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.

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What are the thresholds?

Permit thresholds for container buildings
JurisdictionBuilt-up areaGross volumeHeightBoundary setbackDurationDo you need a permit or is a notification enough?
Slovakia50 m2The statute states no fixed figure5 m2 mThe statute states no fixed figureNotification
Czechia40 m2The statute states no fixed figure5 m2 mThe statute states no fixed figureFull permit
PolandThe statute states no fixed figureThe statute states no fixed figureThe statute states no fixed figureNot yet verified180 daysNotification
Germany, BavariaThe statute states no fixed figure75 m3 · 20 m3The statute states no fixed figure3 mThe statute states no fixed figureNo filing
AustriaNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
HungaryNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
SwitzerlandNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
FranceNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
BelgiumNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Germany, North Rhine-WestphaliaNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Germany, HesseNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Germany, Rhineland-PalatinateNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Germany, SaxonyNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Germany, Saxony-AnhaltNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Germany, Lower SaxonyNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Germany, Baden-WuerttembergNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Germany, BrandenburgNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Germany, BerlinNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Germany, HamburgNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Germany, BremenNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Germany, Schleswig-HolsteinNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Germany, Mecklenburg-VorpommernNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Germany, SaarlandNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Germany, ThuringiaNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot yet verifiedNot 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.