An outline proposal from 2019 was drawn to rules that have been changed since. If a building permit has to be applied for again, it is today's rules that apply — not the ones the project was drawn to. The review finds out how much still holds, and what it takes to move on. Before you pay to draw any further.
The project review is a service for private clients. If you have a case that has stalled, or a project from a previous consultant, we go through it as part of phase 0 of Advisory & Design — or as a single task at a fixed price. Write to us and we will assess what fits.
Choose the year and the status of the permit. Then we show which rules have arrived since, and which set of rules your case will be processed under.
It is not that the rules have become stricter in general. They are specific dates, and each of them hits a particular document in your case. What matters is not when the project was drawn — but when you apply.
From 2023, new construction had to document its climate impact — but the limit value of 12 kg applied only to buildings above 1,000 m². A project from before that usually has no calculation; one from 2023–2025 may have one, but no limit it had to meet.
BR18 § 297Structural class 1 now requires a structural basis, calculations, drawings, changes and a structural design statement. In older projects it normally does not exist — it has to be made, not found.
BR18 § 504(2) · A1–A4 and B1Notification is required above one tonne of waste — and for sealed units that may date from 1950–1977, whatever the quantity. Work may start two weeks after at the earliest. If the project involves demolition, the specification and the programme have to be redone.
BEK no. 496 of 21 May 2024The limit value now applies to all covered new construction: 6.7 kg CO₂ equivalents per m² per year for a detached house, 4.0 for a holiday home below 150 m². A new house without a carbon calculation cannot get a building permit — and a house drawn without regard to the limit may need different materials.
BR18 § 298The agreement behind the tightening names only the year. A project that meets 6.7 but not 6.0 has to be applied for before the tightening — or be changed. We look the date up before using it in a proposal.
Supplementary agreement of 30 May 2024That matches today's low emission class. A project that meets it will not be out of date when the house is eventually sold.
Supplementary agreement of 30 May 2024A published draft local plan can block construction that pre-empts the plan for up to a year — even with a finished project. The planning basis is always checked first.
Danish Planning Act § 17A case is processed under the building regulations in force on the day of application. If you hold a valid building permit, it can be used according to its content — the project has not become unlawful because the rules were tightened. But the permit lapses if work has not begun within one year of its date. Then a new application is needed, under the rules of that day.
The whole question sits between those two dates — and so does the honesty of the answer. That is why the two dates appear at the top of the review report, before anything else.
Danish Building Act § 16(10) · Guidance on case processing under BR18
You send what you have. We look through it and give a proposal at one of three levels. The review starts once the agreement is signed and your right to use the material is documented.
You tell us briefly why the project stalled, and send the material: drawings, calculations, correspondence with the municipality, the building permit and the agreement with the previous consultant. We confirm what we have received — and whether anything essential is missing. Free.
We look through the material — what exists, how old it is, whether a permit has been applied for or granted — and recommend a level with a fixed price incl. VAT, a delivery time and the scope set out verbatim. You choose the level. Free.
The material is held against the rules that apply today: legal basis, planning basis, rule comparison, carbon, energy, structural documentation — and at the larger levels fire, completeness and a register of findings. We come back to you if a finding should change the level.
The report is gone through with you at a meeting, online or in person. At G2 and G3 it ends with three routes — carry on, carry on with changes, restart — and a recommendation. Plus a proposal for the route you point to.
You have paid for the drawings — but you have a right of use, not the copyright, and the right of use depends on the previous consultant having been paid. That is why we ask for the agreement and the receipt at the enquiry stage, and the review does not begin until that is in place. It is not a reservation in the report — it is a condition for starting. If there is a dispute with the previous consultant, we refer you to a lawyer.
The prices are calculated from standard hours — DKK 750 an hour plus 5 % for carrying the risk of a fixed price. For private clients they are stated incl. VAT.
Is there anything here at all — and what has changed since it was drawn?
What holds, what has to be redone, and what it costs — with three routes onward.
As G2 — but carbon and the energy frame are calculated through instead of estimated.
If you carry on with us within three months of the report being delivered, the whole review fee is deducted from the work that follows. The review becomes free if you carry on — and costs what it costs if you choose not to. That is the point: you should be able to pay to be told to stop.
Site visit including travel on Zealand: DKK 3,750 · Meeting with the previous consultant: DKK 1,875 · In a hurry? G1 in five working days instead of ten: DKK 15,000 in total. Measuring existing conditions by extent. All amounts incl. VAT.
The review is twelve named activities, A–L. G1 does nine of them, G2 and G3 all twelve — and G3 calculates carbon and energy instead of estimating them. Every deliverable has a number and a place in the project journey, so it can be carried straight on if you continue with us.
| Activity | G1 | G2 | G3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Start-up and legal basis | ● | ● | ● |
| B Planning basis | ● | ● | ● |
| C Rule comparison | ● | ● | ● |
| D Carbon — G3 calculates, G1–G2 estimate | ● | ● | ●● |
| E Energy — G3 calculates, G1–G2 estimate | ● | ● | ●● |
| F Structural documentation | ● | ● | ● |
| G Fire | – | ● | ● |
| H Completeness | – | ● | ● |
| I Findings register and routes | – | ● | ● |
| J Report | ● | ● | ● |
| K Handover meeting | ½ hour | 1 hour | 1 hour |
| L A proposal for carrying on | – | ● | ● |
| Standard hours in total | 12 | 27 | 40 |
If the project can be carried on, we join the project journey at the phase the material reaches. It is not simple arithmetic: we have to get to know a project we did not build up ourselves, carry risk on decisions we did not make — and the project management does not get smaller because we start late. Hence an entry supplement, stated in advance.
| Entry at | Requires | Remaining phases | Supplement | Total incl. the review, incl. VAT — at the K3 example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F2 · Outline proposal | An approved design brief | 77 % | + 10 % | from DKK 200,500 |
| F3 · Design proposal | An approved outline proposal | 65 % | + 15 % | from DKK 177,000 |
| F4 · Building permit design | An approved design proposal | 49 % | + 20 % | from DKK 139,000 |
| F5 or F6 | Building permit design or a building permit | 28 % · 12 % | fixed price | after the review |
Worked example for a detached house at complexity K3 — 180 m², construction sum DKK 4.3m — with an approved design proposal: review G2 DKK 26,875 + carrying on from the building permit design approx. DKK 112,000 = from DKK 139,000 incl. VAT — against from DKK 236,500 for a full process. The difference is what your previous consultant has already delivered. Specialists are paid separately, and corrections from the register of findings that fall outside the remaining phases are priced in the proposal.
The scope is set out verbatim in both the proposal and the report. It is there because misunderstandings about what has been reviewed cost more than the review itself.
Yes. Under the Danish industry consumer terms, your right to use the material depends on payment having been made — and the copyright stays with whoever drew it. If the job was cancelled, the previous consultant may also claim reasonable payment for the use of the material. You need to know that before you choose a route.
If the project stopped after an outline or design proposal, we therefore ask for a written statement from the previous consultant on the right of use and adaptation. It is the safest basis there is.
Then the report says so, and that is what you paid to be told. A screening costs DKK 11,875. A building permit design drawn on top of a basis that does not hold costs many times that — and the error only shows up when the municipality answers.
No — not really. The decisions from the early phases have to be made anyway; if the phases are skipped, they simply get made inside the building permit design, compressed and undocumented, and that is where the errors come from. Instead we offer a compressed process where we write less down along the way — not one where we skip.
Yes. If the agreement is made by email or phone, you have 14 days' right of withdrawal from the day it was made. If the review has to start before that period ends, we ask you expressly — and if you withdraw along the way, you pay only for what has been delivered.
No — that would not be a review. If we drew the project ourselves, we update it to current rules as an ordinary task, and you pay for the hours it takes.
Send what you have. If you have lost the drawings, the municipality can usually release what was filed in the case — we help you request access. The report states what was missing and what we therefore could not assess.
We look at it and tell you within two working days whether a screening is enough or the full review is needed. That assessment costs nothing.
G1 ten working days · G2 fifteen · G3 twenty. If the municipality has to be asked about the planning basis, their response time is added on top.