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Legal opinion for Bratsch-Haus am Steinweg in Gehrden is available – but too late
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The Bratsch house has been empty for years. In the meantime, an investor duo bought the building between the market square and the Margarethenkirche.
© Source: Dirk Wirausky
Gehrden. The city of Gehrden could ask the owner of the house 25 am Steinweg to eliminate complaints and defects – and could even set a deadline for this. This is from a legal opinion that is currently available. A few months ago, the Greens in Gehrden Council asked for this report. Now there is finally clear – but too late. Because the so-called Bratsch house on the market square has now been sold to private investors.
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From a legal point of view, the city could put pressure on the owner then. Mainly because the half-timbered house is in the redevelopment area. However, the commissioned legal expert made it clear that the owner could file an appeal against the decision. Then it would take several years before work could continue on the building.
With the report that the Greens requested in January, all possible legal options should be exhausted at this time to remove the house on the newly created market square, the reasoning said. In order to implement an attractive urban development perspective for the market situation, the city must ensure its ability to act through its own legal opinions, the application said. Especially if the owner of the house at Steinweg 25 does not take action.
The contract controls what should happen in the house
But it did not have to come to that. Property management GRK bought the dilapidated house in the city center. This has fundamentally changed the starting position. In the meantime, an urban development contract is drawn up that is intended to determine what can, should and can be done on the house. The two owners assured that they will comply.
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The city administration and investors emphasized the central importance of the house “in the heart of the city center” at a joint meeting in August. “We don’t want to develop the project alone, but together with everyone involved,” said Rouven Kirchen and Gerold Papsch, the buyers of the building. The head of the responsible department, Nicole Leubert, spoke of an outstanding project in a prime location. “Now we want to define goals together and record them in a contract,” he said.
Him too
In a first step, a project study must be done for the house in the city center. A renowned architect’s office examines whether the building actually needs to be demolished or whether it can be preserved. Investors hope that the urban development contract can be signed by the end of September.
For Dirk Tegtmeyer (The Left Party), the report comes much too late due to recent developments. “It would have helped us a few years ago – as increased,” he said. From his point of view, the city would have legally had the upper hand. Two years ago, Tegtmeyer himself asked for an expropriation to be considered in order to use the property to expand the market square or renovate the listed building. The application was then rejected by a majority.
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It has been argued for years
The future of the house at Steinweg 25 has been discussed, discussed and negotiated for years. Nine years ago, the owner wanted to tear it down and rebuild it on the spot. But the neighboring community of Margarethen vetoed the size and height of the new building. Later, the citizens’ initiative “We are in Gehrden” also called for spatial restrictions on a new building on the market square. A new development plan, which should control the conditions in Steinweg 25, has not yet been passed.
Then, in the meantime, sales negotiations with a Gehrden businesswoman had progressed so far that they were about to be concluded. However, these talks ultimately failed. As a result, Mayor Cord Mittendorf (SPD) announced in February that the city wanted to buy the empty building – also to create more space for the administration.