Overview
- The administrative court, ruling in an expedited procedure, rejected Gesobau’s urgent bid to begin preparatory work and found the species-protection exemption unlawful.
- The permit failed to specify which protected species and which impacts it covered, leading judges to say it resembled an impermissible blanket authorization.
- The state-owned housing company planned refugee accommodations in two green inner courtyards on Kavalierstraße and Ossietzkystraße in Berlin-Pankow.
- Three conservation associations filed objections citing protected breeding birds and bats, and local residents have opposed the project.
- An appeal can be filed with the Higher Administrative Court Berlin-Brandenburg, and construction remains paused pending further legal steps or a clarified permit.