Architecturally, the supermarket at Springerstraße 3 is not an ornament, but as a source of supply it was considered indispensable by many residents of Parkstadt Solln and beyond for decades. The branch has been closed for a few weeks because an eight-story building with a hotel or boarding house, supermarket, post office, bakery café and underground car park is to be built in its place after the demolition.
The plans got half of Solln going for a variety of reasons. Some residents of the district want to have a grocery store again as soon as possible, others fear long-lasting construction noise, the next are bothered by the requested height or the use of a hotel in the residential area. There should also be observers who hope to set a precedent for their own desired projects.
In the past, the district committee (BA) Thalkirchen-Obersendling-Forstenried-Fürstenried-Solln has repeatedly taken a critical look at the project. He primarily fears an intolerable increase in traffic. In addition, the district committee believes that using a hotel “diametrically” contradicts the zoning plan.
Against this background, a legal wrangling about the preliminary building permit for the project recently took place. Neighbors had filed a lawsuit as a precaution, which is why the dispute was pending in court for a long time. There is now a judgment that parts of the preliminary decision have been revoked. The applicant, a company of the Derag group of companies, in turn obtained an extension of the period of validity of those passages of the preliminary decision that were not objected to in court. Other critical questions in this context are to be clarified in the forthcoming building application process, it said. This can take a while. Nothing is likely to change in the current situation on Springerstrasse in the coming months.
A positive decision on the building application is mandatory before any construction can begin. The district committee has now decided unanimously not to issue any more “opinions relevant to building law” because of the court decision. “It’s all very complex and highly legal,” commented Alexander Aichwalder (Greens), chairman of the BA subcommittee on construction and planning, on the development. In the vicinity of the former consumer market, however, the rumblings continue. For quite a few residents of Parkstadt Solln, the residential character of the entire settlement is at stake.