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Urban Renewal Measures (Urban Development Funding Guidelines – StBauFR)

Grant funding for urban renewal measures in Bavaria with a focus on sustainable urban and local development. Municipalities can submit their renewal projects within the framework of annual state programs.

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Grant criteria

Application Deadline: Ongoing
Application level: Advanced
Region: Bavaria
Funding rate: 60% of the eligible costs of the individual measure, up to a maximum of 50% of the costs of the overall measure

Funding objective

Promotion of urban renewal measures in Bavarian municipalities to strengthen inner cities and town centers, further develop city and district areas with special development needs, create sustainable urban structures, and remedy significant functional losses such as brownfields and vacant buildings.

Eligible expenses

  • Preparation of renewal
  • Regulatory measures (e.g., acquisition of land, land consolidation)
  • Construction measures (e.g., modernization/renovation, new development/replacement buildings, community facilities and follow-up facilities)
  • Municipal programs and other compensations

Eligible to apply

  • Public Institutions

Funding requirements

  • Applicants must be municipalities in Bavaria
  • Renewal area must be formally designated and included in a funding program
  • Existence of an integrated urban renewal concept (ISEK)
  • Use of financial aid according to the special urban development law of the Building Code (BauGB)

Documents required for application

  1. Application forms of the Bavarian State Ministry for Housing, Building and Transport
  2. Integrated Urban Renewal Concept (ISEK)
  3. Proof of the formal designation of the renewal area

Description

The Bavarian State Ministry for Housing, Construction and Transport supports urban renewal measures throughout Bavaria within the framework of the Urban Development Promotion Guidelines (StBauFR). The goal is sustainable urban and local development that revitalizes inner cities and town centers, further develops socially and ecologically disadvantaged urban and local areas, and compensates for functional losses caused by brownfields and vacant buildings. Both classic aspects of urban planning and smart city approaches play a role in promoting modern infrastructure and the digital networking of regional structures.

Bavarian municipalities with a formally designated renewal area can apply for grants within the annual state programs. A prerequisite is an integrated urban renewal concept (ISEK) as well as the use of financial aid according to the special urban development law of the Building Code. Eligible expenses include preparatory and regulatory measures such as land acquisition and land consolidation, modernizations and new developments, replacement buildings, as well as community facilities and follow-up institutions. The funding rate amounts to 60% of the eligible costs of individual measures, up to a maximum of 50% of the costs of the overall measure. Municipalities may supplement the grants with their own funds and pass them on to third parties. For the application, the application forms of the Bavarian State Ministry, proof of the formal designation of the renewal area, and the ISEK must be submitted. The district governments in Bavaria coordinate the multi-stage procedure and provide information on the specific deadlines for submitting all documents. The ongoing funding opportunity creates planning security for comprehensive renewal strategies.

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