That is why unverified rows stay visible: they show exactly where the edge of our confidence is.
Why can you trust these numbers?
Every number on these pages carries six mandatory fields in the data layer: the verbatim sentence in the original language, the act name, the provision reference, the version date, the official URL, and the date we retrieved the text. A check script asserts on every build that the quoted sentence is a literal slice of the text we actually downloaded, and that the number itself appears inside that sentence. A figure missing even one of those fields does not ship.
Please note
This is guidance, not legal advice. The thresholds are quoted verbatim from the statute in force on the date shown, but an individual plot can be subject to a zoning plan, a protection zone or heritage rules that are not reflected here. Confirm your case with the named authority before you order.