The Building Portal of the District Administration Soest contains the following functions: an online information system for all building permit applications (also for the ones that have not been submitted per Internet), Internet building permit submission (automatic transfer of the building permit application from the internet data bank to the building permit applications data bank) as well as online involvement of expert offices. As soon as the data is saved in the building authorisation procedure, it becomes available to all the parties involved on the Internet under ?Building superintendence online?. The constructor receives access to his data by means of a password with delivery confirmation. The architect has to apply for access only once for all his procedures. The following information concerning the processing stand can be viewed: ? The responsible official, status of the application, the processing technology, involvement of the offices and the data of the application. Every change of status will be sent to the constructor and the architect, provided that their e-mail addresses have been submitted. Additionally a status light on the internet provides quick and easy information on the processing stand of the building permit application by means of a colour presentation. After the authorisation, the construction start notification as well as the notification of the completion of the building shell and the construction completion can be submitted through the Internet by means of a simple mouse click. The data and the original data are automatically taken over into the building permit application software. Any kind of manual registration becomes obsolete. The result is a fully electronical submission of the building permit application. The protection of personal data during the transfer through the Internet is guaranteed by the so-called SSL encoding. SSL provides for secure communication by means of a combination of the following two factors: authentification and encoding. The overall concept of the Division Building and Housing starts with the assumption of a complete digital processing of the building permit application. It means that not only the submission of the building permit application in digital form is offered, but that the processing of the application should be conducted exclusively on the screen. The target was to provide all necessary information for the processing of the building permit application to the workplace ? independe

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Return on investment

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Lessons learnt

- Scope: Local (city or municipality)